Скачать с ютуб Rescuing a cranky juvenile flying-fox in a hedge: this is Pelican в хорошем качестве

Rescuing a cranky juvenile flying-fox in a hedge: this is Pelican

Pelican is a very small looking juvenile Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who ended up hanging low in a hedge in a small suburban front yard. She looks like she's about 16 weeks old, but her forearm measures out at around 6 months old & her weight says she's about 100g underweight. She has a small cute face, a lot of battitude, and the language of a salty sailor with the self-confidence to back it up. It was with some dismay that I noticed one thumb claw had either been burnt off or ripped out, and the other thumb was a little swollen. To me, these things usually indicate electrical burn damage, but as with most triaging and diagnosis it's a work in progress and changes as you notice more indications of one thing or another. When I try to work out what happened to a bat, I take into account many things; some of them I don't even articulate or notice at a conscious level, but which contribute to my impressions and help form my diagnosis and treatment plan. With Pelican, she was bright; she didn't have that glazed and really glassy eyed look of shock and there was no burnt smell or any ashy burns on the base of the thumb. Trying to formulate a scenario which would factor in all I could see and her location didn't really suggest electrocution to me though it was a possibility. It was a fairly busy road so there was a chance of a motor vehicle featuring somewhere in her collision with fate. When I looked at her other thumb claw I could see that it was quite blunted; this sort of blunting occurs when a bat is dragged on a rough surface. I suspect that she was "twirled" by a car; by this I mean that she was low enough to have her flight destabilised by, or to clip a car spinning her around, and as she crash-landed, she dragged her claws on the rough ground surface to slow herself down, ripping out one claw and blunting the other. Thumb claw injuries are more complex than just a simple injury/amputation/healing then release. We'll see how Pelican goes as the injury becomes older and starts to heal (or not). Her name? A wonderful bird is the Pelican; it's beak (cheeks) can hold more than its belly can. YAY I think our girl is a survivor; follow her progress over the next few days. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for our batties. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult). https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/ Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me. If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me. IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the AMOUNT DONATED and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt. The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie. Here’s Jenny’s email. [email protected]