Rescuing a pregnant flying-fox stuck on a balcony: this is Yoko
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- čas přidán 26. 10. 2019
- Yoko is an adult female Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who was trapped on a tiny balcony. She's pregnant, and a little unhappy about being caught and caged.
In care I sedated her a little so she stopped stressing out and if possible, could hang onto her baby till it was actually due.
When I got her home I thought she was about to pop and she seemed very bulgy round her girly bits.
However, once she settled down she apparently took my advice and crossed her legs and held baby in to cook it a little further.
On day 4 she is still pregnant and is just hanging around and stuffing her face and incubating baby to term.
YAY. I like happy outcomes.
Your kindness and compassion are hope that there are people willing to help animals.
thanks
Little Yoko, so beautiful. Thank you, Meg, for calming her.
There are further videos with Yoko in them. You can search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/Yoko and Lennon
if you want to see more.
I so enjoy listening to the lady’s conversation as she cares for the rescued pregnant bat. Though the bat doesn’t understand the words she ‘s hearing, she certainly understands the tone of love and care expressed.🙂🥰
The don't understand English, but they do understand tone of voice, and predictability and consistency; when I first rescue them I speak to them in reassuring tones, and match to my actions with gentle, slow and predicable movements. This lets them associate my actions with my tone of voice and not being hurt, and feeling a little better, and being fed.
Glad there are people out there helping them out instead of killing them.
We've all been there. Pregnant, make a wrong turn, and then some giant rescues you. It's stressful, but it gets better.
Similarly, I was homeless and hopeless from Oct. '17 till late July '29. But by Jan. '20 I was employed and heading back to *usual* (which is still a skewed ideal, but still...). So don't think too different from small to large when viewing things around you. Sometimes, all it takes is a little output. Other times it might just keep taking all you give. Be observant at all times, from a point of giving and of taking. People like me will thank you more than you can imagine.
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Shaun Simmons I was homeless for two years in Camden nj but I’ve always been so caring towards people even when they screwed me over
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*"and then some giant rescues you."* Most don't get that, though.
Bless you for loving, rescuing, and nurturing beautiful bats back to life and health. :D
beautiful eyes
I love you AND the pregnant sweetie!!!
🥉🥈🏅💞💓💗💜💙💚❤🥉🏅🥈🥉🏅
Good girl, .great news..
Man, impressive how you are able to do all the nursing work one handed, because your other hand is making sure you don't get bit!
I guess you just get used to doing it.
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Good one , Meg....
People like you are what keep me from losing faith in humanity. Thank you for everything you do.
thanks
I say "bless you" and "Mary Poppins" to you often and I mean it, but let me give a shout out to these KIND people who call to find real help instead of panicking and (I won't describe it) because OH NO, a "scary vampire thing that has rabies." Thank you to EVERYONE who treats others as they'd like to be treated if pregnant, stuck, scared, hurt, or all of those. I wish the world were made only of people like that.
Just discovered all these nice videos... never thought a bat could be so cute and innocent... I think the world needs to see it, all we ever hear is negative things, especially now :(
Thanks Natashja, that is one of the nicest comments today. Most of them are toxic, vehemently anti bat, and quite offensive.
Welcome to Megabattie.
Are you sticking around on my channel? Need help navigating and finding things? There are playlists you can access from the menu under the cover pic on the home page. Try the orphan bat playlists, and the happy outcomes playlists.
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.
Yay I am so happy to Meg ❤️🦇💕❤️🦇💕🦇💕❤️
excellent news for battie girl, and hang on to your baby.
I love how they immediately start eating what you offer!! That’s trust!!🥰💕
It's a survival mechanism - food equals strength
Love those gorgeous little things❤❤❤
I think that mommy bat is pregnant with her tiny little baby bat are so cute and adorable 😻😻💓❤️💓❤️💓😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️😻❤️
Boy did she pick the perfect place to end up. Lucky girl!!!!
Dear Meg saving a pregnant girl 😘
You are quite possibly one of the nicest human beings in the world, specially because these animals that are are so often misunderstood.
Haha I'm not a nice person - not as far as nice people go. But I do like doing this and I am nice to my bats.
In Australia nice is pronounced noice (if you're being very Aussie - like noise only with an S sound not a Z sound). I'm not noice.
If anyone at my funeral gets up and says: she was such a nice person, everyone who knows me will know that person is totally wrong. I have elements of noice but I'm not nice.
I can never get enough of those angelic faces.
IKR?
Always hear about how disgusting and ugly they are but I don't see that. They are just so cute.
Ever heard of horseshoe bats?
Ohhh me too! I think they're sooo adorable! Always have!
Nothing more adorable than a baby flying fox swaddled in pastel colors!! Except two or more baby flying foxes swaddled in pastels!!
Thanks for all you do for these precious creatures!!!
"OMG I can't get away!" "OMG I'm being caught!" "OMG I'm gonna be eaten!" "OMG they're gonna stab me with that thing!" "OMG it's... apple juice?" "OMG, this is good..." "OMG they're not hurting me" "OMG I feel so much better" "OMG I'm warm, safe and fed!" "OMG I gotta tell all my friends about this hotel!"
Shows how intelligent bats are - although stressed and wary, they realize fairly quickly that the rescue is not an attack. Giving/getting food is one of, if not the, most basic and universal way to give/get comfort and promote trust.
All animals are like that. They act defensive at first but, after they realize they are not dead yet and you are not intentionally trying to harm them, they start to relax and go with it
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Patrick Lenigan yes, but they bats do it very quickly...almost immediately. So, either they are very smart, or very dumb. No in between.
Bats are incredibly social animals to begin with. they feed each other in the wild and in their colonies and also cuddle with each other.
In the UK it is still a nice cup of tea. Not for bats of course, but for some reason it is very comforting for humans after an upset. 😅
Thank You, not only for another successful and happy rescue, but also for a great birthday gift to me! Happy, happy!
I don't take name suggestions Woman of Substance. It has proven a nightmare in the past, with my comments deluged with name suggestions so the whole thing is about viewers naming bats, not about bats or bat education or bat rescue.
@@Megabattie Sorry, it was more of a rhetorical question since you no longer have Yoko in care, and was meant to be moderately humorous.
@@womanofsubstance8735 Thanks but I have to scotch any naming as soon as people suggest it otherwise I have to deal with a deluge, and it actually ruins it for me. I get pleasure from naming the batties, and people making suggestions means I can't use those names otherwise people think I'm taking suggestions and the deluge recommences.
@@Megabattie I can see how that could be a problem. I have erased the name suggestions, for what it's worth, and I won't do such again. No worries.
@@womanofsubstance8735 Thanks
I'm always amazed at how fast they chill out, for a wild animal that as just been caught.
They're smart. They bide their time and allow us to handle them because they have few options. They would escape if they could. They see we're feeding them and tending them so they give us limited trust.
If I put her in a cage with a bunch of other bats, she'd be united with them in her defiance of the human captors.
@@Megabattie I don't think any other captive animal would do that. You would have to slowly gain the trust of a dog or feral cat. They wouldn't care about the food, because they are in mortal fear.
@@MegaRudeBoy69 They're smart
I think they might be s little smarter than the bats I grew up with
Awwwwww she's so precious and pregnant 😍 🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤
You can follow her story by just searching for Megabattie/Yoko/Lennon
You deserve a yearly or anytime award for being the nicest and caring person on this earth and some days I feel so so and watch your videos I feel better for the day keep up the good work my good lady
Agreed Robert!! :)
@@a.c.9993 thank you
@@robertrist2300 😊
megabattie is my therapy too.
Me too 👍🏻🦇🥰
I love watching them drink the apple juice ❤️
"That's just my phone" oh thank goodness you pointed that out, this is the third video I watched where I heard that and thought the same bird had been following you around somehow
My phone ringtone is one of my birds - a very special little not quite normal cockatiel who loved me very much and was always excited to see me. He learned the whistle from another of my pair's chicks who was also not quite normal. Both Mini and my bird LIcketty Split have died since, but I love the ringtone because it reminds meet how happy he always was. Both birds were from my self breeding pair of cockatiels and were what I call Dwarfs.
If you look in the YT search bar for Megabattie/Dwarf cockatiels or Megabattie/Licketty Split you will see some of them.
The kids say you're a PRO at doing everything one-handed!
It's that or get bitten. You eventually work out a way to do this.
"Just cross your legs if necessary"😂 I love the way you talk to these sweeties.
she must have listened, because she gave birth to a full term baby (Lennon) a few weeks later, in care.
@@Megabattie that's awesome. I always had some rescue pets in my life and I always talk to them, too (even to the deaf ones😅).
Can I ask you something? My cat brought me a dead bat last week. It was a mouse sized one. He can't jump, so he isn't able to leave our really small garden. Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again? I felt so bad for the poor thing.
@@KrisThroughGlass keep your cat in at night. If you do, then the cat has found a bat on the ground and there is nothing you can do to prevent this.
@@Megabattie thank you! I'm afraid this isn't an option, though. I got him from a shelter 3 years ago when he was already at least 10 years old and was deeply traumatized. He's doing much better, but still hides during daylight. Not eating, going to the toilet etc. Nights are the only time he seems to feel safe.
I'm also really happy that we got rid of a very serious mice infestation thanks to him (poison was never an option for me).
For now I'll hope that he learned from the experience that he doesn't like the taste of bat (he eats mice completely).
Soon it's time for hibernation (I'm from Germany). Maybe he feels safe enough to get active during the day until next spring. Then I'll reconsider keeping him inside during the night.
Thank you again for the advice!
@@KrisThroughGlass thanks for rescuing and caring for him.
2:35 Woman sees flying-fox lapping up the drink... and she goes "Aaawwwwww." I wonder if she expected the cuteness?
Nobody expects the cuteness.
I am lost forever, looking into their eyes.
She sure wasn't happy to be found! Glad she kept the bun in the oven till it was done.
Yay.. I love the rescues that end up with healthy batties! 🦇🦇 She's just beautiful ❤️
Megabattie says, "Nononono, there is no escape.."
(you can't escape from my love and care)" (@06:33)
Can i say... I love you. You are so wonderful. You are the best bat mommy in the world. Somethibg about the way you talk and the things you say is so damn comforting. Youre the best batty midwife ever
Good luck mom and baby❤❤so precious, thank you so nuch for helping them.
The were in care a few years ago, and have subsequently both been released.
Thank you for doing what you do.
You are an amazin human , thank you
What a wonderful care giver you are!
Precious ❤❤❤ I giggled at the video description. Adorable ❤🧡💛
So very happy she is going to hold on to baby till full term and they are both going to be alright now xxx
She had the baby the night before last. Full term but small baby, both doing well.
Did you know I have a community page on my channel which is like a mini FB page, and you can access further info there - I put up photos and talk about things, and there are always extras there, and sometimes updates about recent bat rescues?
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.
Sweet lady. Thank you.
She's so calm! After that initial panic of being touched, she didn't make a peep or struggle much at all.
"keep your legs crossed" - you are so funny, our lady bat savior.
A year late . Glad she made it . She’s probably flying high and so is her baby . 🌺💜
Proabably
@@Megabattie 🤞
You must really love your job rescuing these babies. 🥰🥰
I love to rescue bats; I get out and about, I meet new batties in new situations all the time, and I get to sort them out and drop them off to a carer, ready to do it again and again.
She's beautiful and I hope to see her baby❤ your the best!
There are videos of her with her baby. Just search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/Yoko and Lennon
Beautiful outcome Meg .. Great Job Yoko, beautiful girl ❤️❤️❤️❤️
She must have been so scared. She's lucky to be under your expert care . 😀
She was rescued by me but I send the bats to a carer who has other pregnant females. I don't care for adult flying-foxes in my apartment unless they're immediate and intensive care and need sorting out by the vet; I move them along to a carer as soon as they're ready to hang.
Wonderful!💚💙💜
What a video, wow. I love the way you talk to these beautiful creatures.
Little Moms is like "I don't know who this this Lady is but how did she know I was thirsty? I sure do appreciate this"💖
I just love you to pieces Meg!!! I so appreciate what you are doing. I wish I could support you more than just watching. Maybe someday 🙏 🙏. Tyfs God bless you
Awww, she's so adorable. You ever notice bats look like miniture puppies, with wings?! haha! Such a sweetie. Thanks for saving her xo
Flying foxes definitely are puppies with wings. Others are different but still cute. Like the pipistrelle or Hondura white bats (they're gorgeous and adorable looking imo, like fluffy winged mice)
Such beautiful creatures
Thank the Lord for people like you. Such dedication. Keep on rescueing these lovely creatures. Love from united kingdom.
Oh such great news, 4 days and still pregnant! Terrific Rescue Meg 😊. She’s probably thinking, ‘I really like this! I can lay around with my feet up and get fed lots of good things!’ She has my prayers to deliver a full term healthy baby ♥️😘
I bet u were the best nurse ever!!!!
"I didn't see any boy bits"...... Hilarious!
This world needs more angels like you, Meg. 💕
I'm not an angel, but I do like the term Fairy FFoxmother if you're going to say nice things about me... LOL
I hope mum and baby are ok xxxx great job meg love and kisses to you and all the beautiful bats 🦇❤️
🎉🥳 YaY!!!😄👍
Me gusta mucho ver cómo los atiende 💋💋
The look in Yoko's eyes when you were giving her glucose & sweetly talking to her: TOTAL TRUST (to me it looked that way) I bless you for helping her to carry her baby & to kind person who called you!!🥰🦇🤗💕💕
Dalek's have stairs.
The Flying Fox's greatest nemesis: The quilt.
Is it just me or are flying foxes are so adorable
Pregnant and stuck. Story of my life. I so love you meg❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a great phone ring😂Wish you were my nurse if I need one👍
Oh that is a great outcome oh, this is wonderful and this will be exciting. Yoko you really lucked out you're in great hands now with Meg
Wow... The care you provide is awesome
I love this wonderful, sweet woman....why can't all people be like this.
It takes nothing to be kind to every creature.
"Cook your baby until it's properly cooked!" Omg I laughed hard at that, so cute omgg
Fully cooked babies do so much better than the half baked variety
So glad you were able to care for her, I teared up a bit listening to you tell her you would do the worrying for her. Such a caring person you are. Hang in there Yoko fingers crossed all goes well. These happy endings are important.
Que Dios te bendiga hermosa haces algo tan hermoso ayudando a estos pequeñitos. Que Dios te de muchas bendiciones.
That is so awesome! Yay!
You are the best mom for this bats 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇😘😘😘😘😘
Thank you lovely lady for all the hard work and the caring you give to these beautiful animals.
Aww, your so amazing with these bats Meg, ❤️🦇 they're so lucky to have you on their side. I hope mama (Yoko) and baby were just fine, Blessings to you and all the work you do, from Scotland. 🙏🏴🌹
As far as I remember (which could be wrong so long after this rescue), she raised her baby in care and both were released when baby Lennon was able to fly independently.
Sweet beautiful creature...
Hang in there, beautiful Yoko! Sending you best wishes for a safe delivery! ... And thank you very much, Meg, for getting this lady to safety!
I like it moch respect from belgium
Very happy outcome. Such a cutie!
No one loves a happy ending for a momma and her baby, better than I. Thank you.
You are fabulous!!!
Yes! A happy story! 💜💜💜🦇🦇
I love your videos and the caring way you rescue these beautiful creatures it's all very inspirational!!
Thanks Darius
@@Megabattie Thank you, for all you do!!
I was never interested in bats before until I stumbled across one of your videos. Now I'm hooked! Thank you for your dedication to these amazing animals 🦇 💕
Thanks Feeber.
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 Thank you for the info. I'll be sure to check it out.
Happy outcomes are always the best!!!
How sweet. You've converted my thinking about bats all together. Wonderful little creatures.
You cant tell me these amazing animals don't know Meg is there to help them. Stunning.
Thank You for helping her😘
I'm glad Yoko is doing well and keeping the baby!!😊☺I see we girls understand each other;human or bats.😊
She is really beautiful 😍😘😍😘
She looks happy at the end
Keep cooking that baby Yoko...we all want to meet it too but not until its done cooking!
Once again, rescued with the awesome call in of a MOP and of course, our favorite crazy bat lady...Meg!!!
Yoko is a beautiful batty mom. ^^ I hope her baby can make it too! 🤎
Meg, you are greater than an Angel trying to interfere in the affairs of man. Because animals determine the affairs of man. U r the greatest angel by far....both in heaven and on earth.
Good luck you darlins😍😍😍