Paralysis syndrome flying-fox in care: this is King Richard
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- This video is from Mandi, who got King Richard in care recently; he's suffering from the Paralysis Syndrome which has been affecting the flying-foxes in SE Queensland for the last few years.
He isn't happy about being handled and he won't drink from a syringe, so he's being offered his fluids from a shallow bowl, from which he can lap.
He's got a long way to go yet but seems like a survivor.
I've got more videos of him as yet unedited; come along on the journey he's taking towards survival.
I've popped some Einstein footage in at the end.
Paralysis Syndrome affects adults in Northern NSW and SE Queensland and predominantly adult males.
Mandi says:
Nobody quite knows why bats get paralysis syndrome.
When I first saw it I thought it looked like the bats we used to see years ago attributing their presentation (in Sydney) to cocos palm toxicity.
Various theories have been floated, some sort of toxicity, botulism, African tulip tree, cocos palm (foxtail palm date), but nothing has returned conclusive. Everyone seems to have their own personal theory.
Blood tests of compromised bats show they have elevated sodium chloride levels and low potassium and calcium.
Treatment is fluids with potassium, supportive care, calcium supplements.
Bats are generally male, often it seems to be an acute assault - they are in good nutritional condition, well groomed but found hanging low, unable to climb. The one common sign is their tongue tip protruding from their mouth, plus low body temp and not blinking.
Some bats survive, others never recover. (Toomey was a paralysis bat)
Usually takes about a week for the bat to show slight improvement, and a month or so before they are able to hang.
Intensive care in fluid therapy, applying eye drops, encouraging the bat to urinate (physically hold the bat in inverting position & stimulate to toilet as you do a baby).
When they start to eat the tongue is often uncooperative, lolls to one side and they can’t squish the fruit or form spats. I’ve found by putting food in thru mouth and encouraging chewing (or sucking) seems to help, but each piece of fruit has to be removed and another placed in there or they lie with the fruit in their mouth for hours.
They often make a full recovery but need monitoring for a few weeks after recovery as they are prone to crashing again with no preamble.
Seems to affect BFF, GHFF and LRFF, mainly adult males but some adult females have come into care.
Doesn’t seem to occur in pockets /suburbs but seems to occur in batches, a bunch come in and then nothing for a while.
Haven’t discovered if it’s seasonal (have noticed it does occur when African tulip tree is flowering, and 2 bats actually had African tulip tree - or black bean leaves - in their mouths on admission).
The bats tend to accept help readily and are perfect patients - although many systematically remove i/v lines which makes it hard to keep them hydrated without daily subcut injections.
Thanks Mandi for the footage.
This footage is given in thanks for the continuing donations which help support the fruit costs for her bats.
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Poor soul! At least he’s in the very best place for love and care!
indeed he is
@@Megabattie ❤️
At least he's eating and getting fluids. Fingers crossed that he makes it.
He apparently refuses to drink from a syringe; I like batties who are quite definite about their parameters even if it is awkward to care for them they way they choose.
If anyone can win the heart of a grumpy old king, it would be Mandy! I have hope that he will flourish under her care. I look forward to seeing his journey to wellness!
Sweet little guy. One day at a time.
Einstein pretending to be a cute lovable little birdie who wouldn't hurt a fly, a bit like my cat just before he bites me.
I have a Cat who is the same way.😂🥰
Oh yes, Einstein is a bit of a bastard, but he's a cute bastard and Mandi loves him.
Aaaaw, poor beautiful King Richard, at least he's with you and getting the best care, and showing everyone his little bottom. I hope he isn't suffering too much. ❤ thank you Mandi ❤❤
Besides snow leopards, flying foxes are my favorite mammals. Such beautiful animals! Thank you for taking such good care of this fellow!
Mandi always takes care of her injured and sick bats beautifully.
Such a grand name "King Richard" so fitting for this beautiful Grey Flying-Fox Bat who is thankfully in Mandi's care ❤...which usually means his paralysis syndrome will be gone and King Richard will be flying across the skies once again.🌱🦇👏🏽💥❗️
He likes the food you're giving him, he's eating well. The bum bum is very fuzzy and adorable ❤❤
Good thing I am typing the lump in my throat won't let me talk. He is so handsome and has the best care a bat can get. I know he must know he is being cared for. I am all alone and your videos often save me from being sad.
Mandi is awesome; I don't know when or if she sleeps.
@lindam2090
You’re not really alone here, though. We unite in our love of bats, and Meg’s sense of humor and wit, and Mandi’s farm.
It's really nice to know that my videos help viewers to feel less alone.
That poor baby...I'm happy to see him at least lap up some nutrition! Thanks Mandi for the footage, your care and your incredible patience with all your babies!❤️😇❤️🖤🦇🖤❤️
Poor battie, just rest and let Mandi take care of you. We will do the worrying for you. Love the new rooster, the mop heads and fluff feet are the best.
Love all of you people so much ❤❤❤
Poor King Richard. I hope it’s possible to recover from paralysis syndrome. It was great to see Einstein, especially when he’s feeling cuddly.
Torcendo pelo Rei aqui. Ele merece, afinal tem um Coração de Leão. TKS, Meg
Dear Ms megabattie, thank you for sending this clip from mandi. Big prayers for King Richard and all the battles in the wild, or in care,big prayers for all those who care for, and support the battles.god bless you all, kind regards karen
Oh bless King Richard's precious heart!🥺🦇💕💕💕 He is certainly in the BEST care with awesome Mandi.💕💕 Einstein is so very lucky to have Mandi on his side, that awnery little dude always makes me smile.🤍🩶🥰
I hope King Richard feels better real soon!!🥺❤️❤️🇨🇦
and apparently Einstein is the real King of the sanctuary!!🤣❤️
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Einstein likes to stand in a corner, surrounded by his own feathers which the other roosters have pulled out, pretending that if he can't see them then they can't see him.
He attacks them and then runs away and comes crying to Mandi.
Lapping! Thank you so much for posting. Every video makes many of your viewers more involved, more interested given their different characters and personalities. Gelert, Cinders,, and the crew are always a welcome visit. Shout to Einstein.
I had a dream about Einstein last night - he sat on my shoulder clawing it, and kept trying to kiss me in the lips and regurgitate ick into my mouth; I'm afraid I wasn't particularly appreciative of his gifts which were love offerings.
Poor little guy ! his eyes are so sad
Mandi seems to have the same super power as you Meg, of names for batties and other animals!!!🥰🥰🥰
King Richard came pre-named by his rescuer.
Mandi has A naming superpower secondary only to my ultra top notch most more betterer and more superior naming power.
Just to be clear - I am the absolute best no questions asked; though anyone who named a baby Captain Cornelius Spanglebottom clearly has great talent in the naming game (secondary ONLY to MOI MEG MEGABATTIE). Understood???
@@Megabattie absolutely!!!! Yes! Megabattie is the BESTEST at name super, super power!!!!❣❣❣🦇🦇🦇
@@Lisa-eu9fy Glad to see you came to that conclusion without any prompting or help. Good to know I'm so awesome and mandi is too but def not on my level.
@@Megabattie,
You won in the best naming superpower, though Mandi is creative, but not the best in the world, like you are.
What’s with the flappy feet on the rooster at 4:18 ? They look odd. Is it feathers, or skin?
@@SuziQ. It's a feather footed rooster; I don't like them as a breed in that they always have disgusting poo matted into their feathers.
Poor little guy
poor batties...
Hope they will be alright.
Thank goodness that King Richard has found Mandi, he will get the best care with her. And l love Einstein’s hairdo, it never fails to make me smile.
Oh no something else to add to thier maladies here's hoping for success, they are certainly in the most amazing hands. Thank you both. ❤🇨🇦🦇🍁
It's been going on for about 3 years now (I think). It's not in our area but is coastal from SE Queensland to northern NSW
King Richard has beautiful colouration, and such a sweet boyish face…and, of course, the perfect name. I have high hopes for his survival, having seen Mandi, with her patience and loving care bring one back from the brink last year, and I was rooting for him very much to maker it back to flying. King Richard is eating his slurpy fruit slowly, and doggedly, so he can get his strength back…I will
I have never heard of that, poor pup. He has good fur. Mighty fancy birds. Or roosters I mean.
Richard is an adult - and the Paralysis Syndrome has been going on for about 3 years now I think; investigation is ongoing but no conclusions as yet.
Poor King Richard, I hope he makes it. Just recently I rewatched Toomey's video, and know that paralysis is an awful thing for a bat.
I have never heard of that, poor pup. He has good fur.
He's an adult, not a pup.
It doesn't occur in my area so unless Mandi has one in and is prepared to video his time in care, I don't have any footage of it.
It's specific to SE QLD and northern NSW
Lots of good lapping. Will he recover from this? I hope so. What a horrible illness for a flying creature.
I want to know same 😊
No point in rehabbing him if he doesn't have a chance to recover.
@@Megabattie would you mind educating us a little about the Paralysis syndrome please ? 😊
@@Okie-Girl It's not in my area so I don't know the aetiology or what's going on; I have asked Mandi to write a brief blurb on it so I can educate us all but I have to wait till she writes it.
@@Megabattie Thank you 😊
Poor baby, Thank You for caring for him 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖XXXX
Aaay precioso!!😌
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He’s getting the best TLC any bat could wish for - get well soon your highness. ❤
He's all "I will NOT be treated like a *child*, madam! Be a good servant and hold this bowl of deliciousness just so!" Hope he makes a swift recovery!
Best wishes for Richard's full recovery. 🙏❤️🦇❤️
Einstein has an awesome crown!
Is this the same syndrome as last year, only affecting adult male FFs? Poor bats. At least this one can eat. IIRC one last year was on IV for a long time.
Yes it seems to affect MAINLY adult males (to my knowledge) and bats in northern NSW and SE Queensland. It's been going on for a few years now maybe 3. It's nothing to do with the paralysis tick.
Thank you for helping
this sweet boy !
What an spoiled sweet bird ❤
What a little fighter. Keep going King Richard, you are in great hands! This is brutal to see!
Ps I meant all the wild batties.
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Aww little darling,, get some rest and get well soon! God bless you, 😊😊❤❤🦇🦇
Poor baby. Hope he heals soon 🙏
I haven't seen this before Mandy. I know one thing though he is in the right place for extra special attention. Thank you.
Paralysis syndrome and depression 😢 he’s probably been through so much and seen so much, I strongly believe animals dream about their days and I do hope he dreams of his happiest and thank goodness he has loving care 💞💞
I think he's so socially intelligent and sees that he's improving that he is hopeful things will be OK. He doesn't have a lot of choice in his future at the moment now. He can see other batties in Mandi's care and their presence is reassuring.
Oh, Poor King Richard! He must be terrified, but at least he is eating! 🙏🙏🙏 many blessings to you all
Mandi says he's a gorgeous calm boy with a mind of his own, and she loves him to bits.
Poor boy, this issue is so important, i' m so sorry
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Assuming from the name that tree is an imported species, what an awful condition, so relieved some can recover with care. King Richard is magnificent. 😊
As Mandi says - they don't know what the cause is, however she thinks it might have something to do with this tree; it's not proven.
That bird reminded me of Mick Jagger strutting around on stage...lol
I remember thinking that he moved like a rooster when I saw him in concert in 1981. 😆
Nasty thing to be afflicted by. The poor bats, if it isn't horrible barbed wire it's electrocution, and on and on.
There seems to be an environmental trigger for this, in that it only occurs in SE Queensland and northern NSW coastally. WE don't know what or how or why but there seems to be ongoing research on this. It's been going on for about 2-3 years now.
❤ Meg you’re amazing! God bless you every single second of your wonderful life! Thank you very much for taking care of those lovely incredible bats!
King Richard you are in the best place you can be right now. Hope he gets better day by day. Thank you for sharing this. Is paralysis syndrome something that could pass to where he could take care of himself again? 💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇
Toomey got better so Yes it can improve to where they're able to be released.
Oh that wonderful I’ll be praying for King Richard. He has a good appetite. 💕🦇💕🦇💕🦇
King Richard looks fed up with his lot
Mandi says he's such a sweetie and she loves him to bits; he's resigned and very gracious.
When I was youngster my mother who was born on a farm, used to say when talking about a handsome man," My goodness he was the cock of the walk". I didn't get it until I saw a rooster at the local state fair who looked like Einstein. Watching that rooster strut his stuff when walking, my mother's words made sense (of course he couldn't touch Einstein )😂❤
Yes, Cock of the Walk was a term used in my youth quite a bit - there is nothing like that strutting around.
Poor little guy.
How very sad. I have never heard of this living in California, so I read up on it. Virus maybe I sure hope his Highness pulls through. I will say prayers for him.
Hi Donstor
It isn't in California and doesn't affect your bats; it's quite specific to flying-foxes and in the SE Queensland and northern NSW area of Australia.
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@@Megabattie Hi Megabattie, Yes i know bats here in California do not have this and that is why i said i read up on it. I just wish good will for him and thank you for posting updates. Also, i like to watch all of your videos and not just the good ending ones, i learn a lot from them. Thank you.
@@donstor1 I've posted Mandi's blurb on the Paralysis Syndrome which has far more info in it than I knew. It's on the community page.
I know there is a paralysis tick in Australia but don't think that would be the cause since other animals have their breathing affected and can cause death.
It's not from the paralysis tick, it's Paralysis Syndrome, and they don't know what's causing it though the investigations are ongoing.
It affects SE Queensland and Northern NSW but not as far down as Sydney
😢poor baby bat and beautiful love 😊
Is this the same problem the babies and juvies suffered from a few seasons back? I remember there was one baby season when you were losing quite a few bats and weren’t entirely sure what was the cause.
No that was completely different.
The paralysis syndrome is in SE Queensland and northern NSW, along way from me.
The Pom Pom on his head makes me laugh
We don’t see it here in Canberra but I am very interested in finding out how it is treated.🦇
We don't have it here either so I'm not sure of the parameters and outcomes. I'm glad we don't have it here.
The FF FB pages and groups should have someone who would lay it all out for you with what they see and how they manage it.
Poor guy. He’s getting good care, though. What causes this?
Cause unknown at this stage
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Looking forward to learning more about this Syndrome! Uhm, please don't take this wrong but Einstein is the weirdest looking chicken ever! It looks like someone took one of those pouffy bath scrubber balls and stuck feathers all over it, then tied it to his head. And obviously he views it as his crown - how dare new interlopers invade his kingdom!
I heard that Tasmanian devils are hit by some disease since a while ago. Is this one with the FF similar?
The Tassie Devils have a facial tumour disease which is infectious and is spread by bites, and the Devils bite each other a lot and fight a lot which causes it to spread and spread to different areas.
It causes a cancer which kills them. They're trying to keep some areas free of the disease by building barriers but they also have a mainland colony made up of only healthy animals to be able to repopulate the Devils' territory when they die out; they're trying to maintain as much diversity as they can.
This is nothing like that; It's being investigated but since I don't live in the endemic area I don't really know what's going on except when Mandi sends me footage of various ones she has in care.
How long does the paralysis last?
I haven't dealt with it in any way except through Mandi, but it can be weeks.
I'm sorry from central illinios. Does anyone know why the bats are having this problem? Sorry if that's a dumb question
We don't know what causes it but it is being investigated and has been for the last few years.
It's located mostly in SE Queensland and northern NSW.
We don't have it in Sydney so my knowledge of it is anecdotal from other people, Mandi and Batzilla.
Might this paralysis make bats into quadriplegics? His wings/"hands" looked rather odd. What does the fur of a Flying Fox feel like? Soft and silky, or wiry, like an Airedale's?
I don't know enough about the disease because it's not endemic to my area.
I also don't really know what various dog fur feels like, however the bat fur is not as soft as cat fur but about as soft as soft dog fur (but not as soft as those long haired dogs like pomeranians or samoyeds. Not as hard as wiry short fur.
From ticks?
Yes. In Australia there is a tick that causes paralysis and possible death unless treated Immediately.
No, not from ticks; this is not tick paralysis, this is Paralysis Syndrome.
Nana, it's not tick paralysis in this case though.
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Poor guy! Is it still not known what causes paralysis syndrome? I know that there's a tick which causes it, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Einstein is such a stinker!
It's not tick paralysis, though that is something they get as well, but mostly it affects the Speccies in far north QLD. This is SE QLD and northern NSW and is found coastally.
I believe there is ongoing investigation into this but as yet no conclusions have been drawn.
Ah yes, that's what I thought too, tick paralysis mostly affects the Speccies. I hope that something is found soon, maybe it's something they ingest.
What causes the syndrome?
We don't know; it's being investigated still - it's been going on for a few years now.
I'm hoping Mandi will write me a blurb summarising it, since we don't have it as far down as Sydney. It hangs out in SW Queensland and northern NSW.
So im very ignorant of this stuff but im gonna assume this is not cureable is that true
If it wasn't fixable, Mandi wouldn't be trying to save him; some bats come through it and are releasable.
@@Megabattie that is great news good luck to him
Gorra L💖ve me a Weird Chuck 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖XXXX
Oh boy. Do you know yet what is the cause of this Paralysis Syndrome? How long does it usually last before the bat can "return to duty"? Sure hope he's okay.
It seems Einstein has had an exhausting day earning his cuddle rights! Lol
The cause is unknown; it is being investigated; it can last for weeks in varying degrees.
This was about 2 weeks ago, however he isn't significantly improved and Mandi has to move his tongue to the centre of his mouth so he can chew and not bite it
@@Megabattie In the wild, I assume it would be fatal, but how well do they fare with carers' help?
@@womanofsubstance8735 They're rescued when they're affected and on the ground; they're already starting to die when they're rescued. IN care, some make it and some don't, depending on how bad they were when the
@@Megabattie Thank you.