11-07-2015, 08:22 AM
I'm glad to hear that people are caring about the bats. We get many here, and they are easy to see flying all around as nightfall arrives.
Here we have those tiny Pipistrelle bats and they are very sweet little things. I have handled one on two occasions, and they didn't bite. On one occasion one came down the chimney into the room, and I had to help it out.
The second occasion was when I found one lying on the stone outside my front door.
I telephoned a bats' protection society, and they told me to examine its wings. I did so, then called them back. There was a tiny hole in one wing. They told me to place it in a cardboard box and leave it quiet there. The next evening -even though the hole had not sealed up -the bat looked fine and when I took it out, it climbed on my hand, walked up my sleeve, then flew away. I was worried because it had had no food for 24 hours, but it seemed very well.
Here we have those tiny Pipistrelle bats and they are very sweet little things. I have handled one on two occasions, and they didn't bite. On one occasion one came down the chimney into the room, and I had to help it out.
The second occasion was when I found one lying on the stone outside my front door.
I telephoned a bats' protection society, and they told me to examine its wings. I did so, then called them back. There was a tiny hole in one wing. They told me to place it in a cardboard box and leave it quiet there. The next evening -even though the hole had not sealed up -the bat looked fine and when I took it out, it climbed on my hand, walked up my sleeve, then flew away. I was worried because it had had no food for 24 hours, but it seemed very well.
