Poor little guy…
November 14, 2005
Found this little guy in our building this morning. He was very lethargic – my guess he was suffering from thirst. Lost in a giant building, there was no place for him to get a drink except the restrooms, which of course he wouldn’t know about.
I really like bats – they eat a lot of mosquitos. I put him in a bush outside and sprinkled some water on the branches around him. Hope he makes it.
Categories: Environment, Safety & Health
Just thought you’d like to know you did the right thing. We found out (by talking with a rehabber) that bats can’t fly if they’re on the ground: that is, they need a point of departure that allows them to glide and get started. See this link (if it comes through as a link
Thank you, Bill! Although I put him in a bush, it was not a high bush so, acting on your tip, I went back and found him. It had begun to rain and he was lying in a forlorn heap on the ground, soaking wet, a victim of my lack of bat knowledge.
Right now he is hanging upside down from the fingertips of my left glove, in a large plastic container on my desk. After I am satisfied he has warmed up and dried off, I will carry him outside and hang the glove up in the eaves of my garage in a protected spot. Perhaps he will be able to fly away then.
Of course I Googled Bat care just now and found out that handling him can cause ooga-booga virus and smirkitude of the left elbow, but I have been very careful. And I am not planning to use that glove again (I buy cotton work gloves in bulk packages).
Once again, hope he makes it.
BTW, I just went to your website, and – what a marvellous bit of organization that is! From the concept-mapping homepage and main pages to the topical documentation tree under “Technology Tips – collection of blog entries” (done with Treepad Business edition… I already use the free version of Treepad) – go check it out, folks!
I am definitely upgrading to the business edition of Treepad.
UPDATE: 15 Nov – he didn’t make it. I guess rescuing animals is a chancy business especially when you know as little as I do I felt bad about this but in the paper this morning was a story about a vetenarian who did surgery on a zoo lion. nursed it back to health for 5 weeks, only it died anyway..
Oh dear, sorry to hear that the little critter didn’t survive. You tried.
But really, are these for real: “ooga-booga virus and smirkitude of the left elbow”?
You know, now that you mention it I may have them wrong. I think it’s “smirkitude of the right elbow”.
Thanks for noticing… I do strive for accuracy!
Tch! Making light in the midst of tragedy! You’d make a good Englishman