Rescuing a flying-fox up a tree: this is Goorlie

Goorlie is a subadult male Black Flying-Fox who was hanging out in some backyard trees for 24 hours. I visited this place only a few days previously with another Black Flying-Fox rescue in the same location. What are the odds of 2 subadult Black Flying-Foxes in the same tree in the same backyard within 72 hours of each other, in a place I've never rescued before? Such a handsome fellow he is too, with beautiful fur, and mickey mouse ears, but a bit of a spaced out look on his face indicating he's hit his head sometime before he ended up in that tree. Blacks are subject to frostbite and fungal infections which burn the tips of their ears and destroy the tissue. Baby season is approaching here, and my options for finding carers for adult bats is limited locally. Any rescue I do, I can keep until their wanting to hang, but I can't provide them company or further care once they stage out of my incubator. Usually I sort the bat out before I move them along (vet care, hydration and whatever else it needs); I need to get an x-ray to see why this young guy couldn't or didn't fly when I caught him. I'll arrange for his collarbones to be imaged so I can be happier moving him along to a carer who has limited vet access and/or limited time. This year we are really short on carers for adults locally, and the Princess has had another human wingless pup, which apparently puts her out of action for this season. My normal go-to person is ill; my personal availability is curtailed by high maintenance parental issues, and baby season has started. I called this young man Goorlie (from Kalgoorlie St); the town of Kalgoorlie built its reputation on the largest open cut Gold mine in Australia for many years. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for me. 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]