Rescuing Ouphe: a microbat on the ground.

Ouphe is an adult male Lesser Long-Eared bat who was found in a semi rural backyard on the outskirts of town. The original caller was unable to identify what animal was being rescued, other than it was a little bat. The photograph was similarly lacking in enough resolution or angle as to identify if it was a microbat or a baby flying-fox, so on a public holiday weekend which had sufficiently annoyed me enough because the shops weren't open and I needed Meg food and bubbles, I chose to ignore all the things I needed to do and go on an adventure to "passport territory", which, to an inner city dweller, is a somewhat judgemental and good natured attitude on the "Westies" of Woop Woop (WW means a long way away and of questionable civilisation); who'd have known there was even intelligent life out that far!!? I am always entertained by lucky dip rescues where I don't know what I'll be rescuing. Unfortunately this little guy was in a really bad way, with half his wing ripped off from his wrist onwards, with a crushed radius and a fracture in his elbow. This isn't fixable in any way, and the only thing I could do was get him euthanased quickly. This kind of injury is usually from a bird attack or a cat attack, though I do think the cat should have been able to finish him off rather than leaving him. I don't know why he was out during the day to be predated on by a smaller predator than a night owl, or how he got away. An Ouphe is an elf or goblin. After the disclaimer screen I have included a warning screen, then I've put up some pix of Ouphe post mortem, where you can see his nose leaf, which has the classic Y shape which indicates he's a Lesser Long-Eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi. Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for our batties. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult). https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/ Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me. If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me. IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the AMOUNT DONATED and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt. The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie. Here’s Jenny’s email. [email protected]