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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.

  1. November 14, 2005 at 17:29 | #1

    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 ;)

  2. November 14, 2005 at 19:19 | #2

    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..

  3. November 15, 2005 at 17:48 | #3

    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”?

  4. November 15, 2005 at 19:53 | #4

    Doris said: “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!  ;-)

  5. November 16, 2005 at 05:16 | #5

    Tch! Making light in the midst of tragedy! You’d make a good Englishman ;-)

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