Have now 3 departments on my or better on bat´s side. But now one of the collaborators of the Department of Natural Protection is miffed because she is the responsible person for the bats. Well, she is engaged and works a lot but did not make a difference up to now and now she is miffed because maybe the others have more impact ( Read more... )

Just: approx. 450 bats received this year alive - approx 350 dead.....

Most of the living ones are hibernating now, 50 are to be nursed and 50 had to be euthanized....

I am looking foreward to May - no bat month :-) And some free time and vacation days for me :-))))

Have now 3 departments on my side: natural protectione, animal protection and the official veterinarians of Vienna ( Read more... )

the hibernation room I have chosen this year is real good. Its north situated and if you open the window a little bit, enough cold air comes in but its well insulated so it does not freeze ( Read more... )

Take care for more than 200 in the moment - most of them are hibernating, but 1st I have to check them daily and 2nd we have spring temperatures in the moment: diference of 20°C within 1.5 days ( Read more... )

Was just called by a vet here, if he could visit me tomorrow for a meeting ( Read more... )

Got in high numbers of bats during the last week and it will be more during the next weeks ( Read more... )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344988/Crowded-baby-bat-clinic-barometer-Australias-bad-weather.html

Incredible! What sweet faces :-)))!

Melts....

Me on page 4

http://www.wr-tierschutzverein.org/pics/downloads/Tierfreund_0111.pdf

:-DDD This was the best photo, the others remembered to a witch symposium :-)

Nearly nobody is here at university. Almost weekend athmosphere - wonderful ( Read more... )