Rescuing a baby flying-fox: this is Squidink

Squidink is a 7.5 week old male Black Flying-Fox who was found on the ground on a busy inner city footpath near a busy road. The lovely MOP Tobias stayed with him until I arrived. Rescuing Black Flying-Foxes is still a novelty; when I first started 17 years ago it was about 3 years before I saw my first Black Flying-Fox come into care; the Blacks are more territorially aggressive and they have been slowly working their way down the coast; I rescue around 20-30 Blacks per year now whereas it was about 6 years before I rescued my first black. There is a permanent population presence of Black Flying-Foxes in the year round colonies now. Squidink is a lively boy, however this doesn't necessarily mean he will survive; he's full of adrenaline at the moment and it's hard to tell how he really is. He will live or die according to what internal or brain injuries he has sustained during his little mishap. At this state I can't predict or guess. 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]