how do you feed a baby bat? / what do they eat?
September 29th, 2009 | by Michael |
Foad asked:
I found a block of the child in the rain with one wing broken.
DAN
I found a block of the child in the rain with one wing broken.
DAN
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7 Responses to “how do you feed a baby bat? / what do they eat?”
By Jeremiah R on Oct 1, 2009 | Reply
sorry idk try going to a pet store or something. thats sweet you have a bat.
By billie r on Oct 3, 2009 | Reply
i dont have advise but look it up
By animaLoveRoy on Oct 7, 2009 | Reply
dependa on the bat.most bats found are fruit bats.they eat fruits (obviously).just give it to them and they’ll eat it.but use a thick glove when feeding it.it may have rabies.
some bats,like the vampire bat,drinks/eats blood.you may want to be careful with it.just tanke it to vet and set him free.they’re dangerous.there’s nothing you could feed them.
some bats,again,eats live prey like a frog.but they’re a bit rare to find in the urban.feed them frogs as i said.
all in all,just take it to the vet and take care of it till it gets better.then you could set him free.it’s the way of nature.
hope i helped.
By adam/penny on Oct 9, 2009 | Reply
call an animal shelter. bats eat bugs, don’t know about a baby though. i would guess some kind of milk.
check the phone book for bird sanctuaries.
(where you can take injured birds. they’re not easy to find but they’re out there.
maybe a animal vet can help you.
good luck to ya and BB baby bat
By SquiggleJay on Oct 10, 2009 | Reply
Bats are mammals, and baby mammals drink mother’s milk. Call your local animal rescue. They can take care of the bat for you. It’s a wild animal, not a pet. And bats can carry diseases that are very dangerous to humans.
By X.!BAM!.X on Oct 11, 2009 | Reply
There are different types of bats. Microbats mostly eat small flying night bugs like mosquitos, moths and others. Megabats mosly eat ripe fruit found in rainforstes. Ther are other bats that eat strange foods such as frogs, fish, scorpians, and plant nectar. Hope this will help you.
By Pat C on Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
You take it to a professional rehabber and then call your doctor and ask their opinion on rabies exposure.
When I worked in rehab, we saw “baby” bats with some frequency.
They were actually adult little brown bats that no one seemed to realize were full grown. They can be very good rabies vectors and, because their teeth are so small, they can occasionally bite and break the skin without really being noticed.
It’s considered a rabies exposure to even find a bat in the room with a sleeping adult, or with a child at all (since the child may not have realized there was a bite).
So, it’s a really bad idea to try and take care of this one yourself. If he ever should bite you, he’d need to be killed and examined to see if he did have rabies. You need to take him to a professional and let them deal with it.
Good luck and good health!