Rescued baby bat chirping and calling her foster mom #babybat #rescue #batrescue #wildlife #chirping #fostercare #fostermom #volumeup | The Israeli Bat Sanctuary

It's the same story in homes across Australia....it's flying-fox orphan season complete with crying babies, bottles, baths, dirty bottoms and continually plugging in lost dummies/pacifiers. Volunteer bat carers raise thousands of orphaned flying-foxes each year who would otherwise perish and just like human babies, our furry bubs need lots of love and attention to thrive. Mums get killed on barbed wire fences, in large aperture fruit tree netting as well as through car hits, dog attacks and elec

Following a 6 month gestation, flying-fox babies grow rapidly and by 10 or so weeks of age they are starting to fly. Mother flying-foxes generally only give birth to a single baby each year although twins are not unheard of. As milk volumes and flapping increases, our little babies transition into fully nocturnal and adventurous juveniles that we affectionately refer to as toddlers with wings! Raising orphaned flying-foxes is very rewarding and although the hours can be long, it is a welcome res

When you're hungry, you're hungry. A rescued baby bat demonstrates its love of bananas. | National Geographic UK

It's always very moving to find a mother with a baby. Bat moms carry their pups on their bodies for three months, untill the baby is old and independent enough to fly on his own. This bat mom held on to her baby even as she fell to the ground due to fatigue and dehydration. Both of them received lots of TLC and yummy fruit. The fruit supply here is very low because of the war, therefore prices are going way up and we are struggling with purchasing 1.5 ton of fruit each week to feed our hospitali

Rescued baby bat nursing (we use a syringe to keep track of the baby's feeding) #bat #babybat #rescue #animals #wildlife #fostercare #skypuppy #stellaluna #animalsanctuary #cute #feeding #babyformula #yummy #foodie #nursing #batsofinstagram | The Israeli Bat Sanctuary