Juvenile flying-fox in care post xray; this is Elizondo
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Elizondo was rescued when he he was found being attacked by currawongs on an inner city street. He was brought to a vet practice which doesn't allow bats on the premises so they put him in a box outside the door for me to collect. I don't pretend to like it, but it's what happens there, and it's not going to change, so I just collect and shut up.
He's a 15 week juvenile Grey-Headed Flying-Fox, and I'm not really sure of his exact injuries or what happened to him to bring him low to the ground. He has grazes and bruising all over his wings, and although he tried to flap off my hand a couple of times, I suspect he's not as well as he pretends and only time will tell what's going on inside him and what injuries aren't yet visible.
The xrays showed no fractures so Zondo's next challenges will be healing up his membrane which is quite badly bruised and abraded.
Go Zondo; keep on keeping on. No fractures, YAY.
I had real difficulty naming him because to me he looked like a Hector (and I've already had a juvenile bat called Hector last year), so I named him Elizondo (Zondo) which really seems to suit him (another stroke of my naming genius) after the actor Hector Elizondo, who can be so expressive with a mere lift of a kindly eyebrow.
UPDATE: I reedited and re-uploaded this footage late last night to reflect an unwelcome surprise.
This will be a shock (it was a total surprise to me), but I went to feed Zondo before I went to bed, I found him dead in the incubator; I don't know why.
His previous condition trend was positive with him improving and wanting to eat grapes; maybe he had some internal injuries or maybe the stress on his body was too great. He's dead which was a total and unexpected surprise to me; usually I have an idea if the trend isn't positive and prepare myself for a possible death in the incubator, but this was a bit of a shock to me as will it be to you all as well.
RIP little Zondo; you stole my heart then broke it.
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Sinto muito.😢
I’m so sorry, Meg 😢 RIP little darling.
poor baby,,, he was such a cutie,,,,, i adore bats,,, they are so darn cute,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ooohhh, so sad, sorry for ur loss of this awesome beautiful animal
Yes a shock indeed. I wish you knew why. You did your best.
Heart Broken😢 he was so sweet...❤
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So sad.
So sad little guy rip
Maybe he had some internal injury . Poor sweet baby.
Rip Elizondo 💔. So sorry Meg🌹You did what you could for him.
Oh, Meg. I was hoping after the last few you'd have a survivor. You certainly did your best for him. So sorry.
I do have a survivor but not Zondo, apparently.
Oh Meg...this one broke my heart.💔RIP little Zondo. You had the most handsome and expressive face, baby boy. I'm glad we all got to meet you! Know you were loved by many...but most importantly, Meg.😢😢😇❤️🖤🦇🖤❤️
So sad. He had the most beautiful eyes. You gave him love and warmth for his last days. 😢
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Oh so sad 😢Meg, he was the bestest, thank you so much Meg, for your tender loving care.❤❤🇨🇦🦇🍁
Oh how heartbreaking 😢😢😢Poor little love xxx So sorry for your loss Meg, I know you were attached to him xxx
So sorry little one! Just more than your little body could take 😢
A far more comfortable way to go than becoming bird chow, he has the memory of being cared for up to the final sleep. Sorry for the shock Meg 😞
Poor little guy ! RIP Elizondo 👼🦇💞
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Aww, that’s so sad. RIP sweet boy. At least he died warm & comfortable.
Rest in peace, little Zondo...you had the best of care, and the love of not only Meg, but all of us around the globe.
Why did you say RIP? sigh
@@ravinhud4979CUZ HE DIED…RIP MEANS REST IN PEACE.
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Oh, I'm so sorry, Meg!. It was a lot of bruising from that nasty bird attack. Guess his little system couldn't stand up to it, even with your wonderful care. RIP little bat. A big eHug to you; and you take care ❤🦇🇨🇦
I don’t know how you handle so much loss Meg. I’m so sorry ❤
This was unexpected; I cope with expected losses quite well but this one hit me hard.
Oh no! That's sad, I'm so sorry 😞
Oh 😢😢😢 poor Little Elizondo 💔💔💔 this is such sad news. I’m so sorry Meg 😢😢
Sick about this..poor little guy. I think there must have been internal injuries. But he really didn’t seem to be in pain, I think he was comfortable and felt safe. He died hugging a stuffy.
Oh darling... rest in peace, Zondo.
I'm so sorry!! Bless you, Meg, for continuing to try to help these precious creatures. Thank you for giving Zondo a chance. 😢
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I’m sorry Meg. I don’t think any of us expected that. 😢
Def not me
Damn, I felt the shock of it all was gonna be to much. RIP little Zondo.😢😢😢
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I'm so sorry 😢
Hugs and ❤ Rip little meep. I call bats 🦇 meeps.
I’m So sorry Meg……this one seemed to have a chance…..such a sweet little face,,,,,I’m heartbroken 💔Fly High Elilondo 🦇
So sad. You gave him love and gentle touch.
I’m so sorry, poor little guy. I’m thankful he had you before he passed.
Poor Elizondo.
What a shock , he was looking well.
So sorry Meg
He broke my heart. I may have had more than a sensible amount of bubbles in his memory.
@@Megabattie Ah Meg. Holding you in my heart. 🤗🌈🌻 Elm, South Africa
RIP 😪😥😭
Oh no! :( I was rooting for him.
Me too.
I'm so sorry Meg, I know it's heartbreaking to have s young oneseem to do well and then suddenly....💔🖤 Soar high on the other side little one🌈🌉
St down, have a glass of bubbly. Rejuvenate yourself for the next rescue. You gave him the very best care. Rest In Peace angel wings. ❤
The next one is a female called Narnie Tootsie and she is a survivor of about 4 days now.
The little one found in his last days a gentle carer, a warm, cozy place to rest, good food...bat paradise. You gave him as good a send off as could be expected even if you didn't know or intend it to be his last days.
Meg, I wish I could give you a hug, I am deeply sorry!😓💓 I know and all the viewers know, Elizondo had top notch care with you.💕 Fly free beautiful Bat dude!🩶🦇💕💕
It was just a big shock.
@@Megabattie Yes Meg it is a HUGE shock and very heartbreaking too. Sending love and a hug from Chicago IL USA.😓💕💕
sending a safe-distance-careful e hug too. so sorry meg, take care of you as well as you take care of them.
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But as always his last moments were filled with love from you. Thank you for all you do for them
Meg, you did a wonderful job caring for sweet Elizondo, and everything looked so hopeful. You are such a brave defender of this precious little genus ❤. So many people from around the globe know how important and emotional your work is.
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😮😢😢😢😢 RIP Zondo. Meg, I'm so sorry
I really thought he was going to make it. 😢 😭 RIP. I'm really sorry.
I thought he was on the survivor's list - all he had to do was heal up that membrane damage.
That is quite a shock. I doubt anyone could see this coming. Londzo had such beautiful face. Your loving care probably helped him to pass on. It's just so sad. I'm really sorry Meg.
Meg, it was a shock to me too!! I was so glad yesterday and I wrote, : come on, Zondo recover soon", but but he didn' t recover!! Rip Zondo, you have been so unlucky, I love you
😢 so sad for you bless you and 🙏 ❤❤❤
I cried but that's part of life we can't hide from, thank you so much for the love and care you give out for animals. Much love from retired old hermit from the cold north Finland, i'm lucky to be surrounded by wild animals that a can care after through harsh winters.
Thanks @nahkamursu
It's real life and it happens however it doesn't have to be happy; mostly I feel shocked because I didn't see it coming, or didn't see the chance that it might be coming; I thought we were past the hurdles for a few weeks at least until we could see how the wing membrane was healing (the next hurdle).
I believed he was going to be fine too early.
I believed it too,, I was sure@@Megabattie
Poor buddy, he really looked like he was on the road to getting better. He had such a gorgeous face.
Oh, I'm so sorry, Meg. I wonder if he got body-pecked with a deep, narrow puncture that was imperceptible on the x-ray, or some other kind of beak trauma. Whatever, we'll remember him, and we'll miss him. He was such a sweet boy.
I don't know; I couldn't see any bruising on his dead body.
I think the grazing damage to his wings probably damaged an arteriole which bled quickly enough to not clot at the membrane level but formed a large blob of blood which clotted outside the body. It can't have been from his gut because there was no blood in the fur around his butt.
Oh no!! I’m so very very sorry Meg! How heartbreaking!!🙁❤️🇨🇦
RIP little darling ❤
Zondo! No way! The evil spirit that did this is why so many of us have full height or at least 7/8 of a complete wall around us. And if that entity could be corralled, there are a few currawongs out there that could spare some time. So sorry Meg.😖😭💔🦇
I’m so sorry Meg. What a huge shock.
RIP little Zondo
I always read the descriptions before watching...
RIP, little Elizondo. It sucks, but you did everything possible for him. Bless you. 🙏❤️
Yeah it sucks big time. I might have had a glass or 4 of bubbles afterwards...
I may also have been a little squidgy today after being immoderate last night.
Completely unexpected... he was going so well ;~;
Rest peacefully, little Zondo.
Rip little Zondo.
so sad …
Rest in peace, Elizondo.😢🦇 Fly free now🌈
I don't know how you are able do it.
Oh no. So sorry. 💔😢
Poor little thing. He looked like he was doing so well.
Well, damn - so sorry, Meg! I thought he was going to make it 😢 A friend who heads up TNR locally lost 5 rescued kittens out of 8 this week. One of them - a little charmer like Zondo - went to sleep and didn't wake up. Broke her heart, too. You gave him every chance for survival. Poor little dear. Falling tears here - for you and for Elizondo 💔
Sorry for your friend's losses.
I was a bit upset about Zondo; I don't think I could really believe it, then I started second guessing everything I had done, but I hadn't stuffed up anywhere so I couldn't be angry at myself.
Zondo stole my heart then shattered it.
@@Megabattie so sorry, dear lady. I know I can’t ease the pain, only mourn with you. 😭 You are loved.
I'm ok, thanks; just very surprised and almost hurt by the unexpectedness of it.
So very sorry. He stole my heart, too. Rest in peace sweetheart.
Oh no poor zondo! Rest in peace sweet boy! 🥺💔🦇
Well, bugger, indeed! So sad. I'm so sorry, Meg. We all had such hope for him.
RIP, Little Elizondo.
That's a shame. It did not look like it's was to finish like that. Sorry for you.
Mother natures way i suppose. He is in the care of the batty angels now.😢
I am heartbroken. 😢😢😢 He looked so happy and bright eyed at the beginning of the video. You will be missed. RIP Elizondo.
Post X-ray : Do I have super powers yet? They told me I’d get super powers!
Tough one to take. Kinda makes one wonder if the shock of being attacked/hurt was simply insurmountable. Poor little guy.
Hi Bob, it was a bit of a bugger, however since we don't know what happened with him we didn't know if there were any internal injuries.
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Awww Meg so sorry! I thought he was doing well poor battie.. truly shocked to find out he didn’t make it
I can’t imagine how you felt when you found him lifeless.. 😳
Oh no, poor little guy 😢🙏 🕯
You made his last moments better, thank you for all the love and effort you put into your work
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What an awful surprise. He seemed to be doing well.
Extremely unexpected, if you can be more unexpected than unexpected.
I don't think I have been as surprised since about 15 years ago when Daniela's Alice died between feeds in my hotbox. (before incubator times and video times). She was a seemingly perfectly healthy pup who died between one feed and the next. She obviously died soon after the last feed because her stomach was full of milk. She didn't have any aspiration pneumonia either, so it was just a mystery death.
Oh, and Lizzie's Icicle died between feeds and had a massive gastric bleed... that was a surprise.
@@Megabattie I'm glad they don't happen this way often. It would be too hard.
I'm glad I don't get too many surprise deaths in my incubator; there is usually a noticeable decline where I get to prepare myself.
I think I've had 4 totally totally unexpected deaths; Elizondo, Icicle, Daniela's Alice, and Pluto Pup.
I can remember them all.
With Alice I phoned my mentor and cried and said I'd killed Daniela's Alice; she said: what did you do? to which I replied: NOTHING. So she said you didn't kill her, she just died.
With Icicle I accused the other batties in the incubator of trying to eat him; he had a great big gobbet of blood clot on his shoulder.
Pluto was just: unexpectedly dead. Necropsy was inconclusive but lent towards a cardiac anomaly.
And now Elizondo.
I, like all others, am saddened and shocked when I learnt of this news earlier. Such a disappointment after energy, time and bonding taking place with sweet little Zondo. Rest in peace, brave dear boy. 🙏😥❤️🦇
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Oh no. Im sorry. Its a hard job you do. I was so hoping it was just superficial bruising and scrapes but I was worried the little guy had internal injuries due to how docile he was and the fact that he wasnt squaking to wake the dead.
At least he passed safe and warm and full of painkillers.
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Damnit! I usually prepare myself just in case by reading your description but no part of me thought I needed to on Lizo! Xrays are great but don't show everything especially in the human world due to insurance and costs of more reliable tests that should of been used alot of people get misdiagnosed until they end up in the Emergency Room with life threatening symptoms. Sorry for venting, someone in my family recently almost died & ended up having to have open heart surgery after complaining about symptoms for almost a year and they kept mis diagnosing him.
I didn't think I needed to worry about Zondo either - I went to the incubator with all my juice and yoghurt and grapes laid out downstairs, to find him dead. It was a bit of a shock.
The health system is in a parlous state over most of the "first world" countries.
I think the tests have become so sophisticated and expensive that they're pricing themselves out of the human ability to pay for it all.
In my recent visit to get the stent removed, there was so much stuff used, so much disposable stuff, so much expensive stuff. Every person used at least half a dozen pairs of gloves near me, and they now have calf splints which blow up and down to prevent clots, and they're disposable now. Elastic calf stockings: disposable. Plastic gowns, aprons and gloves; disposable.
Sorry about your family member; hope he's survived his surgery
Sometimes nature has a way of catching you unawares. You could not have done more for him, he was warm and out of pain, there are too many humans today who cannot say the same thing. I can see you invest a lot of yourself in these little souls, take care.
Meg, you did your best taking care of Zondo. He may have had internal injuries. Thank you for sharing his short journey with us 😢
Oh meg😢, I thought he was going to make it. I'm sorry. I think I need to watch some of your other videos with baby ff. R.I.P zondo you are going to be missed.
Me too; it was very unexpected.
A happy outcome is going to be Narnie Tootsie (videos to come) who is a definite survivor of about 6 days now. She's busy stuffing her face and hanging out with the others
@@Megabattie thank you. hope to see them soon. Did you have an autopsy done on Zondo?
Oh Meg, I’m glad you shared the moment of your shock and heartbreak. That’s an indivisible part of what you have chosen to do in trying to save them, and we all need to understand that. It’s not just the time and energy and living space given over to them and the financial cost. The emotional blows will keep coming. He had survived so much, and he really looked like he was on the way to surviving. And yet you will be going out to try to save the next one and the next.
It was an unhappy and unwelcome surprise.
The next one is Narnie Tootsie and she's a definite survivor (of about 5 days now).
@@Megabattie : Survivor Tootsie has good timing. I look forward to meeting her. You’re really something, you know.
@@catherinehubbard1167 Narnie Tootsie...
@@Megabattie : apologies to you both! Also looking forward to learning how you came up with the name.
@@catherinehubbard1167 The whole name is important to the meaning. And she's a fancy girl.
We had a girls' weekend away (girls I trained with as nurses 45 years ago) and were at a south coast location which is pretty resort-y in summer. The local satellite towns were full of expensive fancy shops, the kind that sells really expensive stuff which doesn't seem to have any real purpose (except in style magazines where it just lurks looking mysteriously expensive and "meaningful"), and the clothing in these stores only suits 6 foot top models in the elegance factor and has no real functionality but certainly is "stylish" and impractical...
And one of my friends said her partner called these places Narnie Tootsie. I have saved this name for ages just waiting for the right little batty.
Narnie Tootsie is a class act and I can see her being too much of a princess to get her thumb claws dirty unless she's in a fight for supremacy or the best blossom on the tree...
So heartbreaking. I thought the little guy was going to make it.
me too
Oh, je suis désolée pour lui et pour vous Meg. Comme c'est dur à supporter.
I was upset. I may have sunk a glass or 4 of bubbles in his name.
@@Megabattie Je comprends, tout ça pour ça comme on dit en France ; courage !
@@Megabattie Quand vous parlez de bulles, Meg, je pense que vous parlez de vin de champagne. Figurez-vous que j'habite à Reims...
@@christinehivert-burvenique7499 Oh, certainement, je veux dire du champagne ; Je bois de l'eau et du champagne, pas ensemble et pas forcément dans cet ordre...
I guess you get good champagne in your neck of the woods.
@@Megabattie La plupart des grandes maisons de champagne se trouvent à Reims : Veuve Clicquot, Roederer, Mumm et d'autres. Vous aimeriez.
So sorry. It seemed like we never found out where that blood came from. 👍💕🦇
I think the grazing damage to his wings probably damaged an arteriole which bled quickly enough to not clot at the membrane level but formed a large blob of blood which clotted outside the body. It can't have been from his gut because there was no blood in the fur around his butt.
I'm so sorry Rest in Peace sweet Zondo.
Owwww Meg , thats so sad, i really thought hed make it too, but he did seem to drink an awful lot, and bleed from his undercarrage, ! So sad, he was beautiful as are they all xx bless you you do such anamazing job, i wish we had them in uk, but they do seem to have loads of accidents !!- looks like the creator messed up a bit with the beautiful batties , i thought they had sonar hearing ????
He didn't bleed from his undercarriage; there was no blood on his front side.
I think the grazing damage to his wings probably damaged an arteriole which bled quickly enough to not clot at the membrane level but formed a large blob of blood which clotted outside the body. It can't have been from his gut because there was no blood in the fur around his butt, and there was no injury under the fur on his butt.
Flying-foxes navigate by sight; they don't echolocate; they have large eyes and see well during the day; during the night they have reflectors which enhance ambient light.
They often don't fly out when they is no moonshine because they can't see well enough.
Such a beautiful face, had really high hopes this one would live. I talked to a vet some time ago, and he said he hated working with wild animals because they cover their illness almost until they are beyond help. And I remember Battie saying he might be wose than he seems to appear.
Bit morbid question maybe, but whom do you give the ones that die and what happens then? I know they cremate the dead here (central europe).
Yes they mask their symptoms until they're almost dead.
But they also mask symptoms of something from which they're going to heal as well until all the adrenaline wears off and you can see how they actually are.
The bodies are frozen and used as demonstration bodies for the winter bat courses.
Then they get created; the vet Adrian works at is kind enough to dispose of the bodies for us.
Oh noes!
Oh what a shame. That must have been quite rough for you.
It was an unwelcome surprise