Sydney bat is still living with us. As mentioned previously, thankfully she wasn't cat attacked but she was slightly underweight for this time of year. She gradually gained weight but refused point-blank to self-feed. This continued for weeks, and by the time she'd...
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Lovely surprise
This afternoon I received a lovely email. 'Thank you Su for everything you did for Bertie. I cannot thank you enough for this and for your devotion to helping these beautiful creatures. It was a privilege and great pleasure to meet you'. Such a lovely message, and so...
Happy New Year
. Happy New Year and thank you so much for your support during 2022. Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy 2023!
Birthday Girl
I was excited and 'up and at it' rather early in order to take the bins down the track. I'm not normally up so early - it was still dark, but it was my birthday and super to watch the sun rising as I strolled back with my furry buddy. Brian is unwell and I wanted to...
Boxing Day – Bertie
This a.m same again. Bertie tries to eat but seems to struggle. I don’t want to give up on him because I know he is fighting and doing his best to pull through. I won’t continue if I think he is suffering though. For now, he is warm and comfy and I wish you all a...
Christmas Day – Bertie
Bertie is still with us, but only just. He's been refusing liquids all day and was not at all good with his last feed late last night. So much so, I didn't expect him to be with us this a.m and was pleased and surprised to see his ears twitch slightly as I opened his...
Christmas Eve – Bertie
An unusual Christmas Eve day. Instead of making mince pies I was out rescuing an underweight brown long-eared bat. He was found outside, 2ft off the ground on a garage wall, at 11 a.m. yesterday. The bat was still there today, and thankfully, the finder found me via...
Cheeky Pup
Back in 2011, I was caring for 5 pups over the Christmas period. I managed to take a photo of one of the bat pups peeping out of their bat box and decided to make it into a 'Cheeky Bat' Christmas card. I love the way it looks as if he is attempting to take a peek at...
We are witness in real time
We are witness in real time the end of #nature as we once knew her. J.Y.
Greater Horseshoe Bat
As it's almost Halloween ...I thought I would share a camera-shy juvenile Greater Horseshoe bat photo. Having been weighed, he was reversing out of his bag whilst I waited patiently to take his photo. ^o^ ^0^