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PLEASE
REMEMBER: Bat and wildlife rehabilitators are extremely
busy, sometimes caring for orphaned and injured wildlife up to
20 hours per day. If you find a bat please DO NOT rely on
email to get help since time may be critical to saving the bat.
Please call a bat or wildlife rehabilitator nearest to your
location
as soon as possible.
Most wildlife rehabilitators volunteer their time
and money to save the animals, and they rely on the help of the
public. Please also consider transporting the bat to them,
meeting them half way, or making a donation.
Providing Temporary
Care
If you do not find immediate help, temporary care can be
provided in the following manner:
Line a box with an old t-shirt so the bat has something
to hang upside-down on. Create some pleats in the shirt so the
bat can hide if it wants to. (Make sure any tape that is used is
secured well so the bat won't get stuck.) Put a small amount of
water in a small, shallow container like a baby food jar lid.
Place the lid on the bottom of the container and next to a wall
so the bat can hang over it to drink. Make sure a top is secured
to the box as some bats can squeeze through a crack as thin as
1/4"! If you must handle the bat please remember to wear thick
gloves (even though rabies is rare in bats, if it bites you it
will need to be tested). Keep the box in a room where the bat
won't get too warm or too cold and away from children and pets
until help is located.
People included on this
list are concerned wildlife rehabilitators, biologists,
veterinarians, conservationists and individuals who have
volunteered to help people with bat questions or problems. If
you have tried to get assistance from the list and have not
succeeded, please e-mail us at
sanctuary@batworld.org. Excluding Bat World Rescue
Centers, inclusion on this list is not an endorsement or
guarantee of reputation or ability. If you are a wildlife
rehabilitator or a bat worker and would like to be added to this
list, have changes or corrections made to your information, or
if you would like to be removed from this list please e-mail us
at the above address.
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