On careful inspection, Rex was found to have a few holes in one wing, possibly inflicted by the cat that was in the house at the time; however the cat looked more terrified than he did! So who knows for sure if the cat inflicted the holes, but he still needed antibiotics just in case the holes were inflicted by the cat.
Because Rex needed a course of antibiotics, this meant we got to keep him for a whole week, which was very special. His forearm measured 51.5mm and he weighed 30.2g, therefore he was at the top of the measurements for our largest bat and he was in full breeding condition.
He was also the most gentle, friendly bat – mind we still wore our leather gloves with him – although he didn’t try to bite once, and was fed his mealworms by plastic forceps.
Hi Mandy and Neil. Great blog. Rex looks like he prefers his antibiotics to his mealworms though. And he is well camouflaged on that leather glove. Thanks. Cheers Jo.