Preparing And Hanging Out Food For Rescued Flying Foxes In Jeannie's Bat Aviary - Behind The Scenes

Continuing on from my previous video of a tour of Jeannie's bat aviary, this video shows you the behind-the-scenes story of what is involved in preparing food for rescued flying foxes in care.

A weaned baby bat may eat around 200-230gms of fruit a day, with an adult getting 300-350gms. This means a lot of buying fruit, fruit chopping into small pieces, especially for the babies, and then placing it around the aviary.

Yes, there is an art to the placement of the food. It has to be scattered around giving everyone a chance to get to it. Or bullies may take over a certain food container and prevent others from getting to it. Yes, its true, bats are closely related to humans, in so many ways, not just our DNA!

FLYG FOX FOOD:

Most people think bats or flying foxes only eat our backyard fruit or fruit in our commercial orchards. But they don't.

In fact, their natural food is pollen and nectar from over 100 species of native trees and vines.

They can eat the flowers and sometimes leaves of eucalypt, lily pilly, paperbark, and turpentine trees.

When native foods are scarce, particularly during drought, the bats may supplement this diet by eating fruit from introduced plants found in gardens, orchards, parks, and streetscaping.

FUNDRAISG DONATIONS:

Should you like to help with their care, then make a difference and consider donating to your local wildlife group. Even just $1 can make a big difference!

And if you are a resident of Southeast Queensland, then you could use the link: https://batrescue.org.au/donate/
All donations over $2 are fully tax-deductible.

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