HELP! BAT!! WHAT SHOULD I DO?????

[Yvonne G]

I had to make a special trip to the store for dog food, and when I went to open the driveway gate I saw something fluttering next to the tortoise dog house. Upon closer inspection, it's a little bat and it looks to be caught up in a spider web. So I got a stick to try to encourage it out of the web, but now it looks like maybe he has a broken arm? Have no idea if he's rabid. I'm not a wildlife expert. Wouldn't know how to euthanize it if I could. But I feel bad just leaving it there to starve to death.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CaptiveWil...ive_found_a_brown_bat_with_a_broken_wing_and/
don't know if this helps
Poor thing
i had a bat come down the chimney once, but it wasn't hurt and we let it go out through a window.
Be very careful, but unless there is a bat rescue place near you it is probably best to kill it.

 

[Len B]

No don't kill it, Bats need to drop to fly so help it get high enough to take flight. They can't take off from the ground like birds.Most likely doesn't have rabies, you can handle it with gloves on to help it.

 

[WithLisa]

No don't kill it, Bats need to drop to fly so help it get high enough to take flight.

It's arm looks broken on the second picture...

Yvonne, is there no veterinary office in your city you could call? I would use gloves and take it to a vet.

 

[Momof4]

Any luck?
My sister had one in her RV and she took a dish towel and grab it.

 

[daniellenc]

We had an infestation in my attic years ago that would find their way in the house......needless to say I got really good at catch and release lol. They are docile and not biters. Just scoop him up and toss him out. If he's hurt your local humane society probably knows a rescue.

 

[Jacqui]

Waiting for the rest of the story.

 

[Tom]

There's got to be a wildlife rehab or nature center up your way. If not animal control will come pick it up and get it into the right hands. Don't kill it. Bats are highly beneficial pest insect eaters.

 

[Yvonne G]

I went back out wearing my husband's welding gloves and I couldn't find it. I think it probably climbed up into the tree. Hopefully it wasn't injured.

 

[ColleenT]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CaptiveWil...ive_found_a_brown_bat_with_a_broken_wing_and/
don't know if this helps
Poor thing
i had a bat come down the chimney once, but it wasn't hurt and we let it go out through a window.
Be very careful, but unless there is a bat rescue place near you it is probably best to kill it.

That is a horrible thing to say. i was a bat rehabber. Bats are exreemely beneficial. go to Batworld.com to help an injured or orphaned bat.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That is a horrible thing to say. i was a bat rehabber. Bats are exreemely beneficial. go to Batworld.com to help an injured or orphaned bat.

Hmmm.
Batworld.com is a Business Automation Innovating Solutions company. I don't think it would be of much help in rehabbing bats.
If you mean batworlds.com then it's a lovely site full of information on bats, but I can't find the rescue or rehab help section.
Other people managed to have an opposite opinion to mine without engaging in personal attacks.
Shame you couldn't refrain especially two and a half weeks after the incident.
The others suggestions were probably good and i may have been wrong, I just made my reply based on the advice in the link i posted and another two i looked up. But in the situation, with the bat's wing possibly being broken and if there was no bat rescue in the area I suggested it might 'probably' be better to kill it. That's not necessarily a 'horrible' thing to say.
We don't know what happened next, the bat may have crawled off to die somewhere, maybe crawled off and was taken by a predator, but i sincerely hope he was able to climb a tree somewhere, was healthy and able to resume his life.
We'll never know.
I've got nothing against bats, only camels. I rather like bats.

 

[ColleenT]

There was no personal attack. i said that what you suggested was horrible. I thought you meant to just kill it bc it was a bat. Sorry, i misunderstood. When i was reahabbing them, i would hear that all the time.

http:www.batworld.org

https://batworld.org/what-to-do-if-you-found_a_bat/

 

[Tom]

I've got nothing against bats, only camels. I rather like bats.

That's a horrible thing to say!!! Camels are wonderful sweet animals when properly handled and trained!


I'm just kiddin' with ya', but I do like my camels...

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

There was no personal attack. i said that what you suggested was horrible. I thought you meant to just kill it bc it was a bat. Sorry, i misunderstood. When i was reahabbing them, i would hear that all the time.

http:www.batworld.org

https://batworld.org/what-to-do-if-you-found_a_bat/

Okay
I would certainly never suggest killing it because it was a bat, as i said, i like them too and often go out at night batwatching. InThailand i went to a cave in a mountain where something like 3 million bats flew out every dusk. Astonishing, the sky was just black with them. You could walk in the cave in the day and pick them off the roof in the low places and examine them and then carefully put them back, still half asleep. Recently in Spain.

It was wise not to walk underneath them !
Thanks for the links.
Hope you had a happy birthday, I think it was recent ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's a horrible thing to say!!! Camels are wonderful sweet animals when properly handled and trained!


I'm just kiddin' with ya', but I do like my camels...

I know you do.
One supposes you are entitled to your opinion.
However wrong it may be.

 

[mickeytoto]

Bats have a rather long lifespan : on average their life endures up to 30 years

 

[jeff kushner]

Mickey....Welcome to the club but...there's always a "but"....LOL....you responded to a 4 year old thread.
I'll give you a personal pass on the rookie mistake cause I've done it too, lots of times!

Glad you are here....come over to intro section maybe?

jeff

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Mickey....Welcome to the club but...there's always a "but"....LOL....you responded to a 4 year old thread.
I'll give you a personal pass on the rookie mistake cause I've done it too, lots of times!

Glad you are here....come over to intro section maybe?

jeff

So, the bat could still be alive.
It was just 4 years ago.

 

[Puerrozan]

Bats have a rather long lifespan : on average their life endures up to 30 years

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