Rescuing 2 baby flying-foxes: Pianissimo & Bin Chicken
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ธ.ค. 2023
- The rescues are still happening daily, though they have slowed a little.
These 2 babies were rescued 24 hours apart.
Little Pianissimo is a female Black Flying-Fox pup who was on the ground about 100 metres from the colony; there was a female Black Flying-Fox female dead on the ground nearby, who may have been her mum but I didn't look closely enough other than to confirm she was dead.
Pianissimo is 2 weeks old, skinny and dehydrated; it was very very hot today and Blacks seem to suffer more from the heat than the lighter coloured Greys; black absorbs more heat. We were lucky the cool change came before the colony went down to heat stress.
Pianissimo's name came from my current cocktail theme (in a roundabout, Meg's brain kind of way). I was thinking on how beautifully black this girl is, and how her teeth were white and perfect little scimitars should she choose to wield them as such, and I thought of Ebony and Ivory, then I thought of piano keyboards... then I thought she was such a soft little girl, and so tentative, and I softened Piano to Pianissimo, which means soft. And yes, it's a cocktail as well.
Rescue 2:
Bin Chicken was found in a school playground. One of the teachers picked her up with gloves, and put her safely in a box until I arrived. It was reported that she was being "attacked" by ibises.
Ibises don't attack, in that their beaks are very long, blunt and curved but not weapons of attack. I suspect the ibises were checking out what was on the ground in their territory, investigating it for food value.
Little Bin Chicken was terrified, of course.
In Oz, the city ibises are known colloquially (with varying degrees of affection and exasperation) as Bin Chickens, for their urban foraging in the street and park bins (trash cans). Bin Chickens are treated as pests, which, in the city environment, they are.
Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for me. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult).
tolgabathospital.org/donate/
Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me.
If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me.
IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the AMOUNT DONATED and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt.
The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie.
Here’s Jenny’s email.
jenny@tolgabathospital.org
Such an independent bat girl! That’s a lil fighter there to begin with. This is said with the upmost respect that Australian women of all kind will go full tilt til they die. So much admiration and respect to how y’all ladies kick as you say, “arse”. Indeed you do. Meg. You just blow my mind. I have so much respect for you.
Old ladies kick a lot of arse while they're still spry and active enough to do so.
Pianissimo (or Missie Pissy as we're actually calling her) will go to a new carer to buddy with another Black baby, in a few days.
Love the BATMOBILE ❣️That is very stylish.
Those little cuties don't know how lucky they are to be in your loving hands!!!!
Meg, your dedication to these babies is incredible. Thank you. 🤗
The tiny ones always pull at our heartstrings.
It breaks my heart to see the malnourishment of these poor babies! Your work is so very satisfying.
Another completely enjoyable round of Baby Bat Rescues, but it is sad to know they need to be rescued because they’ve been separated from their mothers. Thank God, they’ve got an angel of a woman in you!
Unfortunately the only way we get babies in care is if their mum can't look after them, has died, dropped them or unable to care for them... which is sad, but happens.
Great job rescuing these wee ones and giving them a chance. They are just so tiny it makes my heart melt!
Hope they both live long strong lives and have many babies 🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖🦇🦇
If I can remember what I learned in my chorus class, Pianissimo means softest
Yes, and she's quite quiet and very soft at the moment; her adrenaline has worn off and she's not a happy girl, however she's a little better and more interactive tonight
Wishing these two sweet little ones a quick recovery. You have your "bin chickens". We in the states have our "trash pandas" or raccoons.
I live in Chicago, IL USA and love Raccoons and Opossums which I see in the dusk & dark looking for food because they are hungry, bless them!🐾🥺💕💕💕
I love how you tap your phone with a little batty toe and claw on your finger.
Two beauty black little batties ❤🦇❤️
Pianissimo ❤
Bin Chicken ❤
Bin Chicken is a Grey; or she was; she died today, not unexpectedly.
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Did Pianissimo try to do big wings at you? Cheeky little girl! But wee Bin Chicken literally made me say "awww!" (out loud!) in distress over her being so terribly skinny. My favorites have always been the foxes, but these two little girls may have converted me. They are gorgeous! Thanks MOPs for noticing them. Most of all, thank YOU for your dedication and for taking the time to share such wonderful videos!
Considering that she could fill her lungs and scream loudly at me, she's very quiet.
Wow Pianissimo was doing a lot of complaining at first, it really seemed as if she was talking to you! Too darn cute!! ❤❤❤❤ Bin Chicken, love the name was a very quiet gal. Sad that she was so skinny but still so beautiful! I bet they smell so good too. As always thank you so much for sharing these beautiful little batties.
I hope the bats aren't suffering too much due to the hot weather
I was just thinking the same thing. Makes me worried for all the animals and future generations.
Poor Pianissimo and Bin Chicken! So very thin, so must not have been getting a lot of milk from Mummy before losing her 😢. I guess in this instance, it’s best fir them to be in care so they have a better chance of surviving as healthy batties into adulthood. It just breaks my heart seeing them so skinny and confused. I’m glad things are slowing down a bit for you, Meg. With all you have going on, you need a rest! ❤🦇❤️🦇❤️
What a pair of poppets, good luck to them both ❤❤❤
Meg thank you for saving🦇🦇🙏💞
Beautiful ❤🍁🦇🇨🇦
They are so small and vulnerable! I’m so glad people have been getting them rescued!!🥰❤️🦇🇨🇦
Awesome names as always!🦇🥰😍🤗👍🦇
Both of these wee girls are beautiful. It is awful that the heat is so high they get so dehydrated quickly. Pianissimo was fairly cooperative with not making you go for a net, and a talkative child, where Bin Chicken seemed quite out of it. Flat Teddy is holding up well over the years. The bats are really having a baby boom this year.🥂🥂🖤🇨🇦
Bin Chicken died today; it wasn't unexpected.
@@Megabattie I’m sad to hear that, but she really didn’t seem very present and alert…and she was skin and bone. I was thinking she had to have been off her Mum for a fair bit of time, or her Mum’s milk dried up for some reason.🌹🖤🇨🇦
I love how Meg looks at the bats.
You are a bundle of great information. Its all so interesting. Its fancinating to watch you im glad we have poo.
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Little ones🦇🦇 must be happy when they get something to drink. I just checked your weather forecast and very warm there🌞
It was feral yesterday; hit 40º C in my apartment.
@@MegabattieThat is crazy this early in the season, but here in Toronto we had 12C today, and have only has a couple of nights go below 0C. The weather is messed up everywhere it seems.🖤🇨🇦
Praying for cooler weather for all the bats 😇❤🖤🦇🖤❤️
There was a cool change last night which was an amazing blessing.
More storms, more heat, more wild weather coming over the next week.
Blacks always come dressed to impress cute black suit with trousers 👖 included . 😅 they are the cutes of course . The gray come with wisdom already showing 😂the reds are just a notty bunch😅
Greys have little furry hobbit trousers down to their ankles; Blacks only wear furry knickerbockers
Makes me so sad😢
Hope these 2 figured out that outrage/umbrage is a waste and got to work at the Meg or Maggie milk bar.🍼💐❤
Another video tomorrow of Pianissimo.
Bin Chicken died today.
Last year a quiet year. This year very busy and many are so tiny. Every year is different? They are adorable.
This is an extraordinary year; the last crazy year like this was 2011 I think.
We had so many babies coming into care that we airlifted 15 babies to Victoria.
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Do you know the bin chicken song? It's glorious.
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Pianissimo is a masterpiece!!! Black pups are so cute!! I hope Pianissimo and Bin C. Are doing very verywell
Bin Chicken died today; RIP little love.
@@Megabattie oh no, i' m so sorry, little one!!!
@@Megabattiesorry about that. Do you know why Bin died?
These babies are under 100 grams, they're tiny, have fallen and have been without their mums for an indeterminate length of time.
Many of them die. She was incredibly skinny. @@DSPsWifesBf
@@Megabattie ahh understood. Well, much respect for giving them a fighting chance.
How did you learn so much about bats? Did you go to school for something vet-related?
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I wonder what's going through their little heads while all these weird things are happening to them.
No idea, but I'm hoping they're too young to actually think it out, just accept that they have a new mum and new carers and carer styles.
Thank you Meg for a double baby Bat rescue of Pianissimo🖤🦇 & Bin Chicken🩶🦇(is she gray head or black?). Confused I was, thought 2nd rescue was an actual Bin Chicken!😳😹 I hope you're doing well Meg and your Parents too!🥺💕💕🥰
Pianissimo is Black; Bin Chicken is a Grey.
@@Megabattie Thank you for confirming, they are both🖤🦇🩶🦇 so beautiful and doing so well thanks to you, Maggie, Carers & caring MOP's!🥰
Pianissimo is a nice name but she's not very quiet, at least not yet. Bin Chicken is a great name. They really are very skinny. I think I asked you why the bats are all so skinny but not sure if you saw my question. I know scarce food is a problem but usually that's in winter.
For an outraged batty Pianissimo is very quiet; in care she's also very quiet and flat. I keep thinking she'll be dead next time I go to get her out of the incubator, however she's a lot more alert tonight.
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Meg what killed the first mom ? Power cable?
I don't know, I think not.
I think she was a heat stress mumbat; it was over 40ºC yesterday, and the Blacks deal with heat less well, being black and absorbing more heat than Greys.
Mumbat wasn't close to powerlines but was close to the colony.
@@Megabattiepoor girl!!
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Now I know why your gloves are yellow.
I like the yellow gloves; the colour makes me happy and the batty faces show up against the gloves; I searched the internet high and low for these gloves.
@@MegabattieBravissima Meg