Rescue of a flying-fox hanging on a pool fence: Riki and her twins
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- čas přidán 23. 10. 2018
- Riki is an adult female Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who was hanging inside a pool enclosure with her feet hooked into the fence fittings.
The member of public could hear and see she had a baby on her.
When I got there, she had twins.
Twins aren't common in rescues. We don't know how common twin births are in the wild. We do occasionally see mums with a baby under each wing in the early part of the season, but they can't fly with growing babies who will weigh up to half their bodyweight by the time the babies are thermoregulating and able to be left in the colony overnight.
Generally the weaker twin drops off leaving mum with a single baby she can manage to raise.
I often wonder if some of the scrawny babies we find on the ground in the absence of a dead or injured mum bat around, are the weaker of twins who have dropped off.
Riki has hit her head - you can see she's got a head tilt. She is unable to care for her babies at this stage, so the babies have been taken from her while she's recovering. She didn't even fight the removal of the babies. She had no milk, and both babies and Riki were quite dehydrated. I think Riki has been on the ground for a couple of days.
The babies, Klingon and Velcro, are male and female. Little Velcro is tiny and about 10 days less developed than Klingon, who is aged 2 weeks from his measurements.
Velcro may have been conceived a week or 2 later than Klingon, and born prematurely when he was born. She may have been from a different father.
We're waiting to see how Riki goes - when she's ready to take her babies back. Sometimes after a head injury the mums don't want their babies back. Riki is in care with a carer who has other females with babies, so she will hopefully keep her milk supply and stay in baby mode while she's recovering.
I don't know when we're going to try to reunite mum and babies. It has to be when Riki is ready.
I don't know if she'll accept them back. If she won't, the babies will be raised by carers.
If she does accept them, the trio will be in care till the babies are independent, sometime in February or March next year.
In care, Riki will be able to raise her babies, because she doesn't have to carry them around while flying, and because there will always be enough food for her to support her growing babies.
UPDATE 5 days later:
The twins' mum Riki was improving enough that her twins were reunited with her. Sometimes this is a tricky process where the baby may not want mum or the mum may not want her baby back, but Riki just took the twins back and the babies went straight onto her like they'd only been away a few minutes.
YAY I love happy endings.
Further update January 2019:
Riki wasn't coping with both babies, so a decision was made to remove Velcro who wasn't doing all that well on mum. Velcro had significant feeding issues and was a difficult baby in care for a few weeks, then she started to grow and thrive. She was renamed Ruby Tuesday by her carer.
Being probably a premature birth, she took a while to catch up with her apparent age. She will be going to creche in the next week.
Klingon was an easy baby and was raised by Riki. He's gone to creche already and will be released in early march with the other creche babies in his group.
Riki remains in care, still with problems from her head injury. She is gradually making incremental improvements.
July 2019 update: I lost track of Riki in the system. I'm not sure if she was released or if she didn't make it. I neglected (deliberately) to follow up on her because at the time everything was dying and I didn't want to know if she was released or not. Bats unable to be released are euthanased. Riki wasn't able to be released at the same time as her babies because she wasn't well enough, but I don't know if she actually improved or not.
Sorry I can't give you a definite ending, but I don't have that info and I'm not going to ask.
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Here’s Jenny’s email.
jenny@tolgabathospital.org
Can you imagine a world where everyone was as naturally caring and nurturing as this? Bless you, dear.
I am as caring as this and go out of my way to save animals of any kind. People say that was good of you blah blah but to me its just normal to stop and help something that can't help itself. Wouldn't it be such a beautiful world like you said if we could all just be carers of our univetsal inhabitants.
@@bari2883 Well, that's ONE way of putting an insulting spin on a statement of kindness.
@@adamchurvis1 LOL right
I would like to live in such a world.
Not all are capable of being fearless to wild animals but most people have a talent or gift. We don’t need all people to be veterinarians. Many people love animals but have fear of u known animals but that person might be a nurse, fire fighter, policeman, paramedic, doctor, dentist, priest, work food banks, work for assisted living, nursing homes and many other caring jobs.
This kind woman working with these Flying Foxes is a natural caregiver. She is more than competent and caring. These animals have complete trust and relaxation with her. Bless caring animal helpers.
God bless her for caring for this mamma and her twins which are all His creatures
This girl knows what she's doing God bless her helping gods creation 👌🦇and +bats are adorable 💕💕💕
That's what l was thinking too. It's a pleasure to watch someone so competent and caring.
@@nikiTricoteuse It IS a pleasure to watch her kind hands care for these creatures. I'd be entirely freaked out handling a bat --- sick or not! She has genuine love pouring forth.
From what I understand she is a retired nurse, so she has lots of experience in administering care :) Also, she is an atheist and has said elsewhere that she'd prefer to do without the angel and god blessings talk. Everything on earth is enough when humans act with love and care.
The lack of struggle from the mom is devastating, she must have been so unwell. I know that bats can be quite friendly, but if a stranger is grabbing you and your babies and touching all over your body there should be at least some attempt to get away. I'm glad you were there to help!
Mum couldn't figure out which way was up, let alone try to get away. She had a very significant closed head injury.
@@Megabattie. Yes, they said she must have been quite unwell.
In a world of misfortunes there's a beautiful soul out there like this woman , who cares and loves for Animals unequivocally. if we had more people like her on this Earth we'd all be so incredibly happy
bats aren't hard to love - they're smart and they rapidly form a bond of trust with you.
@@Megabattie there is something to be said about confident and tender bedside manner - it can be everything to the patient if they’ve got no one else to love them through a tough situation.
Aww she rolled them like little burritos
If you search for baby bat burritos you will see more of such cuteness
I thought the same thing.
😂🤣😂
@Stephanie Logan Aw,Yes,perfect name.
I love when she rolls them like burritos 😅😅😅😍
This lady is everything. I could listen to her talk all day. What a sweet soul.
I COMPLETELY agree!! I love her for caring for these Beautiful Animals!!
she's one of these 'sent ones' to help...
Yes I love her. Such a dear lady. Too bad the entire world isn't like her. 💘
Oh, I was just thinking the same thing.
Yep! And she cares about the little things!
I love how she talks to them like they are human kids
Its the tone of the voice...
They listen just the same as normal human kids; little indication of actual comprehension, but plenty of nominal sounds...
She has a lovely voice
I never knew Bats were so smart and gentle. I’m glad you post this stuff , you made me want to protect bats and help them out.
Thanks Frank. It's often surprising to people how smart and how passive they can be.
Mostly though, Riki has knocked herself silly and can't even figure out which way is up - she's not deliberately being gentle - she is just so unwell she lets it happen because she can't fight any further.
Same
Same
@@Megabattie Now I really understand it when you said elsewhere " I like when they do big wings and tell me off" . This mother is scary calm.
@@wombat.6652 This mum is scary head injured. She's not calm because she is choosing to be.
As much as we need maggots to clean dead and decaying refuse, we don't need them eating things alive! Poor mama. Glad she's cleaned up and the family is doing better!
I found it strange, I thought maggots ONLY eat decaying tissue, so why were they there?
They prefer dead tissue but in large numbers they go for living tissue, the warmer and more tender the better
Christine Lee there are also various species of flies and their larvae...some, like these ones hatch out under the skin of a living animal. Each species of fly has its preferred incubator/host. It might just expand their survival chances to be on a living creature, since scavengers and carrion eaters don’t mind eating maggots along with the dead flesh, while they generally leave a healthy animal alone. 🖤🇨🇦
@@tamarrajames3590 Eww, Botflies.
Theropod Hunter yeah, not something I am anxious to be on intimate terms with.🖤🇨🇦
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a bat up close. They’re actually rather adorable. And they’re squeaky lil guys too lol.
some bats ar scary looking, these are flying foxes they look like dogs
Yeah. When the mom was looking around you could see the whites of her eyes, so you really got a feel of how big and adorable their pupils were.
Wait flying foxes and bats are the same thing?
@@WhoisAustin all bats are cute. Look up Honduras ghost bats. Those are my favorite
@@octoknight1849 Hi Octo - all flying-foxes are bats but not all bats are flying-foxes.
Think of it like this - bat is an umbrella term for all kinds of bats and flying-foxes are a specific kind of bat - a kind of fruit bat. If in doubt just call them bats and that's a correct term - but specifically the kind of bat in the video is a Grey-Headed Flying-Fox. They can also be known as a flying-fox, and as a fruit bat. But not all fruit bats are like this bat in the video. I'm not sure if this answer helps or confuses further.
Like dog is an umbrella term for all dogs but there are species of dogs all under the general term "dog". (like bulldogs are dogs, corgis are dogs, greyhounds are dogs)
What a loving lady... the way she talks to the bats as she takes care of them really touched my heart.
Thanks @N Edwards. I really love the batties and love to care for them. They're quite special creatures.
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
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If you want to find further videos of a particular bat, just search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat
Me:
CZcams Algorithm: Do you want to spend 20 minutes watching maggots being removed from live bats?
Me: WTF? But yes.
LOL
Lol..I'm still trying to figure out why they were there? Damn I hate flies!
I had a pet brown bat for 6 weeks as a 12 yr old.. finally concluded that caging a flying animal was bullshit, and let him go.
To this day I can't own a flying animal, even as much as I love them.
@@espnpokerclub1246 Good on you
Same
CZcams knows us too well
Poor mom. You got the family just in time. I hope they all will be ok. Thanks Meg for helping them.
First time reply-er here. I am fixated at these wonderful creatures whom have had a bad road, by numerous venues. Your nursing is top notch. It is what nurses were meant to be. Your kind spirit will pay off in the water you give, even to the lowest. You will not lose your reward! Ya got a hubby? Heh! You probably don't even have time for yourself. Uh, Your toes need redone. I could! Thankyou!
What Cracker taylor wtf? You went from bat lover to trying to find out her marital status to exposing your foot fetish on your “first comment” ....
First time watching this channel and it’s great but I’m sorry she has to deal with y’all.
@@whatcher8151 Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
If you want to find out further videos of a specific bat - search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.
My pedicures are nothing to do with the channel or you.
My marital status is irrelevant to my channel or to you.
@@whatcher8151 Please check your Meds. Lmfaoo.
418laylah Yeah, super funny..
I thought it was really interesting how even though she didn’t fight you taking the babies, when she heard them squeak she perked up and wanted to check it out. Something about that got through the daze.
All the best for all of them! You’re doing a wonderful thing!
😺
Injured animals usually don’t fight...
@@EE-jo5pt or they fight to the death with all the adrenaline they gave at their command, then die from the stress of it all.
It's possible that maybe she also got help when she was a baby and was calm. Plus she was being eaten by maggots. All help is appreciated at that point
@@perrilewis180 She had hit her head and knocked herself silly.
She wasn't banded and she wasn't microchipped, so it's unlikely she had been in care before.
The bats are adorable! Thank you for caring so carefully for them. ❤
Im so sorry to hear about the update. My heart broke for you. I take in street cats here in the Philippines and foster them back to good health and have them spayed/neutered. Sometimes there are cases where help is too late. It always always breaks me. And sometimes it may also be because I cant afford the treatments (Im 25 and not earning much). You did your best and you gave Riki a fighting chance. Whatever the outcome may be, I'm sure she'll remember you.
My dad told me about a time he had an encounter with a bat in college. It was late at night and he was in bed studying, and he hears a scratching. He looks to the window and sees a bat stuck between the screen and the glass. He doesn’t think much of it at first, but the bat gets free and flies onto the bed. My dad screams and jumps out, terrified. He then tosses a pillow onto the bat to trap it and tries to figure out what to do.
So he goes to the kitchen and gets a newspaper and a pot, then goes back to see that the bat is almost free. So he quickly takes off the pillow, covers the bat with the pot, and shuffles the newspaper under it. Then he carries it to the window and lets it fly free. When all is said and done, he realizes he wasn’t the only one who was terrified. The bat was so scared that it had peed on the bed.
Your dad pissed the bed and needed an excuse.
And it was the dog that farted.
Lmao
Aww. Poor scared little thing. I’m just glad it was safely freed.
A bat landed on my head once
Im glad people who rescue bats exist. I love them!
kitsunefire92 me too 🦇 are my favorite animal. ❤️❤️❤️
I love them so much, they're my favorites, and now thanks to assholes in China everyone gave me the stereotype that I eat bats
I love them too!
I tend to have a love/hate relationship for bats these days
Captivating. Her trained hands, her kind demeanor, the bats, everything.
Thanks Tired of All this.
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
What a caring, gentle Woman who treats these bats with such patience and care ❤ Thank you 🤗🌹
Thanks Rhaina
Are you new to my channel?
Welcome to Megabattie,
I put lots of information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first. I also put the fate of the animal if I know it, at the time I put the video up. I may put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is also a Happy Outcomes playlist if you want to only watch videos where the bat survives; this is a real life channel and you get the good, the bad, the ugly and distressing, and even my oopsies.
You can find further videos on an individual bat by searching in the YT search bar for Megabattie/and the name of the bat you want to follow.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
@@Megabattie Thank you so much for the info. Yes, I am new to the channel. It is so interesting and wonderful what you do. I live in the US. We have brown bats mostly. One got in my kids bedroom once. My family has always rescued and taken in strays. We have tried to help so many injured. Some made it. I caught the little bat in a kitchen strainer and made sure he was ok. He felt like velvet. My kids petted him. We said a prayer for him, named him Boris, and set him out into the night. ♥️. I will be watching for your lovely videos and more, thank you 🤗🌟🦇🦇
Poor mamma. She looks so scared. She is also so gentle . I love all the work you do saving these lovely creatures.
We need more people like her!
Bats have always been misunderstood and been given a bad rap and Hollywood hasn't been kind either, it has made it worst.
@@saltodelpuma1667 Hollywood hasn’t been a boon to Pagans and Witches either.I think they are afraid of the dark lol.🖤🇨🇦
@@saltodelpuma1667 These arent the kinda bats usually shown in movies. They're VERY different
I would imagine her calm, docile state is thanks to the head injury.
( …maybe the apple juice and free childcare, too. 💃🕺)
@3:44
Aww I feel so bad for the mum bat. She's just a baby too and was sheltering her babies. Poor thing had maggots and was dehydrated. She looks as much a baby as her babies.
Name finally another one of my kind
aww. agree
What a wonderful woman!!! She’s such a fantastic caregiver to these beautiful animals!!! Thank you!!!
Beautiful highly intelligent creatures. Life as a carer, is never ending and pretty much thankless. Love you guys.
This woman is a rock star - she picked off maggots with her fingers! Brave, loving soul! Wow. And utterly cool. 💕💕😊
I wouldn't call myself a rock star. It's far easier to pick off the maggots with my hands than it is to do it another way and I just do it.
It's not brave, because I'm not scared of the maggots or the bats, so it's not heroic in any way. It's just something one does when confronted with maggots.
Just like rock star Ozzy Osbourne lol lmfao. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣. Ozzy always bit off bats heads when he was in concert.
Nadine Rody to be fair, that only happened once, and he thought it was a rubber bat thrown from the crowd...must have been quite the surprise.🖤🇨🇦
TheIrie One he did say that, fans threw all kinds of weird stuff on stage, and he was usually stoned enough not to notice right away.🖤🇨🇦
I'm sorry I couldn't do that touching maggots I hate those thing they are so scary and they eat holes in thing I have that hole phobia lol because I hate holes
They definitely called the right person to save mama and her babaies.
@@tjp_real she had twins on her.
@@kamil9171 It does make sense to pick them off with exposed fingers.
I don't wonder why we have CoVid infecting humans.
There have always been coronaviruses carried by various animals - humans carry coronaviruses.
The CoVid pandemic was totally down to human fuckups.
@@Megabattie what are you talking about? She didn’t eat the bat -_-
@@Pickledpaula Nobody said she did, though which she you're talking about I have no idea.
Her comment has been deleted (by her) so I have nothing to refer back to as to why I answered like I did. As you can see, Kamil no longer has a comment here.
@@MegabattieI couldn’t tell
Very impressed with your skill at handling the baby bats (and their Mum, of course). Endearing little creatures!
Mesmerized by you and your compassionate work. Cant stop watching! ❤
I love it when people can't stop watching
First time I have ever seen such a story, and I am 82 years old.Great story and thanks for taking the action you do. Bless you all....Ken, Marina California USA
Thanks Ken.
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
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@@Megabattie thnx, I'm 72 and just saw this. Will share your channel if I can. We love bats in our Cali family. My daughter had them in her eaves years ago. We all watched them when visiting. 🥰👍
@@junehutchinson3658 Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
If you want to find out further videos of a specific bat - search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.
@@Megabattie ty. Will share your site with my daughters. 💗🦇
wow... that means you were already in your 50s or 60s, at least, when you learned the internet.... what a favour you did yourself for your retirement, hope its been good!
Poor Riki, I think she must have had about a hundred maggots on her, well done Meg for cleaning both mum, velcro and klingon. I hope they all get better soon 🌟
Around 500 maggots. I edited out half an hour's footage of me picking maggots off.
Ugh. Can she suffer from poisoning if she had too much dead maggots inside her?
She didn't have dead maggots, she had living maggots who were eating her.
@@Megabattie God Bless you Meg, such an inspirational person 🌟
@@rhodaleader6824 Just exactly what I'm thinking!!!
Thank you for the multiple updates (even though I'm only seeing this video now, a year-ish later). I totally sympathise with not wanting to follow up with Riki's outcome. I don't think I want to know either.
What I _do_ know, is that your involvement made better what could've been far more tragic. For all three, and all the countless other bats who come under your care.
What an amazing beautiful job you did caring for these sweet creatures who if not stuck on fence would have suffered such terrible pain and death. You are so kind and knew exactly what to do. I was mesmerized by this and the momma was so calm. Bless you💕💖🙏💖💕
I love flying foxes. They’re so beautiful. Hearing stories of them struggling through the heat waves in Australia has been heartbreaking. Thanks to all the rescuers.
How hot does it get during heat waves in australia? In canada it got to plus 50 once and I'll never forget it but I feel like that's not even so bad for some people
Aw poor mummy looks abs exhausted bless her heart. Great call-out. Prob saved them! Top job.
yes...we need good mops out there letting the rescuers know batties need their help!
@@highonimmi tyvm, and how exciting for the kindly m.o.p., too!!!! Win-win I'd say!!
I feel so honored and blessed to see twins bubs! mega was surprised as well!
That description was a roller coaster of emotions.
God Bless you for saving these beautiful , gorgeous creatures! Im so sad to see so many of them in these situations, but I am also thankful that these moments are available for us to watch!😊
My heart squeezed when I was watching her wounds. Thank you Meg for cleaning and healing Riki, and her babies.
I never saw bats as vulnerable beautiful creatures. I'm in love with them now.
For people who for some reason don’t read the description
DATE 5 days later:
The twins' mum Riki was improving enough that her twins were reunited with her. Sometimes this is a tricky process where the baby may not want mum or the mum may not want her baby back, but Riki just took the twins back and the babies went straight onto her like they'd only been away a few minutes.
YAY I love happy endings.
Further update January 2019:
Riki wasn't coping with both babies, so a decision was made to remove Velcro who wasn't doing all that well on mum. Velcro had significant feeding issues and was a difficult baby in care for a few weeks, then she started to grow and thrive. She was renamed Ruby Tuesday by her carer.
Being probably a premature birth, she took a while to catch up with her apparent age. She will be going to creche in the next week.
Klingon was an easy baby and was raised by Riki. He's gone to creche already and will be released in early march with the other creche babies in his group.
Riki remains in care, still with problems from her head injury. She is gradually making incremental improvements.
March 2019 update:
The twins have been released.
Riki remains in care making slow improvements.
July 2019 update: I lost track of Riki in the system. I'm not sure if she was released or if she didn't make it. I neglected (deliberately) to follow up on her because at the time everything was dying and I didn't want to know if she was released or not. Bats unable to be released are euthanased. Riki wasn't able to be released at the same time as her babies because she wasn't well enough, but I don't know if she actually improved or not.
Sorry I can't give you a definite ending, but I don't have that info and I'm not going to ask
I completely get that and thank you for the updates you did give. I never realized a baby bat on the ground could be a twin. Thanks for that as well.
Just saw this. Wow. I hope the mom made it okay. I hope those house owners do something about all that glass. She obviously flew into it. Thank you for caring for them. 😢🦇
I dont often give this compliment, but the way you handle those creatures in your care (and i have watched quite a few of your videos) is like "poetry in motion"
Thank you for all you do.
Thanks Jimmy; that's a huge compliment.
When you stare at their eyes it reminds you of a puppy👍🏻
YerokA ASregor when puppies become angels, bats are formed
@@thewhisperinthewoods lol
@@thewhisperinthewoods Oh my gosh
Poor mamma, getting eaten alive by disco rice!
The name you gave them is amazing
Gross. Two things I didn't want associated with maggots--food and dancing. Thanks!
Science Compliance 😂🤣
Nouki Blue How ...picturesque...I think...
😂 lol disco rice
The bats thin skin is absolutely beautiful. It looks really elegant.
I'm really happy knowing that there's people out here willing to help such creatures.
Not to mention, how well you do at it. Softly speaking to the babies and mum. It's nice seeing such gentle tenderness. :>
Thanks Adrianna. Are you new to my channel?
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
If you want to find further videos of a particular bat, just search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat
You are not only just Rescue of a flying-fox hanging on a pool fence but also Rescue of earth ecosystem ! great job !
One bat at a time.
I don't do the big picture (that's for politicians and lobbyists and committees (!!! I loathe committees)). I just work on one bat at a time, and upload onto YT so other people see what I do.
Never knew that you could give baby bats dummies that’s really cute
Babies are given pacifiers/dummies/binkies to help them feel more secure. In the wild, baby would be on mum’s nipple 24/7 for the first month, occasionally letting go to change sides or to have a stretch and stickybeak. A baby holds onto its mum’s nipple with tiny sharp backwards curving teeth, and knows by holding on, it can’t fall. I’m reliably informed that mum’s nipples have very few nerve endings which I feel is a sensible evolutionary blessing. A baby who has a pacifier firmly clenched in its teeth, is less grabby, less stressed, and much more relaxed and secure. Sometimes a baby, with the pacifier firmly clenched in their teeth for security, will just let go with their feet, with and be very surprised when they fall. For this reason when we put the babies on an airer or hang them somewhere, we make sure there is a sling or something to catch them if they let go. In the wild, mum’s nipple is attached to mum.
@@Megabattie Woah super interesting behavior, makes a lot of sense for such a light mammal too. Still no matter how light the baby or unfeeling the nipple, that's gotta suck lol.
@@oyecomova5478 Curse bungee jump
@@Megabattie Lol I don’t know why I laughed so hard - “I’m reliably informed that mum’s nipples have very few nerve endings which I feel is a sensible evolutionary blessing.” Amen to that. You may already know this, but if you want to talk about a sensible, evolutionary blessing, check out how hyenas give birth…😳😵💫🥺
Anyway, thank you for sharing your wonderful work. I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed watching you rescue, treat, and explain step by step protocol. I live across the world within a mile of a wildlife refuge that’s also within a forest National reserve. So I grew up in the woods with love, fascination (and respect!} of animals. Excited to subscribe for more. Don’t forget to take care of yourself, too!
@@mar-shagazorpazorp6431 I only had one baby ever bite me on the nipple, and there was blood and tears, all mine.
I was feeding in the middle of the night (not wearing a bra, of course, because it was 2am). The milk was a bit hot so I had him cuddled to my chest until it cooled enough to feed him, and given that it was early in the season and the nights were cold, my pointy out bits were pointing out, and he just turned his head to the pointy out bit, and bit onto it. Blood and tears, all mine.
Had he been a human offspring I might very well still be in prison for infanticide.
Bat mums have babies bite onto their nipple to hang on during flight. Without the evolutionary blessing of no sensation, I doubt any bat babies would survive their first few hours of life.
If I was a bat, I would trust you completely with my care, you are so gentle with their tiny forms. Thank you for what you do.
She handled them very well. She is very caring. The bats may not fully understand what is happening, but I'm sure they felt loved and cared for.
Watching these gorgeous, gorgeous creatures being rescued and treated and brought back to health is fantastic therapy for me. I have always liked bats, now I love them to bits and pieces. I can't thank you enough for the work you do, although I bet the work is massively rewarding anyway. It looks it anyway.
Those maternal instincts really kicked in there. Little guy started twittering and she was like, "Wait! Mah babbyyyy!"
Bless you bless you bless you for what you do! That's three more of these creatures who have a much better outlook. I can't imagine how much those maggots must have hurt and how much better they'll all feel now that they're gone.
Aww poor mom must have been terribly injured to remain so “calm”/not caring at all - I’m glad you at least gave it a try and saved the babies 🙏🏻 Thank you for your work ❤️
Animals know when they are being saved and rescued and then fixed. They're not stupid..its mostly humans who are so stupid with so little knowledge or-& compassion. The ones who commune, communicate , care for and save our precious animals..are the greatest in our society..IMO.
They Fly on "all good systems go".
@@ShogunHull xd
@@ShogunHull The bat lady said it herself "she's terribly calm. It's not normal." The bat is so unwell it doesn't care enough to fight back. Very concussed.
@@andynonymous6769 Yes..but the Mother may get well and thrive again..prayers.
What a kind and loving human being you are. You're doing God's work and He loves you for your tireless efforts. People forget how much God loves his animals. I was thoroughly amazed by your gentle skills. God Bless you and all of the animals that you've saved, past & present. Take much needed daily breaks allowing yourself your favorite things. You deserve the best.
How beautiful is she, poor girl, horrible maggots. Thank you for being a beautiful human being and rescuing Riki and her babies. What a wonderful job to have. ❤
You can tell how much this woman loves these animals. God bless her.
I'm so glad they were found and really hope they all get well! Please keep us posted! I'm invested in their lives now!
I'm so glad Riki will not have to care for the twins in the wild. You know one of them would die. She's a great, loving batMum to have taken them back without a problem. The whole family deserves to live in safety after what they've been through.
Read the description for the update. Its a good one for the babies.
I wish I could've participated in the caring for Momma and the twins, that's a great job you're doing for them!!
Hope this lady lives forever to take care of these bats so gently. These little flying foxes are so adorable.
I won't live forever, but there will be others following in my steps. I'm not the only one doing this but I'm one of the few who put myself out there on YT and show what I do.
@@Megabattie 👍love you and all the others who do what you do. It is your posts that makes us aware of the plight of these tiny creatures. Thank you for that.
@@tonmarinaxxzz Thanks
Maggots are horrible, you are blessed for saving those flying foxes! 😊
I love watching you work. I’m a registered nurse and I’m intrigued. Your professionalism and compassion are remarkable!
I always did like the medical side of things.
Thanks for the comment
Oh I so love you…..thank you for all the batties you’ve saved…😘💕
You're such a wonderful creature, woman! A pure human being. Bless your heart💗🙏
Another video I was unable to breathe throughout. And can we take a moment to discuss how much I hate maggots. Thank you for looking after these precious ones. I hope Mama pulls through
I'm not that fond of maggots either
Maggots serve a role in nature of cleaning up carrion and feces that otherwise would contaminate the environment. Nature isn't kind, and without human assistance the mother bat and her babies would have died, so the flies were getting a head start for their own young by laying eggs on the dying bats.
I think disgust at maggots might be instinctive, as they signify a potential source of disease.
Science Compliance The main illness blowflies might be likely to cause is myiasis (this looked like the type of fly’s hatched eggs to me). Myiasis is an infestation of blowfly larvae.The mothers often lay their eggs in an un-injured animal, and all you see until they eat their way through to being an adult, and then fly away looks like a large boil under the skin. I DO think the disgust is instinctive in humans, most likely because opportunistic bacteria can invade after the flies are gone...leaving an open wound.🖤🇨🇦
She's adorable. Thank you for saving her and her babies.
Wow I am so impressed with her knowledge of these beautiful creatures. She has the patience of a saint. I couldn’t believe her incredible patience when picking those maggots off of the mom. I love her soothing and calm voice. People like her are a blessing to the world spreading kindness and healing. Bless her!
LOl I'm not really a patient person but the bats have taught me patience.
Thank goodness the people called you. She needs some down time to recover.
So glad you got her soon enough to get those awful maggots off her and her babies. Thanks for letting us see everything that needed to be done. Boy, they are dehydrated. Hope they’re okay.
(Their wings are so velvety.) 🦇🌷🌱
Welcome to Megabattie,
I put lots of information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first. I also put the fate of the animal if I know it, at the time I put the video up. I may put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is also a Happy Outcomes playlist if you want to only watch videos where the bat survives; this is a real life channel and you get the good, the bad, the ugly and distressing, and even my oopsies.
You can find further videos on an individual bat by searching in the YT search bar for Megabattie/and the name of the bat you want to follow.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
Wow this woman is a god send for these animals.
Yeah those babies would've had no chance without her and the mom's death would've been so much more horrible 🥺
Bats that are this big always look like they have similar eyes to that of a small dog.
An artificial dog, because man-made dogs are bred to be cuter, so their eyes are obnoxiously large.
@Thatoneguy chihuahua’s: am I a joke to you?
@@fioafionawright8604 yes. Yes they are.
@@thatoneguy7451 dogs arnt man made? Sure humans bred them but nature made them
@Nevermore Dogs are from nature, but today there’s more man made breeds than natural breeds.
These are amazing beautiful creatures! And the caregiver is so kind and respectful. Inspiring to watch!
Sweet, good little mama. Thank you so much for rescuing that beautiful little family. ❤️
In the past year ive really fallen in love with these adorable little critters. They are just too cute.
I read flying fox
I *_clicked_*
And I definitely did not regret what I saw
stella adebayo they call fruit bats flying foxes because they have a fox face.
Rockstar Ivypool There is a lot of large bats too and I thought they were fox bats
Its a bat,not a flying fox
@@nadinerody7481 She is both a bat and a flying-fox (with an hyphen).
All flying-foxes are bats; not all bats are flying-foxes.
That's like saying all bulldogs are dogs but not all dogs are bulldogs.
@@Megabattie Ur so rite about that as I didnt realize what I said
Miss Megabattie is awesome! May she and family live long & prosper!
Мир с добрыми людьми спасибо вам, удачи! 🥹🥹😍😍✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼❤️🔥❤️🔥
Спасибо
God bless you the maggots would make me faint
Me too!!! Im such a weirdo I get grossed out cleaning my own bathtub! This lady is a hero, a saint and a badass I wish I was like her
Don't ever clean a hoarders house then.
Maggots are gross
T G Some asshole threw a pizza box with no bag in our trash so it got maggots and of course me (the person who cries when I have to kill a roach like actually cries) had to take it out. It was FUCKING disgusting. Like so disgusting I never want to have that happen again.
Ha. Klingon. Velcro. I see what you did there. And neat I didn't know mama bats could take care of twins. The babies get so big I thought they'd have their wings full with one baby. Good lord imagine trying to fly and do bat things when you're pregnant with twins.
The weakest twin will drop off. As they grow she can't fly with both.
This bat is literally my hero, imagine being a human in this situation...damn. And to think, people are impressed by “Batman” who’s just a rich moody boy! This lady’s been THROUGH IT
Imagine even raising a lot of kids w/ no daddy around ?
@@1besieged Happens daily across the country sadly.
@@BartzabelAlgol correction = across the whole planet.
I really love your descriptions on their development as much as possible, and thank you so much for informing us when there is a happy ending for the little ones
I love the way she says “mum” it’s adorable
Poor Mom...she must have been exhausted hanging by the pool for days with two babies.. I hope they all make it to have a full life. Thanks so much Meg...that was interesting. I was wondering if I would ever see a batty with twins.!
I don't know that she was beside the pool all the time. Maybe she was in a tree in the neighbour's yard after she hit her head, then tried to fly when she needed food and water. The pool is a body of water - sometimes the bats see it and bellydip and skim the water, but they don't see the glass pool fences.
Megabattie it’s a real hazard to flying wildlife, those glass fences. Too bad. :(
Megabattie Is there an update on the health of the mother and her babies? A tbi is serious business.
Hanging out by a pool with 2 kids is definitely exhausting.
This is a person who loves her work...great life!
Your voice is so comforting, like I can tell you're a great caregiver
Thank you for saving this mum and her babies. So wished the USA had flying fox bats think they are so beautiful.
This woman this me hope that there’s still beautiful amazing hearted people out there. Thank you 🙏🏻
Oh,Meg, Stars in your crown for this rescue. It was awesome watch you care for this little family. Poor Mom, could not help herself, or her babies. Thanks to MOP for calling you.They would have died a slow, horrible death. Good luck Rikki, and battie babies Klingon and Velcro. Hope you ALL have a speedy recovery. Thanks, and Blessings, Meg.☺
She was calm because she knows she is in the best care and her babies are safe. It is so fascinating to see the interaction and attentiveness. They are cute when you wrap them up☺️
What an excellent video, thank you for rescuing them and for explaining in detail how you take care of them. Such beautiful animals. ❤
I've never seen an animal like this up close before she is absolutely beautiful
Yes, the flying-foxes are beautiful.
Have a look at a few more of the videos on my channel. Or the playlists. Try the orphan bat playlists, and then the Walter playlist.
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
If you want to find out further videos of a specific bat - search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.
Oh Meg how wonderful she is ok and twins wow great news ,hope they all do well
Thank you for caring for the flying foxes we appreciate you're work from Knoxville TN and may God bless you and your team for helping them and others out.😊
What a beautiful animal! Such a sweet dog-like face.❤
They have that Chihuahua look in their eyes
Search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/Funny Face videos - she's very chihuahua-y with her facial deformity and foreshortened jaw.
@@Megabattie chiuahuas are facially deformed
@@beesgold1487 Pathetic comment, just like you. All creatures are beautiful
@@chyna8405 I think they literally are though because of constant inbreeding by humans. Similar story to pugs. Very sad.
Hope Riki and her precious little babies get better soon💗😘😊
That’s really do have the sweetest faces ever. They have little puppy dog faces and are such good parents. If you can get past the wings, they are amazing. So glad people are looking out for these animals.😊
LOL, the wings are the most amazing part of the whole.
The mumbat raises the babies, the absent parent (father) has the fun, makes the babies, then leaves the girl "barefoot and pregnant" (so to speak) to carry, fly with, find enough calories to grow the babies, fly with the babies in utero whilst growing them, then feed and carry them around after birth until they're too heavy to fly with, then find enough food to nourish themselves and make enough milk for the growing baby they need to feed back at the camp.
The boys do boy things until it's time to shine up their balls again and make more babies.
The only parent is the Mumbat; the boys aren't parents because they don't parent; they're just the sperm donor.
I respect and admire this woman’s dedication! 😲
Thanks
Her wings are so dark that my screen couldn’t handle it. Soo cute
Yeah my screen is doing that weird thing where big pixels with different shades of black appear
They're thinking they just got abducted by aliens
Oh, exactly! I was thinking the same thing! LOL!
So kindly, sweetly, and gently done! Are you a wildlife vet? Much respect for you and what you’re doing! Also for the person who covered them and called you for help! I love your quiet, steady voice!
No, I'm a wildlife carer - a bat specialist.
I like doing this and have been doing if for 15 bats seasons now.
@@Megabattie Your specialty is fascinating! I hope every good blessing for you! We all wonder about the bat season. Is it a 12 month year? Also, have you kept count of the number of bats you have cared for? So highly interesting! The Flying Fox was beautiful!
@@littlebrookreader949 I consider baby season to be the beginning of the batty year (or the end if you need a reward for your hard work). Babies are the icing on the cake of the batty year when you can raise the little lost orphans and love them and watch them grow and thrive. Baby season has just started with the first 2 babies coming into care in Sydney.
The bat year consists of baby season (Oct-Dec, but with occasional early and late babies); Netting season where the bats get stuck in fruit tree netting with disastrous consequences (January to April); juvie and concussion season when the juvies start to get their wings and fly free and independently and keep smacking into things all over town (February till July); Concussion season when there is little food around and the bats are starving so they're taking greater risks (April through to September); Birdstrike season where the girls are heavily pregnant and get themselves into all sorts of trouble and end up hanging in a tree out of the colony, and getting attacked by birds (September and early October usually), and we start baby season all over again.
I don't know how many FFs I've rescued - probably around 1500-2000. I have only kept personal records since 2015. I rescue around 300-350 a year depending on how busy winter is. I didn't do so much at the beginning but since I got my car I do a lot more rescues because I can take equipment with me instead of trying to rescue with what I have on the back of a scooter.
@@Megabattie Thank you so much for responding! AMAZING! YOU are a busy lady! Someone else here read it and said, “COOL!”
Twins!!!! Bless little mama's heart. I Love that you could hear the babies as soon as you got towards the back yard Meg.
The way they're weighed made me chuckle. Little buggers haha
Oh bless her, the poor dear. So thankful there’s people like you helping these amazing creatures ❤️
When it’s my turn for my end of days I really hope I have someone as caring and sweet as this lady to ease me through to the next phase.
I don't do end of life care I'm afraid.
This woman is an angel. The respect and love she has shown these bats. People need to be more like this. The world would be a better place.