In Friuli Venezia Giulia comes the first aid for sick bats
They fall as soon as they are born, their wings break or are injured more or less seriously when hit by cars. In Friuli Venezia Giulia there is a network created by the volunteers of a emergency room all special: it helps, in fact, i sick bats.
Sandra Bellomopresident of First aid bats Fvg, he knows what it means to assist them. And he tells it to Kodami drawing a little the soul of these animals. “They are not” free-imprinting “, so as soon as I love them they hate us, they become shy, they show their teeth – he explains – They don’t recognize us as a threat but they are not addicted to man. Wild instinct prevails over everything ». In Friuli there have been years in which about eighty have attended. Now they have come to take care of about twenty, but the data is growing. The association can operate because it is strictly connected to a Cras, that of Terranova, in the Province of Gorizia, which allows it to have all the assistance possible to try to save the bats.
But how can you help a bat in trouble? “When it is found ashore, a request for help can be sent to specialized associations, such as the Tutela Piistrelli”, which demonstrate a very high level of competence precisely for these specimens. “From there they can be directed to the local center,” explains the president of the emergency room bat Fvg. At that point some are asked photo to understand the real state of the animal. The damage can be different.
For example, it can happen that there are fractures and based on this you decide how to proceed. “But there may also be a newborn in excellent condition who just needs to be reunited with his mother – he continues – However, we collaborate closely with veterinarians even if in Italy there are few experts with specific knowledge of bats”. With one of them Sandra tells of having done several ‘miracles’ on bats. “We have one that deals a lot with animal welfare and is very good at surgery – she says – She is able to operate in cases of fractures: you have to keep in mind what it means. make an intervention on a being of 5 grams of weight“.
Among the main emergencies, the newborns who fall and the predations of cats. Then there are those who have remained closed in the cavities of homes and who are victims of car accidents. Basically, between fractures, debilitated and dehydrated animals, and parasitic infections there is always one.
To help them when they are in an emergency handled with the, gently. From the association suggests taking one shoe box with a little absorbent paper on the bottom and closing the small makeshift box because there is a risk that they can escape immediately. But before doing that, to send the photograph to the experts, he goes taken an image from above, from where the relationship between back, hips and shoulders emerges immediately. «So you immediately understand in what conditions the animal is – he continues – The fractures of the wings are quite evident and you have to send these details to expert people. There is no sudden bat savior ». Then there is another problem: the nutrition. «In Italy there is a bad habit of thinking that our own specimens are like exotic ones and that therefore they eat watermelons, peaches, strawberries, tomatoes. Italian bats are insectivores, so they eat mosquitoes and moths – he continues – Flour moths are used in captive management ».
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