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Barbara, the Little Red Flying Fox, came to us after being caught in a barbed wire fence. Her right wing had significant tears in it and her mouth was damaged from trying to chew her way off the fence. She was quite distressed as they are quite a highly strung species. We anaesthetised her and cleaned up her injuries and treated her with fluids, antibiotics and pain relief. We soon found her to be quite depressed, as they are such a social species, they need the company of others. Despite intensive care with medication and twice daily fruit smoothies with rice cereal and protein supplements, it was soon evident that she needed company to get well. We moved her into our flying fox display colony which has two little red flying foxes, Ruby and Crimson. This immediately seemed to lift her spirits and she showed grooming behaviour for the first time in the couple of weeks she had been with us. It was a joy to watch as we had all become quite fond of her. She has been living with them for a week now and is showing all normal bat behaviours and feeding herself. Unfortunately, I think her wing injury will make her unable to fly again but we will see how she goes and try really hard to get her back out there again. I think everyone here will be happy to have her as a permanent resident if it turns out that she is unreleasable. (me most of all, but don't tell anyone......) ;)
Almost a year on for Barbara and her wing has healed well. It is unfortunately contracted though and she does not get full extension of the wing. She is able to fly but she has been captive for such a long period that she has become a permanent member of the colony. She has also produced a baby girl since she has been living with us :star:
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