Rescued flying-fox immediate care: this is Nellie
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2019
- Nellie is a juvenile female (16 weeks) Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who was hooked up on barbed wire by her belly.
To get the barbs out of her belly without damaging anything internally, I took her to the vet and unhooked her in a controlled situation (not perched on top of a ladder) while she was anaesthetised.
I managed to get the barbs out without puncturing her peritoneum. Initially I decided I wanted the wound left open so it could drain, but she started peeing and pooing into it so I took her back on day 2 and had it stitched.
This video shows bits of her care during the first day and evening.
The good news is she's doing well and is likely to be OK longterm after her belly heals YAY.
Update: Nellie removed her stitches twice. Eventually the wound was left to heal as an open wound because it couldn't be restitched so long afterwards, and Nellie was only going to bite them out again.
She did actually heal completely, however it took about a month (with her not helpful assistance).
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
Re-watching with LOVE, RESPECT and so much apprection to you for saving this beautiful girl Nellie from wretched barbed wire!!🦇🤗💕💕🥰
Oh that lil face when you wrapped the blanket around her. You can see how she trusts you. She is so beautiful. Glad she is doing better. ❤
“You Madam, are an octopus.” Nellie: *Winks* What a sweet baby. Thank you for sharing your love & kindness with these precious creatures. 💗
Yea. That's the universe talkin.
Cute little thing.
Thank you for caring so much for some of the smallest creatures.
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I can't believe how calm she was while you were tending to her. Just amazing. What a lucky lucky girl. 💜
I like it when they become an octopus - it means they're more alert and trying to be more in control than just being passive.
I am SO relieved to know that she's doing better. I literally cry every time one dies. They are so beautiful yet so fragile. I want to move to Australia and maybe/hopefully you can teach me how to help these gorgeous creatures.
Yay! Poor baby. I'm glad it looks like she's doing well :)
She is adorable Meg. I know she is in great hands to😊. Tyfs God bless you
So cute when it's wrapped up and drinking from the syringe :o
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Poor baby! It hurts my heart to think of how confused, scared, and in pain she had to be. I am glad there are people like you to help
This one makes me cry a little when I see the bandage on the stomach, but I'm glad you're skilled enough to remove the barbs safely and that this one looks like it'll be a happy ending.
I think she'll be a happy ending - but I won't know when she's gone - it will be out through the release aviary in a few months.
Megabattie She’s a fighter. I’m still relatively new so take my observation as one from a novice: she IS an octopus! Her little arms and legs go every which way. You’ve done such a great job patching her up. I pray she makes it.
@@merk9569 I have sent you the welcome to Megabattie info? I think I have but will send again just in case.
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
If you want to find out further videos of a specific bat - search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.
Me too! 😭
Hoping for a fast healing for sweet Nellie ❤❤❤❤
Thank you that you take care for these little 3 sweeties and that you show respect to the tiny mama! You show dignity to any living creatue which is the best love you can give to this planet we 're dependend on! So we learn to call people who know what to do and not to try to do it on our own 'cause we aren't able to! We'd kill them by first try to help them! Thank you in the name of all of them you take care of! Thank you so much! Be blessed! Yours, Conny L. from Germany
You are Wonderful thank you for your kindness to animals 😊💙💙💙💙💙
It's interesting for people from North America to see our Flying Fox's are so cute and look like little bears..
So happy shes doing better you saved her from a death sentence on that barb wire.
Your wonderful for what you do for these animals. That flying fox bat is so cute!
You are absolutely my hero! I am very happy to see the bat in your kindest hands! ❤❤❤
I love this bat! There truly is something about Nellie that just tugs at your heartstrings. What a gorgeous girl!
This is heartbreaking , because I can't do anything , for me, animals are the most amazing, kind , innocent creatures on Earth, they don't deserve things like this, I appreciate people like you !! Thanks :) greetings from Colombia
From the bottom of my heart Meg, THANK YOU for your kindness and compassionate care of these precious souls. Nellie is gorgeous!!🥺🦇💕💕
This is so heartwarming, I can't see my life without animals, wonderfull to see people still helping and caring in a cruel world. Much Blessing💗
I don't see my life without bats; I seem to need them in my life.
Thank God for people like you. These babies sense the love you have for them. Your voice is so calming to them, and their sweet faces remind me of my miniature pinscher. God bless you and all that help give them a second chance!
Nellie is beautiful. Sending love and prayers. xxx 💖💖💖
Truly the best of humanity ❤️👍
She is so docile. She seems to know she is being helped.
Anyone can tell she totally trusts her sweet carer. Beautiful flying fox girl
She can't keep her eyes off you... This is beautiful ❣️
I love how you can see the trust in their eyes ...........
Nellie is a beautiful girl. Keep getting better!
Love how she lies there, good as gold, while you care for her. She knows she’s in good hands :)
Get well soon 🙏
YAY IS RIGHT, THANK GOD FOR SMALL MIRACLES TOO !!!!!!
If people only knew what it felt like to be wrapped up in barbed wire. People would never use it. That stuff is truly evil!
CC Bean it’s to keep invaders out and prisoners in.
Barbed wire is used specifically to ward off humans, who know that it's going to hurt them, and it's never close enough to the ground for anything but an unlucky bird or bat to be accidentally caught by it. It's not evil, it's the natural consequences of humans living on the same planet as other animals.
When you grow up in the country you get the pleasure of seeing grown antelope, grown deer, baby antelope, baby deer, Fox, coyotes, cats it goes on and on. Never saw any birds get caught up in it but I'm sure it happens.
Google what barbed wire does to Wildlife click on images.
@@ccbean1276 Yes it's sad that they get caught in it but barbed wire is used to keep out humans.
You my dear, are an angel. Thank you for sharing and helping.
Gracias del cuidado de estos animalitos 👍💕
Poooor, pooor baby. So much trauma in her life so far. Thank you for giving her such good and kind care. 🤗
Creatura 🙏è bravissimo... Sopporta tutto... 💕
Poor little girl! What a terrible injury. Great news that she’s doing well!
they are just so dear
and very good patients!
Good patients while they're alone, scared, sick and hurt.
Once they get in with the other bats they're united in their defiance of the human captors and are far less cooperative.
Well done to get that barb out without creating additional damage. I'm still not sure how you managed that, despite removing the barb at the vet's. Well done, girl
I agree, I am totally in awe of Meg, she is FABULOUS, such a skilled and capable professional. The bats are very lucky to pass through her magic hands.
It's amazing to watch as they realize your there to help them I see so much in their eyes 💞
Thank you for caring 💖
It is so sweet when they are sipping juice and are so relaxed....they know the are safe
Люди, дай вам Бог здоровья! С какой любовью, теплом и нежностью вы заботитесь о зверьках и спасаете их.🙏🙏🙏🦇
Oh what a big wound poor girl, thank God She Is alive and well!!!!
*i cant even function properly her eyes are so sweet*
❤️thank you for all you do!
Great news and way to Nellie 😉😉😉🌺🌸❤
I like that she's trying to get away and keep from being put back in the cage. Feels like she has lots of fight in her. Keeping my fingers crossed for a quick recovery!
Whoa Nellie, first words. So happy she did well. I hope she healed completely. 🙏🏼💗💗💗🦇
Such sweet little creatures. So gentle and willing to be cared for.
Also a little monster who kept removing her dressings and her stitches.
@Megabattie I can only imagine. Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and love of these flying foxes. I'm sure there are a lot of sad endings we don't see. However, thank you for all the happy ones.
Dios bendiga a todas estas personas que cuidan de otro ser vivo!!!
You are a gentle soul and I am so very grateful that beautiful lil Nellie has found you, to calm her terrifying fears and heal her precious broken body. Until I found your rescue site, I knew absolutely nothing of bats, other than the foolishness and vain ignorance which continues to be passed down from human to human ears. Now I see them as the precious creatures they were created to be. They mesmerize me with those puppy-like eyes. Thank you .. and God of all creation bless you.
Thanks Cordelia
Welcome to Megabattie.
I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first.
I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
If you want to find out further videos of a specific bat - search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.
@@Megabattie Thank you so much, Megabattie! I will definitely check out your extended info. I have shared your channel several times already, today. You have been given a very special gift with these babies. Nothing less than amazing. So thankful to have found you and your little ones. Even the little souls whose injuries were too extensive for successful survival. Incredible creatures :)
@@cordie2987 I feel I am one of the lucky people in the world to do something I love doing
@@Megabattie Indeed you are. Yes, indeed.
Thanks you from Russia for doing that 💕
No worries Alexander; I like doing this
Thankss so much for helping The flying-fox
Nellie was so unlucky to hit the barbed wire - but what wonderful luck for her that she ended up in the capable and loving hands as such a superb nurse as you Meg.
She has her own top-notch private nurse pandering to her night and day! And it's wonderful to see how perky she is, and the trust she clearly has in you.
Yet again Meg, congratulations on a job well done. That belly wound looks nasty, but I pray with your loving care and the support of the vet she is healing and will soon be fully recovered.
Poor little girl...terribly sore tummy. Glad that she seemed to be doing OK. 💜🦇💜
Bless u for helping them. I love ur videos 😘😘🙏
Thanks Heather
Poor thing. When we are unable God's grace appears. Thank you all who heed the call.
God's grace? More like that trained caring person appeared. Smdh
MsLita Just another religious Nut above you
Wicked Witch Just because someone thinks differently then you doesn't mean you have the right too treat them that way. You didn't need too post this comment.
GoldenSoulss 🙄
nah dudes. eye roll to you both. I'm not a christian and your ignorant mentalities are ticking me off. when a person says God's grace, they mean the grace within the individual. does it matter where it came from? and yes, they (Christians) think differently from you. does that make this particular human being bad? they didn't say anything negative, and you two harpies wanna leak your negativity all over the place. you're energy vampires or something? hope you're not people who pretend to be open minded and accepting, or expecting others to be educated on word choice or anything PC. because you guys have no grace. in this particular situation, you suck.
Indeed, yay! She's a good patient, and I hope a good battie mom!
She's not pregnant. Nellie is a 16 week juvenile - whom I suspect is older than 16 weeks just that she hasn't had enough food so she hasn't grown well
@@Megabattie -
Oh, I mean in the future, after release! :)
Lol when the pain meds kicked in...do whatever you want lady these are good drugs.😂🤣😂🤣
Cute comment!😀
That little face ❤️Poor baby. How awful that must have been for her to be caught on barbed wire. But now she is safe and on the mend!
The sweetest batty I've seen so far in your videos. She is being so good about letting you handle her while she's hurt. Hope she gets well soon. Thank you again for taking care of her. 🌈🦇💙
They're only sweet till they get in with the other batties, then they're all united in their defiance of the human captors. They will allow care but it's a very considered and wary, and grudging allowance.
Poor baby! So glad someone found her and got you to her!
I rescued her.
If you want to see further videos of specific bats - to see if there are more of that bat and to see the whole story - rescue and care:
Search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat. If you're looking for the rescue video, search for Megabattie/Nellie/rescue . There was another Nellie about 18 months ago so you might see that one in the search list as well. Check dates to work out which one was the bat you're looking for.
She looked stunned after the antibiotics-“WTH was THAT?” After all that lovely juice...
Thank goodness. Hope she is up to speed soon. Poor little girl
What a sweet little girl. So pretty with those big eyes. Her wound made me tearful, but I am happy she had you to care for her.
She's doing fine and the wound was only superficial
OMG what excellent work. Another batty gets to heal and fly free.
Great wound management!
I'm glad she'll be better soon... poor friend.
Pretty little girl ... who, I agree, is a little octopus! 😂
I love your heart's love it's
wonderful job.
in general, i love all animals, but these days i wouldn't do anything else than watching these absolutely wonderful bats on utube. i wish all the best for this individual and the rescuers. christmas greetings from finland
Nellie was released years ago. After ripping open her wound 3 times and self removing the stitches, it finally healed up, and she was released.
@@Megabattie oh how wonderful to hear that. there it is flying somewhere now. you are doing a great job 💚
Hi Anton
Are you new to my channel?
Welcome to Megabattie,
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There is also a Happy Outcomes playlist if you want to only watch videos where the bat survives; this is a real life channel and you get the good, the bad, the ugly and distressing, and even my oopsies.
You can find further videos on an individual bat by searching in the YT search bar for Megabattie/and the name of the bat you want to follow.
There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions.
poor little girl. She has such a sweet face. Hope she gets better.
She is such a good patient.
What a,sweet girl thank goodness she wasn't in worse condition and yhat she,was able to go back out into the world thanks so much for your love and care I should say thanks to every one❤❤
She hasn't gone back to the wild yet. It will be about 2-3 months. Her belly needs to heal then the brushing and wing damage will take another month or so to show up then heal, and then our release aviary will be closed down for a couple of months for baby season because nobody has time to staff a release aviary for 6 hours a day on top of caring for all the babies
@@Megabattie ☺👍
Aww dear little girl this pulled on my heart strings,WoW wonderful to see she looks like shes doing so muxh better . Nice work 🧡
She did well and was released (after chewing out her stitches twice or 3 times).
Glad to know that she's doing well, that injury looked nasty.
Poor thing. I bet that hurts bad. Sending golden light in my mind to Nellie.
She has healed and is awaiting release
You are amazing. Such lovely creatures.
I am always so surprised that a wild animal will let you handle them the way you are able to do. I admire what you do for them so much.
Once the adrenaline wears off they just accept the care. They're smart, but if I gave them the opportunity to fly off, they would.
its not a infected wound im glad she s okay 😊
Petite Nelly tes trop belle guerrit vite plein de gros bisous 💞💖💕💋💋💋💋😍😻❤️😊💐🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
It's amazing how one with an injury like this can recover, yet some who are mostly stressed and dehydrated just seem to give up. She is adorable!
Your wonderful and i wish for all men and women to be like you..thankyou..
Nah - a world of Megs would be a totally insane place.
You make me proud to be a human being.
Bless nellie, you are so kind. So glad to hear she recovered and could be released. These poor animals evolved and the human crazy world is peril personified
Good to see how they get help! Greetings from Sweden.
Beautiful little bat. Great that you saved her!
very nice to care for such a cute animal
Poor sweetheart. You can see in her eyes she’s hurting and she’s being so good letting you care for her. Thank you for taking such great care of her 😊❤️
Thank you poor baby 😢❤❤
Poor baby doll! She's in great care. Let mama help you.
Gosh! Those 👀!! Just make my ❤ melt.
Dearest Meg,
With amount of time and care you put into caring for the darling batties; I think you deserve a champagne waterfall that you can fill your 🏆 with anytime you want!! 🙌
Well Done Meg!
So beautiful.
Awwww batty baby has a belly booboo! 😢 Feel better soon
She's a good patient!!
for a time, at least... then not so much
She's a sweet little girlie.😘😘💜💜
You never cease to amaze me with your love and care for rescued bats. Nellie has such an adorable face with those bright eyes. Will keep you, fellow carers and rescue bats in my thoughts and prayers. Hope your region of the world will get the gentle rains needed to help plants and animals.
So glad Nellie is well on her way to healing.
Bless you Meg.
Best wishes,
Dianna - Maryland
Gracias por cuidarlo tan bien, ojalá hubiera más gente como tú ❤️ Ojalá el murciélago de recupere pronto. Se le nota que confía en tí 😊😘💪❤️
She will be released when our release aviary reopens in January