Happy #Baturday!
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl
I was looking at the little one thinking, "oh she's so tiny"... Then I notice the fingers holding her.She REALLY tiny!!!
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfryAll we know about Una’s origin story is that two very kind young dudes drove almost an hour to bring her to me on Monday after they found her while out on a walk.
She still had a fresh placenta and umbilical cord attached, and she was at least a little premature. Her mother was nowhere in sight and we know there wasn’t an active colony in the immediate vicinity. That makes it likely that the mother was snagged by a predator in the predawn hours and Una came out in the ensuing struggle.
Which is very sad!
But despite that, Una arrived at my house absolutely shouting at me to feed and take care of her. And so I do!
Neonates require round the clock care and have to be fed every couple of hours and stimulated to empty their bladder and bowels. They also need to be kept warm and engaged. These are social creatures and actively seek their mama.
Their nutritional needs mean a constant adjustments to the ingredients we compound to make their formula. Because they are so very tiny and have such a high metabolism it’s incredibly easy for them to crash if even on thing gets out of whack.
A challenge that Una had apparently decided I’m up for tackling.
Even though Una has decided that I’m her parent now, these bats don’t “imprint” on their caregivers, so if she makes it through she will be fully releasable by late summer.
Caveat: Don’t try this at home. I’m trained, licensed, and vaccinated!
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl
Lisa is Una's adoptive momma -
@mycrowgirl
I was looking at the little one thinking, "oh she's so tiny"... Then I notice the fingers holding her.She REALLY tiny!!!
@catsalad she was just over 1.3 grams when she arrived 🥺
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@mycrowgirl
Lisa is Una's adoptive momma@chillybot it me 🥹
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@batkaren they found your child.
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl Oh, my heart!
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfryMore Una for this #Baturday!
Volume up for shouty baby.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry -
More Una for this #Baturday!
Volume up for shouty baby.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl
The squeaks means she lovvess yoouuu
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl
squeeeees so high that only Una can hear their voiceHi Una!
Drink lots of milk so you can grow strong and catch lots and lots of bugs!
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfryOK, brace yourself.
I don’t know if you can handle the cute levels in this picture.
#Baturday #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry -
OK, brace yourself.
I don’t know if you can handle the cute levels in this picture.
#Baturday #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry -
@mycrowgirl
squeeeees so high that only Una can hear their voiceHi Una!
Drink lots of milk so you can grow strong and catch lots and lots of bugs!
@Chip_Unicorn i should tell folx that I’m growing my own winged tiny nano-demon army to fight the hordes of vampire insects plaguing my bog
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More Una for this #Baturday!
Volume up for shouty baby.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl for such a small thing she has a lot to say
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OK, brace yourself.
I don’t know if you can handle the cute levels in this picture.
#Baturday #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl oh. my. god.
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@mycrowgirl oh. my. god.
@NosirrahSec 🥹 so smol 🤏
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Happy #Baturday! I have an extra special introduction this week.
🥹 Please meet Una.
She is this season’s first orphaned bat, and she is the very first neonate I’ve rehabbed.
Una’s origin story is murky and sad but I will post that down thread behind a CW.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfryAnother volume-up for squeaks 🥹.
She was hunting for finger nipples
#Baturday #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry -
More Una for this #Baturday!
Volume up for shouty baby.
#BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry@mycrowgirl precious baby :3
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All we know about Una’s origin story is that two very kind young dudes drove almost an hour to bring her to me on Monday after they found her while out on a walk.
She still had a fresh placenta and umbilical cord attached, and she was at least a little premature. Her mother was nowhere in sight and we know there wasn’t an active colony in the immediate vicinity. That makes it likely that the mother was snagged by a predator in the predawn hours and Una came out in the ensuing struggle.
Which is very sad!
But despite that, Una arrived at my house absolutely shouting at me to feed and take care of her. And so I do!
Neonates require round the clock care and have to be fed every couple of hours and stimulated to empty their bladder and bowels. They also need to be kept warm and engaged. These are social creatures and actively seek their mama.
Their nutritional needs mean a constant adjustments to the ingredients we compound to make their formula. Because they are so very tiny and have such a high metabolism it’s incredibly easy for them to crash if even on thing gets out of whack.
A challenge that Una had apparently decided I’m up for tackling.
Even though Una has decided that I’m her parent now, these bats don’t “imprint” on their caregivers, so if she makes it through she will be fully releasable by late summer.
Caveat: Don’t try this at home. I’m trained, licensed, and vaccinated!
@mycrowgirl
I love this story.And, it reminds me of The Duke.
A baby rabbit that was the runt and on the bottom of a saturated bunny hole in a former yard, left for dead.
I grabbed him up, kept him warm and then began looking for someone to help.
A phone call was placed to the local animal welfare. The man there was like, "lady, this happens a lot to rabbits." At which point, I began to cry and kinda scold him. "Isn't this your job? ..."
Apparently, I was influential because he then gave me the name of a lady about 40/45m away. She told me to bring him on over with some goat milk from Kroger and she'd take care of him.
She called me some weeks later to tell me she released The Duke into the wild.
You're like her but for bats and that's cool.
There is more to my The Duke story, but I'll save those for another tale...
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@mycrowgirl
I love this story.And, it reminds me of The Duke.
A baby rabbit that was the runt and on the bottom of a saturated bunny hole in a former yard, left for dead.
I grabbed him up, kept him warm and then began looking for someone to help.
A phone call was placed to the local animal welfare. The man there was like, "lady, this happens a lot to rabbits." At which point, I began to cry and kinda scold him. "Isn't this your job? ..."
Apparently, I was influential because he then gave me the name of a lady about 40/45m away. She told me to bring him on over with some goat milk from Kroger and she'd take care of him.
She called me some weeks later to tell me she released The Duke into the wild.
You're like her but for bats and that's cool.
There is more to my The Duke story, but I'll save those for another tale...
