Rescuing a baby flying-fox in a tree: this is Harlow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ธ.ค. 2022
- Harlow is a 6 week old baby Black Flying-Fox who lost her mum when she was electrocuted on powerlines; baby Harlow was heard in the tree below for over 24 hours but nobody spotted her until the lovely MOP (member of public) saw her and called for rescue.
By the time I arrived she had climbed from car height to around 3 metres and I couldn't reach her, which meant that I just had to improvise (seriously the only time I don't have my ladder in the car..!)
I used a pole and a cloth on the end, and after cutting some of the brushy branches to provide access, I fished her down by insisting she climbed onto my padded cloths on the end of the pole.
Harlow, being just over 6 weeks old, is well old enough to know her life wasn't meant to be like she was finding it, so she was quite distraught and cried a lot. We had a short nap together where I wrapped her and had her next to me so she could hear my breathing and heartbeat and she quietened down, but then I got a call from my Dad who said my Mum was very unwell, so in case I had to spend all night over there, I dropped little Harlow to Seamorn where she was able to get the attention she needed overnight.
Don't worry, my Mum is mostly fine with a few tricky issues which are being sorted but are time consuming.
Seamorn has Billi Maree in care, and the funny thing was that Billi Maree was totally outraged that there was another bat in HER home, wanting attention from HER human mum. She threw a huge tantrum about sharing, even though she never saw Harlow, just heard her crying in another room and most likely smelled her. Once I picked up Harlow, Seamorn took Billi Maree on a tour of the apartment to show her the interloper had been vanquished and would no longer be a problem.
I found another carer with a Black FF pup around the same age in her care, so I arranged transport for this stressed little girl to get herself a new buddy and learn about life as a spoiled rotten baby before being released through creche.
She has settled down into a kind of quiet acceptance of her new life, without really understanding what has happened. It will take about a week before she learns to participate in her new life and start to live and trust again. She'll get there, though she may retain her feisty independence rather than becoming a snuggle bunny and dependent on humans.
As story endings go, this is just a beginning for her, and she's getting the best care possible given that nothing can bring her mother back.
When the hand raised babies are 3 months old, they go into a creche, where they join other orphans and form a group. At this stage they'd be separating from this batty mums and be becoming more independent in the colony. In creche, at this age, they learn batty etiquette and how to live in a batty society. They shrug off their human mums and want to be with the other batties. When they are emotionally and physically ready, and uninjured, and around 4-5 months old, they’re put into a release cage under a colony and they can integrate into the colony and fly out with the wild bats. If they can’t find enough food, they can always come back to the cage for a feed. Support feeding is put up on the outside of the cage for as long as they are coming back and eating it. When the colony flies out for winter, they have fully integrated and fly out with them.
Meg, I'm sorry your mum is unwell. Sending healing thoughts!! What a little beauty Harlow is. Sad her mum passed but so thankful for all the heros who step in!
Thanks Lynda
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Sorry to hear your Mom is unwell. I'll send you warm wishes and deepest prayers for your Mom.
Mine just turned 87 and still taking me to the Dr.!!
Sending good thoughts out to everyone. Hope all the bases were covered🌬💚🤍🦇💚🦇💨🦇💞🐾❤️🩹🐾💘💝
@@maryg8979 Old age is not for wimps
Meg, I will write briefly: you are amazing and wonderful.
Thanks Daria
I love how they wink, such a cutie. The MOP was so very considerate and helpful.
All the best for your Mum!
I agree 😊. Hopefully your Mum will be feeling better soon!
Tell your mother she has people all over the world thinking of her. ❤
Thanks KC
She's so kiouteee thank you 😊 💓
RIP to all sky pup mummas...💘 good luck to all the darlin bubba sky pups!!! 💞🦇🦇💞
Meg, I hope your Mum feels better soon. Thank you for all you do!
Grow big and strong, Harlow! So happy to see your bright eyes!
Oh, she is beautiful! What shining eyes!
You're just so wonderful, Meg ❤
Thanks Margaret, but I'm just one of the many who do this, but show the world what I do; the others are just unsung and unnoticed heroes.
She’s so pretty, can’t believe how much they look like pups.
Always nice to have a second pair of hands.
I am so sorry she lost her mom, that is always so sad, but she is in great hands! Sorry to hear about your Mom, prayers for her!
Re-Re-watching 04/2024 this amazing rescue of baby Bat Harlow,🖤🦇💕 who sadly lost her Mum on powerlines.😓💔 Thankfull to MOP & your terrific rescue. I hope your Mum is feeling well today, I know you miss your Dad, take good care Meg.🥺💕💕
Well done on the rescue. Nice helpful MOP. Such a beautiful baby bat. Hope your parents are better soon.
Beautiful baby. Sorry about your mom you will be in our hearts and minds.
I am re-watching this beautiful rescue of Harlow, bless her heart!!🦇🤗💕 Thank you Meg for everything you do for Bats who are in trouble. I hope your Mum is doing okay in O5/2024, I know you miss your Dad.😓💓
Mum's doing as OK as someone grieving the loss of her partner of 70 years can be.
@@Megabattie 😓💔💕💕💕💕
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Healing for your Mom...and you.
What a lovely MOP! I wish that every time you needed it, you would have a compassionate, alert helper like her. All the flying fox babies are adorable, but IMO the black ones are up an extra notch on that scale. Thank goodness she is in good hands now.
Good wishes to your mom and dad. I know they are wonderful because you’re you.
The Greys will always be my favourite.
@@Megabattie Love them all but the Little Reds are my favorite!
Poor Mumma.....but fingers crossed for baby Harlow xxx❤
Aw what a poor little baby, im glad she was able to be saved. Thank you for all you do.
Im sorry to hear about your mum. I lost my mum in December. You however habe such an amazing legacy, god bless you and everyone who helps you. You truly are earth angels 😇 ❤
Good to hear your mum is mostly fine
I think she'll be OK but when you're 90, there will always be issues.
Poor mum, . what a bad end!!! She let a wonderful baby alone but I' m sure she will be fine with her human mum!!!. Harlow is so gorgeous i fell in love with her at first sight I love black pups!Meg I hope your mum is fine,!!!
I adore these animals.
Many prayers for your mom and Dad, and for you to help them through this time in your lives.😇🤗❤🙏
Meg I should have added that I hope your Mom is doing well & your Dad too!!🥺💕🦇💕
Miss Meg, Harlow is lovely; very interesting rescue McGuyver.
Hope things sort out with your mom.Prayers to her ,you ,and your dad.Glad little missy is doing well
Both parents are particularly wonky at the moment and high maintenance.
I may be AWOL in the nest week while we sort out all the tests and the doc appointments. We'll get there.
@@Megabattie take all the time you need. I've been there with my folks I know what you're going through.
I hope your mom gets better soon thank you for what you do
A year later, Mum is fine, in a nursing home with Dad (they're together).
It's not simple (old age is not for wimps) but at least they're together after 70 years minus 18 days of marriage.
Gosh, she’s beautiful. So sorry your mum’s ill. Sending you strength and good wishes.
I hope your Mum gets well soon Meg 🧡
Me too
Harlow is a darling little black flying fox. Too bad you could not keep her, but sounds like she has a loving human mum with black FF sibling. Hope both your own mum is getting sorted well.
At the moment my life is too unstable to care for pups, so I was happy to move her along. She was also too big for my place in its current configuration; I'd need to stop making teats and set up an airer in the space.
Hope your Mum gets well soon xxx
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What a great MOP for all the help! 💖💕🇨🇦
Hope your mom is ok now,sending prayers for your family 🙏💗and I hope all batty babies end up ok to. Thank you for sharing Meg ❤ 🍁🦇🇨🇦
Thanks Marion
I love the noises she is making. So cute!
Bless you to rescued her ❤
I really love rescuing batties
What a beautiful rescue ❤🦇❤
Many thanks to the awesome MOP. 👍🌞👍
Blessings to your mom, and your family Meg.
Healing prayers for your mum. 🙏💜🙏
So very sorry about her Mumbat😓💔 What a wonderful MOP who contacted you to rescue Harlow & really helped out👍 Harlow is such a precious girl!!🤗🦇💕 I hope your Mum is feeling better too!!🥺💕
She really did not make it easy for you to retrieve her, did she? She is an absolutely adorable cutie, fingers crossed no issues turn up in care and she does well on her eventual journey back to the wild. And wishing your mom a speedy recovery with minimal complications as well!
~Firefury - California
I don't care if it's difficult to retrieve; I will find a way, even if the tree is 30 metres high. I have a tame arborist who will come at the end of the day and get me up into the branches...
Hope Mum and Dad are on the mend
Ps. So cute 🍁🦇🇨🇦
She is adorable... Anyone who loses their loved ones are scared. Once she finds she is at the spa she will enjoy it and have a very full life.
She may very well be an independent little girl at this age, try to self wean and not want a bottle, so she may go onto fruit early with a protein supplement and yoghurt, but she may also turn into a total snugglebunny and a sooky lala and be desperate for physical company and tactile love (stroking, grooming, petting and just hanging on her new humum).
Blacks grow up faster than Greys; she's had 6-7 weeks of life with her mum, so she will decide if she needs loving or just feeding and having the humum be at a distance.
Praying for your parents, you and your family ❤️
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Hope your mom is feeling better. Stay well and stay strong. Sometimes life can be so stressful!
It will be OK.
@@Megabattie My thoughts are with you Meg. Two years ago I was bringing one or the other parent to the emergency department every weekend. I accused them of team tagging - pro wrestling term. Both of them are facing different struggles but are still okay. Stay strong. Linda from Ontario Canada.
@@maggiedhue9349 I just call it double wonking - one going wonky at the same time as the other. I said I"d euthanase anyone who tried to muscle in on the other's wonkiness.
Clever little darling, climbing onto the pole. Must have felt so desperate. Thank goodness she was climbing towards you, Meg ❤️
I hope your mother will feel better soon, Meg.
Me too
Little sweet baby! So sad she lost her mommy! So sorry your Mum is not feeling well, sending prayers for her!
Who'd thought Billi Maree would be so jealous and possessive. But when you're Harlow cute, even though Billi only heard and smelled her. I hope your mom is good and hope your parents stop rotating sickness. Blessings to them both. 🦇
Billi Maree has been very possessive right from the start, so Lillibet was moved to another carer a few days after she arrived in Seamorn's care.
You have to remember that BM didn't know her mum except from in utero, because she was born by caesarean and mum was euthanased, so she has only know Maggie, me, and Seamorn as her parents and when she was with me, her eyes hadn't opened.
I can cope with them rotating sickness issues, but I can't cope with them doing it at the same time.
The only thing left in my life that brings me happiness is watching these little babies rescued from certain death and given a fighting chance to survive and thrive. Thank you for your commitment and certainly also your sacrifice., and indirectly bringing a very lonely person something to look forward to each day. To that, you have saved at least one human life without even knowing it.
Praying for your mom 🙏
Loved Harlow’s attempt at big wings when you cut the branches. ❤ I ‘m glad your Mom is ok. I hope the issues get sorted for her.
It will, no doubt, take time to sort out, but at least she's not in hospital.
Harlow, has had a couple of epically bad days, and she has a lot to tell you about it. It is always such a sad thing when the Mumbat leaves them, and they don’t understand.🌹She has an exquisitely beautiful little face.
It was funny to hear little Billi Maree had a big tantrum about her presence, and her need for some of Seamorn’s attention, I can almost see it. The tour to prove she was gone was a little much though lol.
What a lovely and helpful MOP, she was a delight. Harlow has some different and unique vocalizations, and is such a cute little scrap. I love that you had a little cuddle and sleep with her when she was crying out her woes.
I’m sorry your Mum is poorly, and glad it is not too serious, and is getting sorted out. It is difficult when all your time gets eaten up by various things beyond your control.🥂🖤🇨🇦
I'm OK Tamarra, but I have family commitments for the next few weeks and may be randomly unavailable without notice.
Family first, bats second, Meg next, YT last... it's how it has to be for a bit.
@@Megabattie Makes perfect sense Meg, and we can be patient. Just be good to yourself.🖤🇨🇦
Awww for a minute I thought you got a speckie pup rescue .
Nah, very very unlikely, except when I'm 2500 kms away, in which case, highly likely.
Such great work rescuing as always. I pray for speedy recovery for your family. 🙏❣
Oh Harlow blinking with one eye… or should I say winking(?) She’s BEAUTIFUL…. I hope your mama is better soon!, Meg!❤❤❤❤❤
You are the best kind of hero. An everyday hero. How many bats have you saved you think?
Re-watching the amazing rescue of Harlow!!🦇🖤🤗💕💕 Such a wonderful MOP, if only ALL humans could be like her and you Meg!!🥰
Hope your Moms well soon
What a beautiful little girl! Loved how great the mop was! Sending light , love and prayers across the ocean to you and your mom😇❤️🖤🦇🖤❤️
Welcome, little Harlow! Things will get better, you'll see.
Hope your mum feels better, Meg, and that your dad's not fretting too much.
My parents are doing OK without being good. One gets unwell and the other frets; they are codependent. We'll sort it out and it will get better and worse and better and worse.
I do hope your mother is improving. Your recent responses to my comments on 'Cwtch' (stating that you prefer tricky rescues, as they're more challenging) were certainly prescient given this indicent.
Nah, I was messaging you yesterday and this rescue was 3 days ago now.
I like figuring out how to get my bat.
If you like tricky rescues, search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/Tarbi, Megabattie/C3PO, Megabattie/Tarzanna, Megabattie/Polly Wolly Doodle, Megabattie/Bruce TV aerial.
I think my very best rescue was one where I accidentally deleted the footage. I commandeered a guy at a heavy machinery sales place (with his boss's permission) to do my bidding. We got a tray truck and a huge A frame ladder from the stationery warehouse opposite, and the guy parked the truck under the bat who was on barbed wire between the electricity pylons, and they held the ladder on the back of the truck, and I climbed and couldn't quite reach, so I used the arm of my cutters and dragged the barbed wire down where I could reach it. The guy climbed up on the ladder behind me and held my legs so I was better balanced, and I cut the wire to let the bat swing down to where it was closer to the ground. Easy peasy.
I know it's been a few weeks, just now learning of your mom being ill...I hope time has healed and she is doing well now. Prayers for your mom, and prayers you are always successful at your rescuing of these beautiful bats!
Thanks Mary.
We know what the issue with mum was now; it took about 6 weeks to get the tests done to find she had some kidney stones, which have been fished out now and she is recovering nicely.
18:29 forward. I went "Squeeeee...!" so loud you might have heard me in Oz. Oh, my goodness but Harlow is CUTE!!! 🥰🤗🦇💞❣
Best wishes taking care of your parents. Mine have been gone for decades and are still missed. Give yours hugs from me. 🤗
She's gorgeous, isn't she?
I wish I could keep babies at the moment but my life is in flux and I need to be available for my parents as a priority. They are in their nineties and a bit wonky; they're more important than anything
@@Megabattie - Yes, your parents are more important than anything right now. Give them hugs from me.
I wish I could transport myself to Oz to help with the batties while you are busy with your parents. I'm a good cuddler to human babies. I just wrap them snugly in a blankie, put their head next to my beating heart..., and they sleep. 🥰🤗 Nothing is more comforting.
@@bevanderson6245 I don't do human babies; I put earplugs in and let them scream.
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Meg, so very sorry to hear about your mum.Sending prayers your way.Here's to a speedy recovery! Thank God you were able to be little Harlows' angel. By the way, awesome name love it! Nora,USA💜🐾❤️
AWWW I LOVE these vids-- these little guys are SO sweet and cute.. It's my morning inspiration to see their cute little faces.. :) And YES- that is the way of things-- any time you NEED something that is the ONE time you WON"T have it with you-- no matter what it is.. tools, etc. doesn't matter.
That MOP makes a good assistant 🙂
Harlow's noises remind me a bit of Xanto.
Meg, are those video glasses new? It seems that they have a better quality for everything more than about a metre away from the lens, but seem quite unfocused for close stuff, like the bat at hand 😕
Good wishes for your mum!
No it's the same stupid pair I'm still using but the new ones arrived yesterday. They don't do nice close up at home; it seems it doesn't deal well with contrast or close, and are heaps better in bright outside light.
I'm hoping the new pair(s) will be better.
The thing is, I am concentrating on the bat, not the videography. I have to ditch so much footage because it's not good enough or not framed well enough.
I'm thinking about a frame for my triage trolley to hold my phone because that gives really good inside footage, but it's a work in progress and I'm a bit swamped at the moment.
@@Megabattie Of course the first and foremost concern is the bat, nobody said otherwise. Curious to see the new ones in action 🙂
Oh, please do let us know how your Mom is doing. Personally, my mother is of such an age, and I feel for anyone who has a parent who isn't doing well.
Please keep us updated.
Good job with Harlow!
Hope your mom is doing better.
Thanks; we know the problem now (finally) and it will e sorted next week (we hope).
How many recue/caregivers are available to you? And are there other care/rescue networks in the city? Miss Harlow looked very pretty on the lavender bunny. Grow up well.
There are lots of carers in Sydney but as with most things, I only work with the people who have the same general ethic and outlook as I do.
I work with the local coordinators for the second wildlife group in Sydney, who will disperse babies through their network, so I don't know how many rescuer carers there are. You get to hear about people who do it a lot, but you really don't get to hear about people who just take a couple of babies per year.
There are few rescuers for adults, and fewer carers who will take adults. During baby season there are a lot of (baby only) rescuers who crawl out of the woodwork and after the babies stop coming in they are never seen or heard from again until next season.
I have 4 microbat carers I can use, depending on how busy they are, but only one always available. I have one occasional rescuer, 2 new maybe rescuers, one person who does logistics and can rescue at a pinch if it's just a pickup; I have Maggie at a pinch if it's just a pickup. That's about it.
Other areas have other people; I have various people I'd drive to the opposite end of Sydney for because their care is so good.
We figure it out as we go and we work with the people with whom we "click".
HARLOW Is So 🎂 SWEET A 🥰 CUTE Little 🦇 BAT Baby!! Cute Little 🦇 Noises I Your MOM Gets Well Soon!!
Her mum was dead on powerlines the day before. Harlow survived the electrocution because she was insulated by mum's fur.
My mom frequently has healthy issues, it's the kind of thing that gives us a good scary, even if it's not serious. Just one tip: centuries away, pink used to be a male color; there are even paintings with men wearing it. According to all the online sources, that pink is girly/blue is male started at the 50s, thanks to commercial campaigns, unfortunately. So little Billy Marie is possessive, uh?
Yes, I know that Pink used to be a male colour (who'd have known it?) but it helps if I have a lot of bats to colour code the boys and girls so at a glance I can see what I have in the incubator, specially when I have a lot of new little ones.
Yes Billi Maree was taken on a tour of the apartment after Harlow left, to make sure there was no evidence left of the interloper. She is apparently back to her normal self now.
She's going to minicreche this weekend. I'll drive her down.
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This is a intense video.
Yes, but it's reality.
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well done that was a ackward rescue
Not really - it didn't take long. The awkward ones are the ones where you have to fish around for an hour trying to hook the bat out of the tree and it keeps escaping or refusing to climb on.
Try searching Megabattie/Stiltz, Megabattie/Pole rescue/Polly Wolly Doodle, Megabattie/C3PO, and the really awkward one, Megabattie/Tarbi/fishing line.
And there's also Megabattie/TV aerial/Bruce and Megabattie/TV aerial/Ariel.