Important Issues and Rabies
IMPORTANT: The medical care of bats requires a lot of experience. Often severely injured animals can recover. If you have no experience with bats, please bring the bat immedately to the next bat-expert. Never try to take care of a bat yourself. To care for bats needs much experience and special facilities you don't have.
Please note that the natural defense behavior of bats, especially when the animals are in pain, can easily be confused with rabies symptoms.
For all medical questions about the bats, please contact directly Bat World Sanctuary
These information are for veterinaries and bat experts - please, make your choice:
Important issues and Rabies
Care for bats
Reanimation of bats
Euthanize not too early
Splinters and Tree Felling Victims
Glue Trap Victims
Wing injuries
Wing fractures and other fractures
Parasites
Cat Attack Victim
Gingivitis
Miscellaneous medical information
Batrings
Releasing bats back to the wild
Releasing captive born Nyctalus
Releasing captive born Pipistrellus
Inhumane Handling Techniques
Book: The Rehabilitation and Captive Care of Insectivorous Bats by Amanda Lollar
We recommend the book "The Rehabilitation and Captive Care of Insectivorous Bats" by Amanda Lollar. Here you can order the book.
Contact
For medical treatment information about bats please contact Bat World Sanctuary.