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Help - Found A Tiny Bat In Our Pool
4 years ago
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Uh... bit of an emergency going on here.
Was just walking my dog and when we came back he noticed something in the pool, that's when I realized he found a tiny bat.
It's dry now, crawling on my hands and doing high pitched chirps now and again, but it doesn't fly at all. Anyone with bat experience
that can guide me through this a little bit? Wanna make sure the little guy is ok.
Also first step I did was what google told me. Put it "safe" in a box with some airholes in it and balled up toilet paper. Just no idea what to do now :(
*Edit: Thanks for your help so far. Found an animal protection service online and called them to get more information.
Apparently it needs to first calm down and warm up from having been in the cold pool. Actually feeling stupid for not having thought about that
myself. Gonna feed it with some insencts in the morning and will then try to see if it can fly or not.
*Edit2: The bat's now being taken care of in an animal protection center. It didn't want to eat any insects in the morning and I couldn't get it to drink,
so instead of waiting any longer I drove over there and left it in their care. To the comments about possible rabies, the bat neither scratched nor bit me
in any way and I don't have any open wounds on my hands either where any sort of virus could have entered. Also washed my hands a few times of course.
Was just walking my dog and when we came back he noticed something in the pool, that's when I realized he found a tiny bat.
It's dry now, crawling on my hands and doing high pitched chirps now and again, but it doesn't fly at all. Anyone with bat experience
that can guide me through this a little bit? Wanna make sure the little guy is ok.
Also first step I did was what google told me. Put it "safe" in a box with some airholes in it and balled up toilet paper. Just no idea what to do now :(
*Edit: Thanks for your help so far. Found an animal protection service online and called them to get more information.
Apparently it needs to first calm down and warm up from having been in the cold pool. Actually feeling stupid for not having thought about that
myself. Gonna feed it with some insencts in the morning and will then try to see if it can fly or not.
*Edit2: The bat's now being taken care of in an animal protection center. It didn't want to eat any insects in the morning and I couldn't get it to drink,
so instead of waiting any longer I drove over there and left it in their care. To the comments about possible rabies, the bat neither scratched nor bit me
in any way and I don't have any open wounds on my hands either where any sort of virus could have entered. Also washed my hands a few times of course.
is there some sort of rescue center or someplace that you can call?
Bats are adorable, but you really need to make sure it's safe. If it does have rabies then it will need to be euthanized. As crule as that may sound, letting it live during the later stages of rabies would be far crueler.
But like I said, it likely doesn't, but you will still need to verify that asap, especially if you have had contact with it. Same goes for your dog if you suspect he has had any contact with it before you came across it.
1. They're nocturnal.
2. They're noisy.
3. They REEK.
4. They are EXTREMELY High maintenance.
I'd recommend you look up a youtube channel called "MegaBattie" or "Batzilla" as they have a lot of videos about bats.
If I were to ever get a pet bat it would be a small one though. There is no way in hell I could care for a creature larger than a small dog that can fly lol
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