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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: JiG_Head on July 14, 2006, 07:33:12 PM

Title: Bat boy
Post by: JiG_Head on July 14, 2006, 07:33:12 PM: Umm ya as some of might already know, im in toronto.

went to a pond near my neighborhood... while i was biking something drop from the trees and onto my shoulder...

it was a small bat... something must have hit it out of the sky because near the tip of 1 wing... where the claw is... it snapped...
you can see the bone is broken. umm the location is near the end of the arm...

i took it home... im just wondering what i should do with it.. i dont want it to die >< please help.

im thinkin of somehow tapeing the bone back together but then i think ill damage the webing... >< help the bat!
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Post by: Youngin on July 14, 2006, 07:49:36 PM: take it to a vet? :P
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Post by: JiG_Head on July 14, 2006, 08:25:57 PM: THE THINGS LIKE 2 INCHES LONG LOL.... >< umm what do they eat anyways?
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Post by: newsman on July 14, 2006, 08:53:47 PM: Insects
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Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on July 14, 2006, 10:39:26 PM: I would be carefull with those things as they are carriers of nasty diseases like rabies. :-X
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Post by: Coho Cody on July 14, 2006, 10:46:12 PM: yea no kidding. get a bite and its a one way trip to the doctor :P
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Post by: jettabambino on July 14, 2006, 10:51:26 PM: yah i would be very careful.... i would toss the thing
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Post by: DragonSpeed on July 14, 2006, 11:08:22 PM: Wildlife rescue?

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Post by: Fish Assassin on July 14, 2006, 11:14:06 PM: We're talking about bats right ? I say let nature takes it's course. They are not an endangered species.
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Post by: JiG_Head on July 15, 2006, 12:39:29 AM: 2 late >< i just spend the last 3 hours performing a mini opperation on it... is sleeping in a shoe box now

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Post by: joshuag232 on July 15, 2006, 08:11:26 PM: lol, thats sweet
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Post by: newsman on July 15, 2006, 11:46:29 PM: Nothing to be scared of guys. Bats do bite, most times out of fear. A pair of leather work gloves solve the problem. I have had many of them grab my flies when night fishing (usually find the hook embeded in their shoulder) and I haven't caught a disease yet.