toni’s out of town over the weekend, so he asked me to watch over his two foundlings.
it’s really fascinating work to do - the baby-bat gets a mix of prepared powdered milk, fennel tea and vitamins, which is fed through a tiny pipette.
the serotine bat, which is about 4 weeks old now, already gets maggots.
side notes:
- many bat species’ faces strongly resemble a dog’s face. but their head-scratching technique (with the back feet) just seems like it’s copied 1:1!
- as soon as you remove the pipette from the baby-bat, it starts searching around for teats and will try to “bite” anything (the skin between my fingers, for example). it’s really active too, always climbing around in its cuddly home (or on my hands, when i’m trying to feed it).
- today (saturday), the common pipistrelle’s right ear “unfolded”. the left one is still rumpled…
sunday went by pretty fast, and before i knew, they were gone again. and although i didn’t get much sleep (again/still), it was a great experience…
i tried to take some videos as well:
- [view video: feeding a serotine bat*]
[view video: serotine bat scratching]
* by the way: i got the escaping maggot, in case you’re wondering
Monday, 10.04.2006 at 08:53
What is the serotine bat’s furry bed made of?
The picture of the box of maggots makes my skin crawl .. haha …
Monday, 10.04.2006 at 13:40
it’s an old fur cap :mrgreen:
hey, mealworms are cute, too! :wink: