Nick bat

[den]

Nick's feeding time went well. His protests changed from "HATE YOU! I bite you hard! YOU DIE! KILL! KILL! KILL!" at the start to "You were somewhat tardy bringing that last meal worm to me. I shall complain to the management," at the end. He will be a lot nicer bat to handle than Maddie is. He settled right in to being handled, and felt comfortable enough to wipe his face on my hand between worms. Afterward he did a few wing stretches then went to sleep.

Say "awwww."

Comments

[klishnor.livejournal.com]

Awwww.

From what I've seen, most bats are intelligent enough to work out that if they play nice they get fed without having to do any work.

Which makes me wonder about Maddy. Was she mistreated by someone and that's why she won't settle down?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

You gets bats like that. Some never learn to self feed and have to be hand-fed every night, others hate being touched, and others are just lap up all the attention. There's no pattern between species or genders.

It's possible Maddie was handled badly by her finder.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

AWWwwwwWWWwwwWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwww.....