Check Out A Bat's Nursery And Bedroom - Meet Mandi's Bats, Cute Flying Foxes

Bats or flying foxes in care after rescue need different types of accommodation the older they get.

Baby bats are like human babies. They need a nursery with specialized equipment for small bats. This can be a simple airer covered in soft material to create a hammock in which they sleep.

Put them in a cozy wrap or 'momma roll' mimics the action of a bat mom's wings.

As they get more adventurous, they learn how to hang and crawl around the airer.

When older, they need an aviary to exercise their flight muscles and to practice how to fly.

These aviaries are often adorned in all sorts of enrichment too, such as branches, ropes, hanging pool noodles, blankets, etc.

Some blankets can be made into small compartments, where they can hide from other bats if they want to.

This bedroom is made out of soft fluffy material with hanging toys and small blankets to divide up the space.

In this batty bedroom are bats of all sizes and ages, black as well as grey-headed flying foxes. And these bats love it!

And of course, it is made out of purple material, Mandi's favorite color!

MORE ABOUT NDI

Mandi has been a licensed bat carer for nearly 30 years. She lives in Southeast Queensland and cares for bats from her personal funds and any donations she may receive.

She looks after baby bats, orphaned bats, injured bats, and even geriatric bats who are allowed to live out their days in the blissful batty comfort of her loving care.

Being an individual carer and not a member of a Not-For-Profit wildlife organization, she does not receive any form of government financial support or grant monies.

FUNDRAISG FOR NDI'S BATS

This video is part of a fundraising initiative to help Mandi feed her bats and improve her aviaries, their home.

The Tolga Bat Hospital in Far North Queensland is supportive of Mandi and is happy to take donations for her bats.

If you would like to help, go to: https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/

OR: If you have access to a PayPal account, then click this link to go directly to Tolga Bat Hospital's PayPal donations: https://www.paypal.com/au/fundraiser/charity/3693956

IMPORTANT: Once you have donated, PLEASE EIL JENNY AT: jenny@tolgabathospital.org

Tell her your donation is "For Mandi's Bats” and include the amount and the name under which you donated.
OR just forward your PayPal receipt to Jenny.

This is very important as PayPal does not include details of donations received, so Tolga Bat Hospital will not know if the money is meant for Tolga or for Mandi.

Tolga Bat Hospital's "PayPal Giving Fund" does not charge any fees, so the bats get all the money.

And ALL donations over $2 are tax-deductible too. Yay!

THANK YOU! ;-)

MORE ABOUT AUSALIAN FLYG FOXES:

Despite the 'bad press' flying foxes have had (not helped by Hollywood and images of terrifying blood-sucking bats!), they are adorable sentient creatures and the most amazing flying mammals.

In fact, they are the largest flying Australian mammal and the only mammal in Australia that is the closest genetically to humans - go figure!

Maybe we were meant to fly but flying foxes beat us to it!

For more videos like this, check out our playlist: "Discover Bats" at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQrN5eNL5RhOIhD8Erg2cFyPrENv1ct-8

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