Rescuing a juvenile flying-fox stuck on a balcony: this is Maccas

[@keldaogg2157]

His wings are so beautiful. Silky.

[@Sasser2015]

Awfully kind of Meg to go ahead and flight test Maccas so the new carer didn't have to. He'll be regaling the others with his heroic tales of rebellion and soaring for miles & miles around the kitchen.

[@chriscorbin2059]

You have to admire his determination.

[@PK-oy4fe]

I just love seeing the moment they realize that what you put into their mouth is yummy! 😇❤️🖤🦇🖤❤️

[@Megabattie]

I also love their stubbornness in refusing to allow themselves to enjoy what's in their mouth

[@tamarrajames3590]

I also like the ones that savage the grapes when Meg is looking…and then stealthily nom away once they are covered, they always make me laugh.🖤🇨🇦

[@stuff2047]

I just love when their tongue pokes out when they chew. So friggen cute😍

[@Kim-lc3fv]

I love the way Maccas looks at you incredulously in the aviary cage: "What is this place and what am I doing here, Ms. Hooman Meg?"

[@Purpie_Slurpie]

whenever I see you pull out the glucose I say "it helps combat shock!" to myself in my head ..goes to show just how many rescues of yours I've watched 🤭

[@Megabattie]

LOL, I don't even think about it, it just comes out of my mouth

[@harrietking8768]

What a handsome young man!

[@pamsharpe60]

He keeps looking at you, Meg, as much to say get me out of here! Those eyes are so appealing.

[@Catherine-hf6zc]

He is entirely to cute to be such trouble! I guess he hasn't learned that crashing into people things ends you up in strange places. Hoping the buffet smooths out his manners.😁

[@wolfangel369]

Fiesty Boy!!! ...I know he broke your favourite "thing " but it proved everything is working as it should be xxx Loved the way he looks over at you at the aviary, as if to say "So...you're leaving me here???? I want the pink dressing gown!" ❤😂

[@SuziQ.]

I want one like it, but in a different color. I almost asked her where she got it last week, but decided I can probably find one I like by myself.

[@Megabattie]

Thos ubiquitous dressing gowns are for sale in Target I think. I don't buy them ever and I don't wear them; they come in as donations and I choose the light coloured ones so I can see and video the babies on them; the babies like to hang out on the dressing gown because they can climb and snuggle in the sleeves and folds and pockets. Not to self, check pockets and sleeves before washing them. (and I find their dummies hidden in the folds as well usually)

[@SuziQ.]

@Gogo Aridze , I don’t understand how to put more than one like per video. If I click “like” a second time, it undoes the like. I can re-like it. I do have unlimited data, but am limited to using my phone until my laptop is fixed. I let the ads run while reading the description.

[@pattyg674]

Thanks i from mexico

[@knottybead4871]

Ungrateful houseguest that breaks things! 😁

[@MC-qb1jg]

I love the meet and greet. How he turned back to you as if to say "are you leaving me here" 😅

[@marcel_max]

What gave me a big smile while watching this video is when you opened the cage back home and he started to climb on the lid. I don't remember seeing that before.

[@julianneboys4062]

The way he was watching you in the Avery was a mixture of ‘don’t leave me here’ and wtf 😳

[@marionbowler5440]

Bless you Meg.❤🍁🦇🇨🇦

[@kristineteall368]

Poor Meg, you just can’t have nice things because it seems the bats always break them! Sounds like a champagne evening to me!🥂 I do love the way he looks at you in the aviary as if he was expecting you to save him once again! ❤️

[@Megabattie]

I think he was waiting to leave so he could participate in the sniff fest more fully

[@anyagetman8596]

@@Megabattie it seems that the newcomers turn away passively from the more dominant early sniffers until they are fed up and tell them to buzz off?

[@толикеремин]

@@Megabattie Meg, а сколько мышей одновременно находится на вашем попечении??

[@Megabattie]

@@толикеремин У меня никогда не было много летучих мышей; Я живу в маленькой квартире. Самое большее, что у меня было в моем доме, это 22 младенца за одну ночь. Я спасаю летучих мышей и оказываю им немедленную помощь, затем перевожу летучих мышей к другому опекуну, у которого есть место.

[@толикеремин]

@@Megabattie ты умница, Мэг! 😘

[@luvondarox]

I'm so sorry he broke one of your favorite things. I outright cackled at the way he took one last glance at you to see if you were looking before trying to make good Daring Escape, and was smitten at that little slurp of the orange(?) at about 10:50. He's such a darling little troublemaker. Sending him off to boarding school to work of some of that energy definitely seems like the safest option for everybody. No one needs a Bumper Bat when they're least existing it. 😂

[@syrenamilani3115]

Blessings to this lil sweetheart , for cont . good health ... 🙏🦇💓

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Thanks for rescuing him Meg!🥰 Maccas looked so scared in the Aviary, Chin Chin sniffing him, has to be scary for them but I'm glad he wasn't hurt badly like on barbed wire😞. You get better Macca's so you can fly free again!!🥺🦇💕💕

[@connienowak298]

He looks so silly laying on his back and chomping on his fruita, fed to him by his very own Megabattie. 🦇🦇🦇🦇💜💜💜💜🥀🥀

[@gsdalpha1358]

You read my mind - octopus! Then the poor little guy was looking at you in the aviary like "what have done to me?!?!". But a survivor - yay!

[@PaulG.x]

Excellent! He gets a chance to grow to be a Big M... (never mind). Unfortunate that the "thing" got broken

[@Megabattie]

The little Fairyboat egg cup went to fragment heaven. I used it for tiny blossoms. I broke the plate about 5 years ago so I have nothing left. I wasn't expensive, I just liked it.

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@Megabattie They always manage to get the special things for some reason.🖤🇨🇦

[@Megabattie]

@@tamarrajames3590 It happens; it doesn't matter

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@Megabattie True…it is all just stuff in the end, but they give us pleasure while we have them.🖤🇨🇦

[@TrippNBalz]

Such a handsome face for an unruly house guest!

[@tamarrajames3590]

He was just trying to show her his wings were working lol.🖤🇨🇦

[@TrippNBalz]

@@tamarrajames3590 clever boy!

[@tamarrajames3590]

What a cute rowdy little man he is. He has a wonderful “I didn’t mean to break it” look, and took the mandarin slices so sweetly. I’m glad to hear he is doing so well…I LOVE hard releases. Pink toenails too. He looked a little nervous at the aviary waiting for the sniffies. And those were some VERY thorough and personal sniffies, with his little bit of mandarin sticking out the side of his mouth. I don’t think I’d be very relaxed either. Sorry your shower was interrupted, but glad you found a survivor in Maccas.🥂🖤🇨🇦

[@Megabattie]

Orange toenails.

[@tamarrajames3590]

@@Megabattie Oh, that is much better, coordinates with his mandarin poking out of his mouth lol. It looked pink on the screen.🖤🇨🇦

[@AudreyLMcFarland]

Yay a survivor!! Macca, may you be ready for hard release soon, for a great long life!! Meg, I am happy you have a survivor!

[@Elly-fm3nx]

It must be so nice when a bat learns to trust you. At first they seem to look at you with uncertainty until you give them a treat and realize you are caring and just want to help them. 🦇🙏💗

[@danfarris135]

Im starting to think the word of your kind care is getting out there in the “bat” community and they are purposely doing things to get to you. Kidding aside, It is truly amazing how you care for them and give them the help they need. ❤❤

[@sonialignani]

This video made me laugh, I didn' t think this clever boy could think to escape from your house!!!!! I

[@originalkitten]

How’s he doing Meg? He was such a scared boy. Thank you for doing what you do lovely c

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

At the end there he was looking at you like "Are you going to leave me here with all these rude, nosy bats? I'm a *polite* young bat! I don't even grab for fruit! I just flew like that to show you my wings work okay!" Meanwhile the other bats are going "Aha, you smell like you've been at Meg's place. She feeds bats mandarins! She sticks them with needles! Wait til you see what happens here at night! Bwahaha!" He's a very handsome little guy. Glad to see he's doing well.

[@tamarrajames3590]

And then Meg painted his toenails pink right before introducing him to other bats…how embarrassing lol.🖤🇨🇦

[@stuff2047]

He looks like he’s saying “help me” when you first put him in the aviary and they came over to sniff and he turned around and looked at you. 🤣

[@Megabattie]

It was more like - WHO INVITED YOU??

[@stuff2047]

@@Megabattie lol very true!

[@jetpetty1613]

Maccas is beautiful

[@victorapalkow8681]

😆ahahah go flying ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💙🤗

[@tamarrajames3590]

I loved that surprise take-off.🖤🇨🇦

[@FirefuryAmahira]

Huzzah a happy ending! Aside from the favorite thing collateral damage anyway. He's quite a handsome little troublemaker, glad to hear he seems to have mostly just gotten himself inconveniently located instead of knocking himself into next week. 🥰

[@Megabattie]

I was impressed at his recovery. One more vid of him to come - good news.

[@deirdregarcia2762]

Twice Macca turns to look at Meg "why did you bring me here?"😮

[@silky0439]

He keeps looking back at Meg as if to say, who are they? I don’t know these people! Why’d you bring me here woman? I was perfectly fine making a mess at your place!

[@RobinPoe]

Flying around breaking things, looks like he's worn out his welcome.

[@Megabattie]

Happily he's in the indoor aviary and if we can find him today he will probably go for hard release tomorrow. The paint markers only work for a few days and we've run out of collars (no idea how, I had so many of them!)

[@RobinPoe]

@@Megabattie Herd release would be awesome. He's definitely a strong flier.

[@francesfarmer736]

Awesome Flight in your home, so sorry for the breakage, you never know what bats are going to do….glad you had your video glasses on,,,, glad Maccas is doing well, hope he relaxes…………haven’t been to McDonalds to eat their food in decades, I do on occasion get the coffee there, it’s good and cheap……they used to call McDonalds; MickyDs

[@Megabattie]

I ate at Macca's twice. Once was when it came to Oz adn it was midnight and we'd all just come off a shift and were hungry so we went to the new import to see what the hype was all about. The next time was when there was nothing else open and I hadn't eaten since lunch the day before because I arrived late at my destination and nothing was open, so I ate at Macca's on my way out at dawn, being the only thing open in woop woop at the time. I don't feel the urge to eat there again but it's good if you're actually starving and need stupid calories to keep you going.

[@circeciernova1712]

Where I'm from a lot of people call it Mickey D's, and some of the guys under 30 call it MacDo's. It's both funny and neat how those nicknames work their way around.

[@francesfarmer736]

@@circeciernova1712 yeah, MickyDs is used a lot but I never go there to eat…….

[@francesfarmer736]

@@Megabattie I think I’ll just have to starve, lol 😂

[@Megabattie]

@@francesfarmer736 It was 40 years between visits for me; I hope never to need it again.

[@lavenderlilac8920]

Yay for a survivor. All the bats are so cute/pretty/handsome/beautiful/adorable/gorgeous. 😘🦇 ( And sometimes destructive. 😆)

[@theresahart212]

Lovely boy.

[@RenGraes]

The quiet ones are the most concerning ones. A possibility of brain damage... but this one looks dazed yet relatively unharmed. 2:44, that was a cute grunt but definitely a threatening one. Pretty much a "Stop touching me!" grunt. Definitely more shortly after, that's a good sign. They have their faculties about them and chances of survival are much higher. Always a good thing when they get noisy.

[@dazylulu1832]

You are so good with these precious babies. You are so good in explaining to everyone what is going on why they get stuck and why they can’t get out. Love your videos you do such great work. 💕🦇💕

[@ja6368]

Bright eyed and bushy tail👍

[@tinawitte420]

Seems like he took a wrong turn when aiming for the Flythrough Counter. I can relate, happens to me all the time. And I also like the occasional fries with mayo. You know, fries, or as the portuguese say: BATatas fritas. Yep, not many people know that the taste buds of bats are so evolved that fast food chains frequently ask them to try out their products.

[@Megabattie]

LOL

[@SuziQ.]

“You just broke my favorite thing.”What was it? I hope Macca makes it. He seems like he’s doing well after his misadventures.

[@Megabattie]

It was a little hand painted egg cup. I don't use egg cups but it was a great bud vase. I just liked it.

[@GlitzyWitch]

Hi little ears when you said " you're going in her because i don't want you to fly" he looked awfully upset ❤ im happy he was able to hang out with mew friends ❤ with that bit or orange hanging out of his mouth 😂

[@Megabattie]

I don't feed them orange, so it must have been mandarin

[@feuerling]

I love the way you pick the bat names

[@Megabattie]

It has to be something which reminds me of the rescue and where it was and the story of the bat. I have an awesome name for a baby from that suburb or from a Macca's; I've been saving it for forever.

[@PaulG.x]

16:06 17:05 I just noticed the bat that is crawling around on top of the netting trying to find a way back in.

[@Megabattie]

Yep, an escapee who has been a bastard to catch and goes to the middle of the cage on the top; I think he got food hung out for him on the outside of the cage for a day or so.

[@Romovictorio]

WoW! To see this little boy eat so well ❤🦇❤

[@D-v-8]

I love how the wise, "committee" is just watching over proceedings quietly in the background of Macca's introduction. There's clearly a lot going on here. Its fascinating.

[@Megabattie]

Hi D-v-8; I call them the inverted meerkat jury - they're so judgemental... Welcome to Megabattie, I put lots of information in the descriptions under the videos - so if you have questions, look for the answers there first. I also put the fate of the animal if I know it, at the time I put the video up. I may put updates there later if I find out what happened to the animal after it has left my care. There is also a Happy Outcomes playlist if you want to only watch videos where the bat survives; this is a real life channel and you get the good, the bad, the ugly and distressing, and even my oopsies. You can find further videos on an individual bat by searching in the YT search bar for Megabattie/and the name of the bat you want to follow. 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.

[@thomaspare9538]

I have noticed you do not give them the drink of apple juice anymore I liked the reactions from them when you did that.

[@Megabattie]

It seemed a better medical thing to do to not give them juice immediately and to wait at least until the adrenaline wears off.

[@LoriCurl]

Macca's eyes were sooooo big! What a cutie! Sorry about the broken china,(I think it was china) and other things that went down with it. Is this the original time, or the 2nd time? What I should say is, is this a different bat than what we were talking about 2 to 3 days ago? I love watching what you are up to on the daily! Take care of yourself Meg!

[@josephc6016]

Hi Meg. Because the mandarin is so soft, will the bats swallow most of it, or will there still be a spat?

[@Megabattie]

They seem to be able to form a spat with the pulp, but they can also swallow it - I've seen enough mandarin poos to know they can do this.

[@GigaBowserNS]

Someone needs to invent and sell 'Bat Ladders' for people to set up in balconies like this.

[@Megabattie]

No, if the bat crash lands, we don't want them to escape; we want them to come into care so we can make sure they're OK. We don't want them to climb out and escape while full of adrenaline, hole up in the nearest tree and just die.

[@dany.adelfinger]

In German it's Mäckes. I'm sorry Maccas broke your things by flying into them. And he was a bit overwhelmed by the sniff fest.

[@tamarrajames3590]

Those were some powerful and very personal sniffies…and now they all know Meg touched his bits too.🖤🇨🇦

[@dany.adelfinger]

Yep, they could smell it 😄

[@thepunpolice11]

Hey Meg, thanks for another great video. I know there are other channels that do great work but yours is my favorite because of your running commentary. Is there any data suggesting that the flying foxes are improving their ability to cope/adapt to human activity? In the states raccoons and coyotes have been pretty successful as a couple of examples.

[@Megabattie]

Hi Hillarie No there is no data showing their adaptation; they really like the city because the huge native fig trees are roadside and park plantings, and they're well watered so they supply food all year round. They have historic fidelity to their colonies around the city, some of which have a good microclimate so they're less prone to heat stress. They continue to have accidents and get caught in the city hazards

[@nycayugaducks2295]

Hey Meg 👋🏼🥰. I saw on TikTok that there is a Rescue for what looks to be the silver flying fox could be a different kind of flying fox, but it was in Florida. Ring a bell? I hope you’re doing well.❤

[@Megabattie]

I think it's a wild animal sanctuary off the beaten track at Silver Springs. Lubee Bat Conservancy has given them some flying-foxes to live out their lives. It has a good reputation for big cats and other exotic wildlife.

[@SuziQ.]

Possibly a silver backed microbat? They’re loners. We had one that would come and go (he slept behind a wall hanging), but moved house, and haven’t seen him. 😢 Edit to add: I just did a search, and all I could find was a fish called a silver flying fox. Megabats are not indigenous to North America. If one were found here, it would have to have been smuggled in. I did see a website selling exotic animals, but the “flying fox” they showed looked like a microbat. That business should be shut down. Exotic animals belong in the wild.

[@nycayugaducks2295]

@@Megabattie so they were not native to USA? That’s the confusing part for me .

[@Megabattie]

@@nycayugaducks2295 No, there are no flying-foxes native to the USA mainland. There are, however, silver flying fox fish apparently native.

[@nycayugaducks2295]

@@Megabattie thank you Meg 😉

[@jetpetty1613]

🥰😍🥰

[@pamelamurack5639]

Meg. Where is that Aviary? Looks like you made one at your place.

[@Megabattie]

This isn't my aviary - this is an indoor aviary at a carer's place. I live in 2 rooms; no room for aviaries here

[@paolagrando5079]

Macca in the UK is Paul McCartney 😸

[@SuziQ.]

He must hate that. We call him “Sir Paul” in the states.

[@paolagrando5079]

@@SuziQ. Never heard him complaining about it. Maybe he finds it friendly.

[@GumriRN]

Wonder why his little 👅 tongue kept sticking out when in the Avery?

[@Megabattie]

That's a bit of mandarin sticking out of his mouth.

[@Lisa-eu9fy]

🦇🖤💚💜🧡💛💙♥️🦇

[@anyagetman8596]

Think he is still just a little sore, bending that knee?

[@Megabattie]

His knee isn't sore. They hang hunched when they're not relaxed

[@JadeStrawberry]

First, let me get cranky, wreck Meg's treasured belongings, then act hunched over and Emo in the airer.

[@tamarrajames3590]

He did all that very well I thought.🖤🇨🇦

[@marionbowler5440]

Ps. Macdonalds here is mickey d's

[@chezmoi42]

In France, it's Mac Do (pronounced doe).

[@marionbowler5440]

@@chezmoi42 awesome 👌 🇨🇦🙃

[@Megabattie]

Now we all know.

[@mattador55]

I had a good laugh when he took off in the kitchen. Not so funny when he ended up breaking something though.

[@bakribakro2990]

Nacho cheese

[@толикеремин]

Maccas привет из России и долгих лет жизни!! И вам,Мег