‘Our Bats’ refer to those that come into care through our rescue, rehabilitation and release program. Up to a thousand bats are cared for each year, and many are eventually released, fit and healthy, back into the wild. Our main patients are endangered spectacled flying foxes afflicted or orphaned by tick paralysis and little red flying foxes entangled in barbed wire. We also care for little bats – the insect-eating microbats and small fruit and nectar bats. Some residents are in long-term care because they can’t survive in the wild or have been retired from zoos.
Aerial photo
The hospital is nestled in 5 acres of gardens [...]
Bats in barbed wire
The use of barbed wire in fencing is both [...]
Bats in fruit netting
Every year thousands of animals are injured in [...]
Blossom bats
We rarely get blossom bats into care, but they [...]
Colony searches
Paralysis ticks (Ixodes holocyclus) are killing hundreds of Spectacled [...]
Commonly in care
About 20-40 microbats a year come into care. We [...]
Fruit
We need enormous quantities of fruit, especially in the [...]
Landscaping & Artwork
Landscaped gardens, natural bush and commissioned artwork beautifies the [...]
Little Red flying-fox
Little Red flying foxes do not usually give birth [...]
Medical Management
The basic steps involved in the treatment of tick [...]
Microbat cage
This cage was gifted by the Synchronicity Foundation in [...]
Microbat orphans
The eastern freetail is the most common orphaned microbat [...]
Orphan cage
This cage was gifted by the Dorothy Ann Foundation [...]
Other injuries
The main injuries we see are those associated [...]
Rarely in care
The Atherton Tableland is rich in biodiversity including microbats, [...]
Release cage
We built the present release cage in 2007 with [...]
Spectacled flying-fox orphans
Young pups invert to toilet from an early age. [...]
Tube-nosed fruitbat
We rescue about 6 tube-nosed bats a year. All [...]