Danielle and the baby bats

Danielle found two abandoned baby bats at our home in Harrisville, RI.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• baby
• newborn
• bats
• cute
• danielle
• elliott
• tiny
• harrisville
• ri
• wild

[lironess]

God forbid this happens again but you can give them kitten formula on a small paint brush and actually raise them to maturity....

[vcoaster]

@lironess I wished that the Roger Williams Zoo, RI Dept of Environmental Mgmnt or the Audubon Society had been a bit more concerned. All three showed no interest in helping me keep them alive when I asked for help. Thanks for your feedback. It may help someone else in the future.

[harleynanda]

What you have here is a Large Brown Bat. From the looks of things, you have a brood colony either begun or already existing in your eaves, eave vent, or whatever (check above where you found them for overhangs, etc.). So don’t despair, but be prepared. It will happen again. They seek out warm places to have their pups, rather like an incubator/nursery, and they will return each year so long as the favorable conditions remain.

[vcoaster]

@harleynanda The bats have actually been living in our eaves for over 20 years. They come out most nights throughout the spring and summer. Usually three or four are seen flying around the property. This was the only time we ever found babies.

[markplante]

What happened to them?

[vcoaster]

@markplante

We tried to find someone who could care for them. We tried the RI State Dept of Environmental Management, the local zoo, the Audobon Society. No one would take them because RI law says that "bats cannot be rescued because they may carry rabies." We left them outside hoping the mother bat would return for them, but they died overnight. Poor little guys.

[DreamingOfJeannie]

Those poor babes. I love bats.

[lilcashbash]

awww i love bats its so nice that someone actually cared about the poor things

[SPIDER]

RIP little guys.

[KennyReddwooddforest]

There is a large bat sanctuary in Texas. They rescue bats and raise them with goat milk. You can watch their videos on YouTube. They fill a tiny sponge with goat milk and let the baby bats drink from the sponge. They need lots and lots of gentle petting and grooming to grow and be healthy.

[tasteegold7772]

@vcoaster well good on you for having concern for em even though they died. but you'll know next time what to do in the same situation.

[TadaKiba]

@vcoaster .01% of bats have rabies. dogs will have rabies too, it's wrong for the zoos not to take them

[RU3YJB]

So sad... i have 9 mothers in my attic/ crawl space now. Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) They have at most 2 pups per year. They mature in about 6 weeks.