What to do if you find a Micro Bat in distress.

Contact the 24-hour rescue hot-line immediately on 0414 717 374 Press 4 for bats and 1 for Microbats
Our rescue team can guide you on steps to take if you find an injured or distressed animal.

RESCUE ME

Bats are great mosquito  hunters

THEY KEEP OUR ECOSYSTEM IN GOOD HEALTH

 

Information for RESCUE

What to do if you find a Micro Bat in distress.

  • If the Micro Bat is on the ground something is wrong with it
    Please place a cloth and shoe box or container over the Micro Bat. Don’t be tempted to peek
    as some species can fly off from rest or run very fast on the ground
  • Hanging low on an external wall, window, or door. If tucked up high in
    corner of a patio or carport it will most likely fly out the next night
  • Take a photo if possible
    Switch off the patio fan
    Keep children and animals away from the area
  • Micro Bat is Inside your house
  • If you see the bat fly into the house at night, you can try and encourage
    it out by:
  •  Switching off ceiling fans
  •  Closing doors to other rooms
  •  Open external doors and windows
  •  Switch off lights inside
  •  Keep children and animals away from the area
  • If you find bat hanging on a wall, flying inside your house or on the floor
    or furniture, there is a possibility it may have been trapped inside longer
    than 24hrs. In which case it will have to come into care
  • Switch off all ceiling fans
  • Close all doors to other rooms
  • Keep children and animals away from the area
  • Watch that it doesn’t move from where its roosting
  •  Micro Bat is In or hanging on the side of your pool. Microbats can swim quite well but
    have difficulty climbing out of pools. You will often find them on pool
    noodles or hose
  • Scoop the Micro Bat out of the pool with a pool net
  • Cover the Bat with cloth and box or container
  • Brought in by your cat. Unfortunately, cat attacks are a major cause of
    death in microbats, from injury, infection, and stress
  • Cover with cloth and box or container
  • Switching off ceiling fans
  • Closing doors to other rooms
  • Keep children and animals away from the area
  • Caught in flypaper- leave on flypaper till rescuer arrives

A very small number of microbats carry the Australian bat Lyssavirus,
and we advise that unvaccinated members of the public do not try to
catch or handle any bats. All our rescuers are vaccinated and are
trained to handle microbats safely and are available 24hrs a day for
advice and rescue.
Microbats are vital in controlling our insect populations and assist in
protecting us and our pets against mosquito borne diseases. They
roost in trees, culverts, bridges, and roof spaces around the Townsville
area. They are NOT A RISK to people if NOT HANDLED.

 

Please contact the 24-hour rescue hotline immediately on 0414 717 374

We will guide you on steps to take if you find an injured or distressed animal.

There’s always a Micro Bat carer available for rescue.

 

People should not handle or rescue Micro Bats unless they are vaccinated.

Micro Bats in Australia are known to carry an infection that can pose a serious risk to human health – Australian bat lyssavirus

If the Micro Bat is on the ground

Place a cloth and shoe box or container over it. Don’t be tempted to peek as some species can fly off from rest or run very fast on the ground

A Micro Bat in your home

 If you see the bat fly into the house at night, you can try and encourage
it out by opening external doors and windows

If I’m a baby please keep me warm

Cover me with a cloth, not a towel as the towels are too heavy for my body. Please place a box or container over me rather than handling me as I’m scared and have baby teeth that are sharp. So I might try and defend myself and  nip you.

Interested in becoming a wildlife rescuer 

Contact Us or Visit Our Wildlife Centre.

Phone

0414 717 374 FOR RESCUE

Address

25 Aitkens street Aitkenvale

 

Wildlife rescue Townsville

We rescue OVER  3000 animals a year