Pennsylvania Bat Rescue

Yesterday, two of our big brown bats had a visit with our veterinarian. The poor boy from a few months ago who sustained blunt force trauma healed beautiful but his left eye remained small in comparison to his right eye. He may have sustained an ocular fracture. Micro bats have very small bones, so it’s quite possible that enough force could fracture his delicate orbital bones. He’s currently on medications to hopefully help relieve irritation our hope and mission is to see him fly the night sky again. #pabatrescue #bigbrownbat #eptesicusfuscus

warning graphic image when bats land on homes they will crawl around looking for a place to hide or hang. They use their thumbs to climb, inadvertently getting their small wrists and forearms stuck in slits or along siding and shutters. If you find a bat exposed on the side of a building that has some sort of siding or grooves that the bat may become stuck please do not hesitate to contact a wildlife rehabilitator immediately. Do not try to move the bat, as this coul...d cause further injury to their tiny bones. Rehabilitators or capture/transport persons may instruct an individual how to safely remove the bat but this should not be done without instruction to avoid further injury. Please do not wait to contact a rehabilitator, these are time sensitive situations that require immediate response. For this poor bat, it was too late despite everyone working together it’s heartbreaking. We are so sorry beautiful Please use pawr.com for the Pennsylvania wildlife rehabilitation list and ahnow.org for all other states. #pabatrescue #savebats #eptesicusfuscus

Hello beautiful girl, good to see you feeling better and roosting in a cluster of maple leaves. So excited to see you fly free soon #pabatrescue #easternredbat #lasiurusborealis

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Our most recent arrival, a female eastern red bat with head trauma. She’s receiving some R&R at the rehab and some extra snacks to help gain much needed weight. #pabatrescue #easternredbat #lasiurusborealis

Look at that face we’re all smiles here #easternredbat #lasiurusborealis

We are live, get yours before they are gone!

Thor is ready for tropical depression Zeta. He’s got his butt blanket and foliage all ready be safe friends. Please keep a look out for grounded wildlife. It’s mating and migration season for our native bats. This is a challenging time without having torrential downpours.

It may have been snowing here most of the day but that didn’t stop bats from needing our help. 11 bats arrived today, all were significantly under weight for this time of the year. This beautiful silver haired was the first to arrive. She has a full belly and is warm and cozy. Sharon was also dispatched to quick rescue this poor big brown bat boy (last two images). He was cold, wet and weighed 11.6g. A big brown this time of the year should weigh 20g he’s safe, warm and given cortical nutrients and warm fluids under the skin. I guess the bats are getting the memo that Hotel de la Pa Bat Rescue has vacancies

Thank you BCM we have been receiving calls daily. Although many are ok, some are starting to lose significant body mass. We admitted a big brown and silver haired terribly underweight, while earlier arrivals were quite pudgy. It’s always best to take a few photos and keep an eye on your new neighbor. Soon it will be too cold for them. Once night temperatures drop below 40 it’s best to contact your local wildlife rehabilitator pawr.com

Our newest arrival is this handsome boy, a silver haired bat. He was found hanging on the same building for 5 days. He didn’t move, and didn’t seem to leave to forage. Once he arrived critical fluids, vitamins and minerals were given. He’s horribly thin and dehydrated. He was given a few tasty snacks after he was stabilized. Welcome to Le chateau bat spa hope you enjoy your stay

Please help us celebrate our founders mother (Debbie) birthday. She's a huge part of our rescue efforts, and has helped to care for so many bats over the years. For her birthday she chose the non-profit she cares for so intimately. Debbie helps to raise baby bats every summer, and helps to care for all of our rehab patients. Help Debbie celebrate her birthday by donating to the rescue she helps operate every day

What an amazing thermal image

The unheard bat song the different echolocation calls of different species

Just because today is the beginning of #internationalbatweek doesn’t mean you can wake us to check how pudgy we are. Turn out the lights, it’s time to sleep Happy #internationalbatweek even though these ladies in care to sleep. reproductive females often can consume their body weight in insects each night. In fact, a colony of 150 big brown bats can consume enough adult cucumber beetles in one summer to prevent egg-laying that would produce 33 million of their root-worm... larvae, a major pest of corn (Whitaker, 1995). Big brown bats mate during the fall and winter before they go into hibernation, but the female does not become pregnant until the spring as she stores the sperm during hibernation. In late May or early June she gives birth to one or two pups (usually only one). These bats are insectivorous. They prefer eating beetles over other insects, using their powerful jaws to chew through the beetles' hard exoskeleton. They will also eat other flying insects including moths, flies, wasps, and flying ants all of which they capture while in flight. Big brown bats can live up to 18-20 years in the wild. Unfortunately most big brown bats die during their first winter because they did not store enough fat to survive through their entire hibernation period. This bat utilizes echolocation to avoid obstacles during flight and to capture flying insect prey.

Hello sleepy little handsome fluff fluff. Ring ding (his name will change ), weekly check to make sure little ring ding is healthy and ready for his winter snooze. Ring ding is a little brown bat. Little browns are half the size of big browns and increasingly rare in most regions of Pennsylvania due to the cold thriving invasive fungus, white nose syndrome. Ring ding came into care with severe white nose syndrome two years ago. He healed well, but not well enough to fly. Ring ding came into care prior to our successful WNS protocol. Thankfully he survived. We still try flying him every spring with hope that he will be released. We will try again in spring

We sent some packages this past week to bat rehab centers to say Thank You! It’s been a challenging year for sure so it’s important to let our fellow rehabbers know they are appreciated, and valued so happy BWS received our vegan cookies and goodies for the batties

Bat appreciation month extends all over the world. Our deepest appreciation for the flying fox rehabilitators. This past year has been just awful for them and the wildlife with heatwaves and wildfires. Thank you for all you do!

This is so upsetting, so many reached out including our own team. We are so disappointed!!

Hello beautiful girl Evelyn the evening bat is the cutest fluff The Evening Bat is a colonial species that is believed to migrate south in the fall. It builds substantial fat deposits in late summer and periodically falls into torpor in winter. The Evening Bat leaves northern parts of its range in winter, suggesting a fall migration to southern states. The Evening Bat is a forest-dwelling species that roosts in tree crevices and behind loose bark, as well as in buildin...gs. This species rarely enters caves but does participate in swarming activities at some cave entrances in late summer. They historically used tree hollows, but as forests have been cut, many have moved into wooden buildings. This species prefers to forage along edges of mature forests, in clearings, and over waterways. It eats a variety of beetles including cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles, carabid beetles, and June bugs. This bat also catches flying ants, spittle bugs, pomace flies, stinkbugs, and small moths.

Little Rutan is getting her final checkup this week before she gets a roommate little Rutan is a non releasable, sweet federally threatened, state endangered northern long eared bat. She came into care after sustaining a wing injury and urinary infection. She has healed beautifully, and is quite pudgy. Look at those beautiful long ears

Discard face masks appropriately, in the trash and cutting the strings. The best thing is to wear washable face masks and avoid additional trash in the environment. So sad for this poor bat.

Everyone is snoozing the cold day away except this thick furred fluffy butt. Thor is loving this weather, it’s almost seasonable for him. Hoary bats have thicker fur than any other bat species found in Pennsylvania. This thick fur provides adequate protection from cold nights. Hoary bats may fly as fast as 13 miles per hour and as high as 8,000 feet during their long-distance migrations in the autumn and spring, stopping at night to hunt for moths-BCI Our hoary bats prefer the cooler weather over the warm/hot weather any day of the week. We mist our foliage roosting bats in the summer and provide fans when there’s no breeze to help cool them.