Collecting a flying-fox pup from a vet: this is Mary Mary

[@chezmoi42]

She's a very enthusiastic conversationalist! Good to see her so active and hungry, that bodes well.

[@dany.adelfinger]

The "awww" when the vet staff saw her face. I hope we'll have a survivor here.

[@careyclouser1022]

Mary, Mary quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells, and pretty maids all in a row. Great name for this baby. Maybe that fighting attitude will help her survive. 🤞

[@MC-qb1jg]

Mary Mary is so cute. Thank you, Meg, for taking such good care of her.

[@lesal.1373]

Love Mary Mary's spunk! Seems like her appetite is good and she's very vocal. I have a really good feeling about her.🤞

[@SharonBrown-yn6fz]

Positive vibes sent to her from Canada 🇨🇦

[@sharim]

Many positive thoughts from Texas!

[@Pecanut]

I really like the way they were trying to hydrate the little one.

[@Megabattie]

It seems to be a standard thing with vets - just put a bowl of water in with the animal. We don't recommend giving oral fluids at rescue, or attempting to handle a bat.

[@sarashannon1872]

Mary Mary has lots of personality. Thank you Meg.

[@justkerry173]

I've got a good feeling about this contrary girl. Keep fighting, Mary Mary. Great job, Meg.

[@JadeStrawberry]

Mary Mary might be a little contrary but she's had a bad day. Her days will be better from now on. Nice to see her appetite is good.

[@Shadowtrot]

Quite the lively and squeaky little octobatty! I guess time will tell if the "attacked by birds" bit ends up badly, but she is quite the enthusiastic little pup, very hopeful! You're in good hands little merry Mary Mary contrary.

[@brendaeaves1079]

She’s So Cute😊& Talkative So Sweet & Precious❤

[@lapinfurax615]

My heart is melting for baby Mary Mary !!! what a beautiful little face !! And she skeeks so good !!

[@malusdraco3793]

Rooting for you Mary Mary!! lets go babygirl

[@AnniekinsMyshkamouse-r4j]

Mary has quite a story to tell. She is quite cute.

[@lilbatz]

Heavens! So stinking cute! Nice to see a little batty with non squidgey eyes for once. Fingers crossed for this one. 🥰🤞

[@Megabattie]

It's lovely to see a baby who has bright eyes, a lot to say for herself, and who pees for me.

[@judithburke1539]

She almost got poo on you too.😊 ​@@Megabattie

[@EleniEliades_]

Mary Mary had quit a story to tell! So good that you always ask the Baby Batties which are talking loud and expressing their concerns about what's happened. She's just adorable! And took to the bottle so well plus she already urinated, YAY 😅❤

[@AudreyLMcFarland]

Oh Mary Mary I hope you are a survivor! We are all rooting for you!

[@CrniWuk]

What a powerfull creature that it can capitivate so many people with its charm!

[@kina8990]

I love the baby’s chirp noises. ❤️ What a gorgeous little one!

[@annew8365]

So much to say! I hope Mary Mary thrives! ❤

[@mariagonzalez5119]

They have the most beautiful faces. ❤❤❤

[@Megabattie]

The y do indeed

[@GlitzyWitch]

Little Mary Mary, quite contrary, chirping and pooping, clinging and biting teddy, at least that is a good sign. As well as gulping down her milk. She's adorable. Sending prayers she'll be ok ❤

[@littleredflying-fox]

Mary Mary sure has alot to say! She sure has a feisty attitude, fighting off those birds. ❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️🦇❤️

[@koppsr]

Her eyes when she starts tasting the glucose ^^ I hope she'll do well and eats you out of house and home soon 😉😉😉 Such a sweetheart ^^ ❤🦇❤

[@suehenderson9862]

Oh, she is sassy! Her eyes seem bright and engaged. Hoping for the best!

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Oooh little Blondie Mary Mary, awwww!! Her trill is totally melting my heart!🩶💛🦇🎶🤗💕💕 HUGE thanks to the MOPs, the Vet staff and Rescue lady Meg!🥰

[@Elly-fm3nx]

Wishing you well Mary Mary, thanks for your compassionate care Meg 🙏🦇💗🍼

[@FirefuryAmahira]

Sounds like she really wooed the vet staff! Such a gorgeous little chatterbox, fingers crossed nothing unfixable turns up with her!

[@Indenn73]

I just live the way you talk to the babies. That Lil one had plenty to tell you about what happened 😂❤

[@raineblackstar3522]

I think the adorableness killed me

[@KACn5582]

Such a cutie. I'm glad she decided that she could be less contrary with fiod!

[@nivermore14]

Mary, Mary is more of a chatty Cathy. So adorable🥰❤️🦇Glad she came into your care Meg!❤️🦇

[@sonialignani]

Mary Mary is telling you her story, she's so gorgeous, I hope she's fine❤❤

[@Megabattie]

Doing fine, but was quite squidgy for a few days.

[@sonialignani]

@Megabattie i think it's normal, step by step

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Poor little Mary Mary. What a horrible day she has had. I'm super happy that she has found her way to your incubator. 😊

[@gingermm8987]

niedlich die Kleine

[@A.L.Gardner]

Contrary is good, as is the way she chugged those bottles down. She looked so adorable clinging to her Foxy ❤

[@irmawesterback2930]

Oh my little Mary Mary🦇 has so much to tell about her adventure. I think she say she hate birds🐦🐦🐦. So sorry she has lost her mom💔.

[@chriscorbin2059]

Glad the Vet was willing to take her in because too many won't.

[@UltimaSpark50]

Which I'd guess is primarily due to the "not vaccinated for bat-borne diseases" thing (since not that many vets/nurses expect to treat them regularly), not necessarily a lack of wanting to treat them.

[@Megabattie]

Many vets will take them in in the box the MOP brings them in, then desperately call for rescue. One vet called me 10 minutes before they went home because they had a baby bat who arrived in the morning, got put into a cage, unwrapped, on the metal bottom of the cage, then forgotten about all day. It was a half hour drive for me to get there and they were impatient for me to arrive. The vet said baby was fine and they couldn't see anything wrong; I held my tongue Baby was naked, premature, newborn, freezing cold, and extensively burned with blistering. I took her to a "real" vet and had her euthanased. RIP little Frenchie.

[@Megabattie]

IN Australia we don't have rabies in the terrestrial wildlife, pet or domestic livestock population, but we do have ABLV Australian Bat Lyssavirus which is in the bat population, which is one of the rabies family of viruses. This means there is no reason for vets to be vaccinated for rabies. The only thing you can catch directly from a bat in Australia is rabies, IF you are bitten or scratched by a bat who is actively infected. I think most vets find bats scary; vets are just part of the human spectrum, with likes and dislikes. Most vets won't see snakes or bats because they're scared of them. The batty people understand this and find vets who are happy to see bats. I used to have 3 vet practices where I could bring a bat, now I have one. Vets come and go, move practices to inconvenient places, and we just adapt.

[@redfailhawk]

@@Megabattie I understand this, as a reptile keeper. Only vet that sees snakes anymore is two towns over, an hour away for me. No one else sees them. Which sucks because the time I take to get there in an actual emergency just isn't worth it due to the stress on the animal. I've learned a lot over the years about doing what I can at home, and if I can't do it I call other keepers. Thankfully (knock on wood) it's been four years since the last incident. (Snake was fine!! She is doing well still.)

[@danfarris135]

Here in our State in America it wasn’t too hard to find a vet to treat our raccoons in the 70’s and 80’s and reasonably affordable costs that we could pay out of pocket. Now it is virtually impossible to find ones that will treat injured wildlife. If you do, the costs are unreasonable to afford for the treatments. Sadly, the animals suffer and cannot be helped other than basic antibiotics and wormers. We can no longer care for them in the way that we used to so we had to stop taking them in.

[@elkenieen3856]

Ich finde die kleine Maus Süß so ein süßes Flughund Baby ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊🇧🇪

[@neuesachlichkeit6919]

They're like little alien puppies. I love them so.

[@karenmcneil4525]

Beautiful absolutely stunning, many sincere thanks for the clips, a real joy,even if a sad story, still very good

[@Megabattie]

She's doing well; I haven't heard how she's going with the carer; she was a bit squidgy there for a while though after all her adrenaline wore off.

[@americomonteiroribeiro]

Still loving yours baby's!

[@Megabattie]

I love the feisty ones

[@americomonteiroribeiro]

@@Megabattie🙂 Since i have found your work, see your videos, i have a truly respect and love for bats (flying-fox). My respect for your work ladies. Merry Christmas!

[@marionbowler5440]

Just the sweetest 💕 🇨🇦🦇🍁

[@elzaaltmann]

Heaven is drinking some milk.😊

[@keldaogg2157]

She seems to have a lot of spunk. I hope that means she's going to be okay.

[@nataliakhomenko5325]

Thank you, wonderful person, for caring about living beings

[@joerudnik9290]

So happy to watch another rescue story. It’s music to my heart❣️❣️❣️🥰🥰

[@Lisa-eu9fy]

Adorable girl!💜🦇💜🦇💜

[@pogostix6097]

Poor girl! Contrary until the food came out, maybe she just got hangry.

[@RoxanneSharbono-mb8ol]

Their tweete are so cute you should them sweetie and tweetheart.

[@RoxanneSharbono-mb8ol]

Tweetie or tweatheart

[@Megabattie]

I don't think they tweet, more that they chirp.

[@RoxanneSharbono-mb8ol]

@Megabattie I guess it depends on how you define chirp and tweet. To me, tweets are high-pitched chirps. The mom's chirp and the babies tweet. It does not matter, though they are amazing animals, and you are an awesome caregiver.

[@liviobabich952]

So cute 🦇🥰

[@mariacav6662]

😘❤️

[@stormseeker4freedom]

Awww Meg, Mary Mary is a sweet baby! Licking that glucose. ❤️❤️❤️🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@valeriejorq8429]

❤🙏✨✨✨✨💓🥰🥰🥰🥰 gracias

[@elenaandino]

Me parece muy graciosa la pequeña Mary Mary. Es muy parlanchina. Me parece curioso que no quiera chupete y prefiera morder la pata del Oso Teddy.

[@morghana3775]

Mary Mary's indignant chrips when you were moving her around are so cute!!!

[@theloveyourfacegal2773]

She has a larger head but when you measured the wing you could tell she was a baby. She was very vocal. I couldn't help but think she was thinking 🤔 this lady is alright by her eyes expression 🥰. I'm behind on your videos :/ just love them 😊

[@Megabattie]

She didn't have a large head for her age and size.

[@YvanFerland]

Bravo❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@missnaomi613]

It's good to see her so enthusiastic with her bottle!

[@mrsbigbug]

Dear, sweet little girl. ❤

[@BrendaBeatty-x9q]

What a beautiful baby flying fox.

[@PamBishop-hl6ps]

She's adorable ❤❤❤

[@tchambard]

💜

[@RhemaMooneeram]

Meg, all well. 4 round done. They might have apply numbing cream now, its getting harder to get a needle in despite my heat pad on. Hopefully my veins dont rupture.

[@Megabattie]

Your veins will take a beating for a while, I suspect.

[@RhemaMooneeram]

Its the Gemcitabine thats the turbulent one with veins. Praying that the phlebitis doent return. My poor batwings !!

[@BrendaBeatty-x9q]

❤❤❤

[@LorieScott-t7f]

Are there more of one color flying fox than another?

[@PK-oy4fe]

I watch this and immediately think of the children's rhyme Mary Mary Quite Contrary! For those that don't remember Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells And pretty maids all in a row And pretty maids all in a row Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells And pretty maids all in a row And pretty maids all in a row 😇❤️🖤🦇🖤❤️

[@Megabattie]

Yep, that's what I thought, but the quiet contrariness was the trigger to this name, for me.

[@-BubbityBubs-]

Have you ever used figgy pudding, as a name?

[@Megabattie]

No I haven't, but I'm unlikely to because I don't like figgy pudding, or plum pudding, or fruit cake or fruit mince pies.

[@-BubbityBubs-]

@@Megabattie the recipes are all over the internet these days. I’ve got the name in my head all the time now. I do enjoy your names.

[@Megabattie]

@@-BubbityBubs- I like the carol about Figgy Pudding, but that's as far as it goes.

[@divinatoledo7903]

Raposa voadora? Parece uma morceguinha! Tão lindinha!

[@Megabattie]

Eles são chamados de raposas voadoras, que são uma espécie de morcego frugívoro

[@LadyArseling]

How long is it from birth-to first flight for a flying fox?

[@Megabattie]

Earliest fliers are about 7 weeks old, but they're not fit for sustained flight, just flapping around trying to steer and learning to land. Usually it's about 10 weeks in care, but I've rescued 7.5 week old babies more than a kilometre from the colony, and 7 weeks is too big for mumbat to be carrying them around with them so he had to have arrived under his own steam.

[@LadyArseling]

@ interesting! 🤔 birds take flight a lot sooner, yes? do the 🦇 still nurse from mum once they’ve started to fly?

[@Elly-fm3nx]

Hi Meg, I just wondered about Mary Mary quite contrary. She's so adorable. But although many baby batties chirp, she is quite vocal. Are there different reasons why some babies chirp a lot like her? I think it sounds so cute.Thanks for her compassionate care, she seemed hungry! I hope she gets better soon 🙏💗🦇

[@janetsanders5356]

🦇🧸♥️

[@childofcascadia]

Mary mary quite contrary How does a sick baby bat grow? With lots of rest and an incubator nest. And in Megs care you will go. (I tried. I am in no way a poet.)

[@Megabattie]

LOL

[@lisanixon9284]

The amount of bacteria on the bottom of those carrying cages being placed on a clean table..Ugh!!!

[@pjp9383]

Tables can be cleaned.

[@NI4NI-y5f]

How come you guys don't put a little valium in the glucose to help relieve their anxiety? I mean, they're bein handled by giant, bald monkeys - granted very gently and all that - but their primal survival instincts are on full alert aren't they? So that dumps cortisol and stuff doesn't it? I'm asking because I'm not a vet lol I just don't understand WHY they don't give them some kind of calming agent first, instead of keeping them in this kind of state of panic the whole time?

[@Megabattie]

You again. If you ask nicely instead of being critical, I'm perfectly prepared to answer, but your tone is accusatory which is rather offensive. Medically valium isn't either recommended nor required. The dummy (pacifier) does a heap more to settle their anxiety and stress than drugs, and wrapping them on a roll, something onto which they can clutch, does a heap more. I need to see if there's anything wrong with the baby that would require vet treatment before I leave the vet; I need to know if the baby has broken anything, has bleeding anywhere, has any issues with her mouth or wings. It's better to get it sorted out before I leave the vet (if they're willing to help), so I don't have to take it to another vet for xrays or stitching or something. The baby is already full of adrenaline from the accident and being on the ground, and being transported to the vet; I just do what I need to do, give them something for pain plus some fluids under the skin, and more glucose (combats shock), and put them to bed for a few hours. It works remarkably well.

[@NI4NI-y5f]

ps and if her teeth are coming that HAS TO HURT so why are you picking at them and with your bare fingers on top of it!? They're already in physical trauma and fear and then we're gonna do show and tell on them? I don't get the prioritization for the patient in that at all. Ma'am your staff have access to GOOGLE, they can go look up "baby bat teeth" THERE and that way the animals' trauma IS REDUCED. How in the world keeping them in a state of psychological trauma, when it's NOT medically necessary at all (in fact, 'trauma' ISN'T a desired state of any kind and negatively impacts healing, not helps it, and rather undermines the point of 'animal welfare'). It's coming to you under ER conditions and then being treated like an object to be studied when, again, YOUR STAFF CAN REFER TO GOOGLE ffs. Are you a control freak? Do you need to be seen as a woman with power and expertise? Is that why the little bat has to put up with being a 'teaching moment'? It's already coming in traumatized. I don't understand why there's a disconnect about that with some of you vets.

[@Megabattie]

I don't have staff; I'm a volunteer and I was showing the vet staff this because it's in my interests and the bats' interests that vet staff aren't terrified of bats, and will continue to allow them into their practice and calling us for rescue. SO many vet practices will not even allow bats through the door of their practices, that I find if I'm friendly, show them the bat, do a little education and reality training, they will continue to not be freaked out by bats and at least give them a safe haven till I arrive. A little PR goes a long way. I am NOT a vet but the vets ask me what to do with bats because I'm the expert. If that's OK with you - of course you're a youtube self appointed keyboard expert who always knows best. Now go and find something real to do with your life rather than criticising people who are actually doing something, and doing it well. And no it doesn't hurt to look at their teeth; I look at their teeth at rescue because I want to know if there's anything wrong in their mouth.

[@kmaggs7804]

​@@MegabattieWell said❤