Baby flying-fox has a bath and is groomed: this is Hungry Hippo

[@MC-qb1jg]

Sweet baby. She looks so happy and content.

[@anitamackinnon7975]

Poor mom!😞 So glad baby is thriving and healthy!!🫠🥰❤️🦇🇨🇦

[@domino471]

They look so fragile and delicate at this age.

[@lass-inangeles7564]

Nothing sweeter than two women cooing over a baby. This little battie is floating in a sea of love and so content. No moment in time is as perfect as the milk coma sets in while being brushed and sung nursery rhymes! Incredibly beautiful moments.

[@crochetology12]

When she crosses her feet is just too precious.

[@Microplancakes]

So true!! She gets all bundled into a wee bar ball!! So adorable!!

[@cherylalikhani5957]

I miss Hungry Hippo. The preciously silly pup was so adorable and funny. My fav video was of her clinging to the things then would go limp and slid off as soon as the pacifier was put into her mouth.🦇💛

[@Megabattie]

Yes, she was really funny

[@JF-kv1gm]

"It's easy to get poo on your leg...it's close to your butt." True, no matter whether you're bat, human or countless other species!

[@TheSharron]

Lol...so true...

[@wildflower1397]

😂😂😂

[@kam0406]

By how responsive these little darlings are to touch, it is clear they must make amazing mothers. It is so great to see little hippo getting so much love. It looks so time consuming and I don't know how you find the time to care for all the babies.

[@Megabattie]

Maggie comes and feeds the babies 3 times a day so that frees me to do the logistics and the rescues and keep everything ticking over. Making up bottles - working out how much they should be having. Doing the washing and washing up, doing the records and weighing and measuring them and doing the vet visits. I know they will have been washed and fed and played with by Maggie.

[@kam0406]

@@Megabattie it sounds like you and Maggie make a great team and the babies are thriving under your care. Still, it sounds like a tremendous amount of work for even two people to manage. Much respect to you both! I enjoy seeing Hippo the most. She is the sweetest baby and I can't help that she has become my favorite!

[@wildflower1397]

@@Megabattie It's wonderful seeing Meg and Maggie working together, doting on and loving the babies, and often making comments on their adorable little idiosyncrasies. I suspect we all have a soft spot for Hungry Hippo, lol. 💕😂

[@wildflower1397]

@@kam0406 Hungry Hippo has some adorable videos from earlier on, if you have not seen them. One I love "Baby flying fox has some Maggie time" where little Hippo frantically goes for her bottle. Another one is her squeaking while she gets petted. 😂

[@carolinemcallister1473]

Maggie has the best job of the partnership...lol!

[@JadeStrawberry]

She is so well cared for and know she still is at creche stuffing her face and making friends.

[@lindarichmond3199]

I am in love with Hungry Hippo !!!💯💚💙❤️🤗

[@judithstuart9631]

You girls are having too much fun!

[@0327babygirl]

She is a princess already...Beautiful babieee..

[@lisakilmer2667]

The fact that they smell sweet and fruity is fascinating - thanks for sharing that!

[@Megabattie]

Welcome to Megabattie. I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first. I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care. There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions. If you want to find more videos of a specific bat, search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.

[@thepanperson215]

This little thing is so precious, please take care of her🌸🤍✨🥰

[@Megabattie]

She will be released in the next few weeks. She's all grown up and a big girl in creche now.

[@brigidasilva8425]

Watching them is soooo addictive.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

What a doll-baby !! Really nice to see such a young one all spoiled and loved on ! Thank You Ladies for taking such good care of HH, who is growing up ! Lovely.

[@Megabattie]

She's in creche now down the south coast.

[@TheSharron]

@@Megabattie What does that mean...crèche.I’m new to anything bats.Thanks...

[@Megabattie]

@@TheSharron When the hand raised babies are 3 months old, they go into a creche, where they join other orphans and form a group. They learn batty etiquette and how to live in a batty society.
They shrug off their human mums and want to be with the other batties. 
When they are emotionally and physically ready, and uninjured, and around 4-5 months old, they’re put into a release cage under a colony and they can integrate into the colony and fly out with the wild bats. If they can’t find enough food, they can always come back to the cage for a feed. Support feeding is put up on the outside of the cage for as long as they are coming back and eating it. When the colony flies out for winter, they have fully integrated and fly out with them.

[@TheSharron]

@@Megabattie Thanks for the quick reply...your video makes me unafraid of these wonderful babies.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@TheSharron You'd probably like subscribing and hanging out with batties here. lol

[@lcmay5562]

😊Beautiful!! All three of you lovely girls!!!💜💛💜

[@syrenamilani3115]

So much loving care , makes a very happy batty bebe... 🙆😍🦇🖤

[@ravenpawfan1614]

I never realized how much of a mish mosh these guys are. Small wings and body with huge hooky feet that seem too big. So adorable!

[@mousiebrown1747]

Feet as large as her head - and yet so tiny all over. I recall what a darling she has been to raise to crèche. She responds well to your voice.

[@Megabattie]

I had to move her along to another carer around 6 weeks old - she and Sequoia weren't having a good relationship and were displaying a codependent aberrant behaviour we call "sucking". The only way to fix it so both babies can grow up emotionally, is to separate them.

[@parabellum1]

That's one little sweet milk belly 🥰

[@sapphire605]

OMG!! I knew their bellies got bigger when they were full, but hers became enormous! Good girl hippo!

[@rosesperfumelace]

So precious. 😍

[@Megabattie]

she was probably our only baby at the time.

[@CC-vw1cs]

you 2 ladies are alomost (almost...) as adorable as the batties ... love hearing you both fuss over the little cutie critters :)

[@daleturner1125]

She is so tiny. Such a sweetie

[@LostHorizon52]

It just doesn't get any cuter or sweeter than this 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@tyrannosaurusrex9417]

Sweet and lovely baby. 😍

[@loriar1027]

What a precious little creature. I would so love to kiss that little forehead.

[@wendyporter1093]

She’s by far one of the cutest babies! I miss seeing her little antics!! I hope she jas many babies in her lifetime that look just like her! ❤️🦇❤️

[@ronbrannan4805]

I truly appreciate the banter between Maggie and meg fawning over the baby battles.It’s a feel good moment for all! I’ve even learned some things today!

[@glamdolly30]

How lovely to revisit Hungry Hippolata, when she was so tiny. Loved the different hairstyles! What a success story she is, and how she thrived and grew strong thanks to her devoted human carers. Many of us remember when Hippo's mum sadly died, and left her baby a tiny, motherless scrap. Meg promised she would look after her lil' bubba for her, and she was certainly true to her word. She did a fantastic job and the optimistically named little Hippo blossomed in the loving care of Meg and Maggie. Hippo's mum would be thrilled to see how well she's done, and how she continues to go from strength to strength in creche. When Hippo is finally released back into the wild to pick up the baton and do all the important things a bat has to do, I like to think her mum will be watching somewhere, with pride. XXX

[@fountainofjewelz1844]

She's beautiful. Seeing her heart beating was just amazing. Thank you for all you ladies do. ❤🦇❤

[@outercyberia]

Precious baby❤️🦇

[@JoltJackelope]

Do you remember all the wonderful battys you rescued over the years? That’s a lot of sweet memories! 😋

[@Megabattie]

Yes, I think I remember most of them - I remember the babies and can bring up a story about each of them if you give me a name or a location. The adults - sometimes I only rescue them and drop them to a carer immediately - which means I name them but do nothing more than immediate care. I generally remember those - I can drive around Sydney and say pretty much at every suburb or street - I rescued a bat there - I called him X - he was trapped on a balcony or in a courtyard or whatever. there have been thousands now. I rescued a bat this morning... I called him Arturo. I've rescued bats in that street before (it's a long street). I remember rescuing Ding Dong from powerlines in that street. The energy company worker called him Ding Dong. He had a burnt thumb which was dead and was amputated when he was a few weeks old.

[@JoltJackelope]

I’m still a bit new to the channel so I’ve been watching videos from like...(Years) ago so I can catch up. I absolutely love your videos! 🥰 I have a question... How did you meet Walter the old bat? What danger was he in? I really loved that handsome fellow! I was sad when I learned he passed away. 😭

[@Megabattie]

@@JoltJackelope Walter was in care with Mandi, and she sends me videos. Walter was a hand raised baby who couldn't be released for some reason (the origins aren't entirely clear since it's been 28 years or so) - and he went to a wildlife park. When he was too old to hang in the display he was assessed by vets and the options were euthanasia or retirement to Mandi. We were all lucky Mandi took him and gave him 10 years of happy retirement till he died about 3 months ago.

[@JoltJackelope]

Wow! He was really old! 😐

[@TheSharron]

I was always afraid of bats,but after watching several of these videos,I realize I know nothing about these precious creatures.Thank you so much for sharing.

[@katyalupochev9589]

It puts a big smile on my face every time, hearing Maggie fawn over the babies like it’s the first time she’s seen em. “Look at the little foot! The foot! The belly!!”

[@kari3368]

She is a such tiny little beauty. I can’t imagine holding her in my hand, it must be heavenly. These little baby bats are just so easy to love🦇🦇🦇💜

[@incognito2832]

Never have i seen such a beautiful face and foot 🥰🦇

[@wiktoriabugajska4028]

🥰🦇

[@rochelleb973]

I wish there was a place near me that helped bats. I would love to volunteer.

[@zedongthien9214]

my son working with a wildlife ranger he have two flying foxes in care. they are adorable but their smell is something i will never get along with! haha :)

[@Megabattie]

Where do you live? Country, State, city?

[@th3azscorpio]

Right?

[@th3azscorpio]

@@zedongthien9214 What do they smell like?

[@rochelleb973]

I live in the states in new jersey

[@Beewalsh.1321]

Look at that little tummy ! 😍

[@newdimension4731]

3:57 omg that UNBELIEVABLE HIGH STREECH only last half a second but it's high pitch for the humans ears.

[@rebeccabrown3898]

Ya’ll are just having way too much fun at this little girl’s expense. LOL. She is adorable!

[@jdee4956]

Isn't seeing that little heart beating just the most precious thing!

[@timontherocks7521]

I am sure the colour pink will play an important part all her life! 😂👍

[@kristicollett7887]

Ha haaaa you gave her a mohawk and she looked like a mean gremlin! LoL so stinking cute!

[@raquelbest5840]

Pampered baby bat

[@dottiefrashure8457]

Such sweet and witty ladies! I loved, "only when there is poo in their ears, you ask that".

[@quintessawolfprincess3618]

It's really nice to see Hungry Hippo again, and to know she's doing well! She looked so cute with those different fur styles, too! 😊💕

[@PointerNation]

Baby Hippo is too adorable. Love her mohawk! She's a rock star! 😊

[@katrinaward5769]

I’d love to do ur job, it must be so rewarding. You treat them with so much care and respect.carry on caring on

[@Megabattie]

You do know it's volunteer work don't you? I love doing it otherwise I wouldn't do it.

[@JoltJackelope]

Look at her! So tiny and beautiful! She’s gonna be a heartbreaker! 😄🥰

[@louisesmalling]

Baby Yoda!

[@Megabattie]

Hi Louise Welcome to Megabattie. I put information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first. I also put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care. There is a community tab (like a mini Facebook page) on my channel - if you go to Megabattie home page, there is a menu bar across the top under the cover pic. Home, Videos, Playlists, Community, About. If you click on the community tab there are posts there where I can share pix and talk about some of the videos I put up and answer questions. If you want to find more videos of a specific bat, search in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat.

[@kstormgeistgem461]

oooh, she was such a tiny little bat bundle of adorableness.

[@nanaliz7210]

I miss seeing this sweetheart Hungry Hippo was my favorite still my favorite I hope she's doing well 💙💙💙💙💙

[@andinewman4865]

She is too adorable for words!!

[@batgirl9723]

Love them feetz! Maggie you’re a riot! Love how they cross their wings and wrap themselves up... that face it’s too much ! ❤️🦇🦇🦇🦇

[@dizmoolli275]

both of you ladies are so sweet!

[@sabush50]

Your videos give me joy. Thank you!!! It gives me faith in this crazy world. You both have so much love to give.

[@ccl6192]

The little tiny feeeeeets. 😍😍😍😍

[@wonderwend]

Wonderful to see her tiny anatomy. Thanks for the Sniff Report too Meg 😂

[@user-lx9hg5wp3x]

But even the tiny personal bits are TOO cute!!!!!💕🦇💕

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Oh my gosh, what an adorable little girl!! I love the mohawk too!!🤗💕 Those batty feet's!!(awwww!!), her chirping sound & her lovely eyes. You ladies lulled tiny Hippo🦇💤💤to sleep, after her toothbrush bath & gentle voiced lullaby!🥰

[@madcacher1119]

She is just beautiful. In a couple years she’ll be having babies! Those hairstyles you two came up with - I’m dying! 😁

[@anitasmith4559]

So delicate; you can see the little heart beating.

[@Lisa-eu9fy]

I adore their feet! They're so awesome! She's so sweet. 💜💜💜

[@liviobabich952]

Beautyful !! 💟💟💟

[@jgclark45]

Hippo was my favorite, I was hoping to see her in one of the minicreche videos

[@zedongthien9214]

my favs are by number 1. walter (unforgotten) 2. guinness (my little angel) 3. teddy (pretty boy) 4. gelert (bestest buddy) 5. redolent (unique) 6.sequoia (yoghurt princess)7. zaki (best mom ever) 8. hungryhippo (nomnomnom) 9. sentinel (the guardian) 10. whiskey (always remind me of bourbon whiskey wat i love)

[@Megabattie]

Hippo went south to the Shoalhaven because she was in a bad relationship with Sequoia - a mutually aberrant codependent behaviour which is damaging to both babies' emotional development, which can only be fixed by separation.

[@suelovescats]

@@zedongthien9214...those are my favorites also ..except the order is a bit different .. of course Walter is number 1 ..with this cutie and Sequoia at number 2 ( I just can’t decide between them ,lol ) same with Gilbert and Teddy at number 3 ..and Guinness ! ....Oh heck , I love them all ..the ones that didn’t survive have a special place in my heart also , so they are remembered and never forgotten .. 💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇💕

[@th3azscorpio]

@@zedongthien9214 My faves are Fussbudget, Hippo, Sequoia, Guiness, Velociraptor, Walter, and little Baldrick.

[@zedongthien9214]

@@th3azscorpio there are even some i never heard about but i will check out on them!

[@suelovescats]

I love her fur . The color is beautiful and that Mohawk hairstyle Maggie gave her looked hilarious I love her little sucky noises . I envy you ladies getting to experience this .. but I know it’s not all lollipops and rainbows.. unfortunately....bless you two ladies .. and thanks for brightening my day . Y’all are so funny ..😊 💕🦇💕

[@ms-rachel-anne]

This was absolutely delightful to watch. She's unbearably cute. And getting to see the anatomy of her chest close up was amazing--watching her heart beat through her ribs! What a precious little soul. And Maggie's right--the milk belly is perfectly adorable.

[@evelynbonner3908]

Great to see little HH again..so tiny and cute. Love the Mohawk!

[@antoinettehatchell2052]

So cute!! God Bless all of you!!!

[@annew8365]

Styling a bat’s hair! Now I’ve seen it all! She looked cute with a mohawk. 🦇 A bat in the lotus position. HH is very flexible. 🧘‍♀️

[@Megabattie]

FF pups are very flexible, otherwise how would they have fitted into their mum's uterus?

[@annew8365]

@@Megabattie Touché. Like any other species baby, I suppose.

[@otismurphy4428]

I loved the childhood game and love her even more ..! :-)

[@cocorox9677]

Well, that was just utterly delightful. So precious. And you two made me giggle through the whole video! The hairstyles cracked me right up and yeah, you got the stink eye from the Mohawk! 😍

[@charminbyers]

It relaxes me to watch you ladies love on your babies. And i just keep smiling at the little protests 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@suelovescats]

Oh , thank you Meg and Maggie for this video ! Hippo is just the most adorable tiny little thing . When you were describing the baby bat “scent “ I was imagining cuddling a bat and breathing in their smell . It must be a bit like human baby smell . There is nothing like that baby smell ,be it bat or human. You can see her tiny heart beating and her tiny little ribs showing through her skin . It’s just amazing these little things go from this to flying own in a matter of months ! I really enjoyed this video and I always love learning more about these lovely features.💕🦇💕💗💕

[@madisonlee3096]

I like how you mentioned about not feeding her water straight away. I was told to wait at least half an hour after their feed before offering water so that their stomach can settle

[@Megabattie]

Some of them love their water immediately and have no problem with it, but Hippo would vomit it back if she got too much volume too quickly.

[@hopewoods6189]

These volunteers are so gentle.

[@Megabattie]

We are volunteers, but we're people who love batties; this is all in my home, and Maggie and I both adore the little ones and caring for them. This is a part of our life without which we wouldn't be whole.

[@loisblais3431]

This was by far my fav episode, with nursery rhymes , massage and all. I could just change places with Hippo and be soooooo happy. Are you two adopting? 🤗

[@heatherreed2681]

What an absolutely perfect and beautiful little creature. Makes me giggle to hear you two commenting while she feeds. You're both so funny and entertaining. 🥰

[@concreteinkspots]

Lol...I love listening to you two, just hilarious! Always did that to my grandkids when they took their bath. The youngest one would always say "Give me a peacock Grammie!!" 😂🤣😂 that's what he called a Mohawk That was interesting... how they all have different scents!!!

[@Megabattie]

It sounds like they liked it - I'm not sure that Hippo was particularly impressed with her "do".

[@concreteinkspots]

@@Megabattie it was pretty cute though 😄

[@tonicastel5933]

She’s absolutely gorgeous & you are 2 proud Mums! ❤️❤️

[@nena4215]

Oh she was such an adorable little missy bat. I hope all is going as planned with her. Thank you

[@francesfarmer736]

How precious 🦇❤️I like the mowhawk 👍

[@nickelpeed]

How so cute!!! Just like any kid who doesn't want to take a bath!! I want to do this!! LOL

[@AnetteL.Nielsen]

Oh she was so cute 😍

[@tamarrajames3590]

I have missed little hungry Hippo, so seeing her here at her cutest is delightful. The hairdos were hilarious, and clearly a hungry Hungry Hippo has mastered the steely glare. The Mohawk was the best, and the Meg and Maggie show had me laughing again...thanks.🖤🇨🇦

[@Saturns48]

A baby bat anatomy class...so so so cute❤🦇😍heart melt❤

[@sonialignani]

I love Hungry Hippo she's so tiny but now She Will be a big big girl!!!!!!!!i miss her!!

[@pudletwoshoes5880]

Most beautiful video ever =) xxxx

[@Mycroftsbrother]

HH is such a sweetie!

[@tanyalawrence824]

So tiny, so adorable! A little sweetheart.

[@connienowak298]

😆! The Mohawk Rises!🦇🦇💚💚

[@victoriafloresjapa2808]

Con esos masajes el bebé se relajará y se quedará dormidito. 🤗🤗

[@tuxitalk1World]

Such a cute little baby bat! They are so adorable!❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️

[@FirefuryAmahira]

Aaaah, she was so itty bitty back then, and then you look at current videos of the other babies like Sequoia and they're all big kids now! ❤️❤️❤️

[@edithlewis9330]

This is the way we wash our bats, Wash our bats, wash our bats. This is the way we wash our bats, So early in the morning.

[@maarakailet1]

Aw! I think is the smallest one I've seen in one of your videos. Need to go back and watch more. What a darling!

[@Megabattie]

Caltrops was about the same size, and Déjà Vu was newborn. Lydia was premmie by caesarean, as was Sarabande. You can find them all by searching in the YT search bar for Megabattie/name of bat. Also Banksia was tiny and quite broken, with metabolic bone disease and many broken bones, and there was Mongrel whom the Princess renamed Shoeey (who was in a shoebox called Mongrel Boots). Try those vids to see the smallest of the little ones. Also I think there was one called Cameo who didn't make it either. And Espresso who also didn't make it. Not sure I put that vid up though. He was short and black.

[@llc1976]

Awwh she’s just darling, little yoda eyes no ears

[@christopherherreen2090]

Miss Hippo Loves her Nanna’s ❤️❤️❤️