Belladonna part 2: rescue day evening

Belladonna is an adult female Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who crash landed in a swimming pool enclosure. She was lying in the wet on the tiles with her feet hooked into a grille. The van driver noted that her eyes were "wrong", and her left eye bulged more than the right, but it's hard to tell, other than that her pupils are fixed and dilated, which would indicate raised intracranial pressure (swelling or bleeding in her brain). This little lady, however, is quite bright, if a little quiet, so I'm scrambling to figure out what's going on. I think the "bulgy" eye is actually normal, but it's the right eye which is a bit deflated or just smaller; it's quite common for bats to have slightly different sized eyes, the smaller one termed "microphthalmic". I do believe that she's most likely blind or has minimal vision, but it's quite often difficult to assess with bats. She's probably pregnant, so we're talking about 2 lives to consider while she's in care. I thought she would probably die fairly quickly but she's a survivor so far (day 3 now). Her name was suggested by her hugely dilated pupils. Belladonna (deadly nightshade) is plant from which the drug atropine is derived, and atropine dilates pupils. Belladonna eye drops were used in Renaissance times by women, who thought dilating their pupils made them look larger, darker and more seductive. It also means beautiful lady. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for our batties. 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). https://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. [email protected]