Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Queensland, Australia | Environmental conservation organisation

Tolga Bat Hospital

Locality: Atherton, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4091 2683

Address: 134 Carrington Rd 4883 Atherton, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.tolgabathospital.org

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• Wildlife sanctuary

25.01.2022 We now have over 200 babies in care and more coming in every day. While there is a lot to get done, our invaluable volunteers are doing an amazing job. They work day and night to make sure all the babies are fed, cleaned and loved up. If you are new to our page, please remember to check out our website. You can find out why we have so many orphans and much more information about our beautiful bats.

25.01.2022 We've done really well for volunteers this season despite not getting our regular international people. Meet the current team, minus one. We have the cyclists, the Germans, the film-makers, the Americans and the relatives. Still a few places for the rest of the season if anyone wants a full immersion bat experience. About 115 pups in care at the moment.

24.01.2022 Cute little video from BCI https://www.youtube.com/watch

23.01.2022 There goes 17 years of grime! Some exciting things are happening here. New netting, new plastic, new cage, oh my! Stay tuned for more updates

23.01.2022 Worm farms, turning bat poo into worm poo! We have 4 large farms about the size of a king single bed each. In goes all the waste from the cage floors each morning, and about 2 years later the bed are about 30cms deep. We then stop feeding one half of the bed for 2 months so most of the worms are now in the other half. Then shovel it out for growing veggies. We're setting up waist-high raised garden beds.

21.01.2022 When there is only one green cicada but there are two diadems wanting a treat... Today Sir David was the happy recipient. Lady Di wasn’t too impressed #diademleafnosedbats #tolgabathospital #bats #microbats #greentreat #athertontablelands #dinnertime

19.01.2022 *yawn* (first pic) just hanging around waiting for the wind to drop. The Little Red Flying Foxes have returned to the area this week and we have already had 7 come in from barbed wire. They are almost all from one 'hotspot' on Griffin Road. A few years ago we had 109 in one day from this area. Due to this, we have an amazing volunteer who drives around the area daily in this season to check for bats so she can call us asap. We are very grateful for her dedication. ... These two pictured are juveniles from this year, not much older than our own orphans in the hospital. Luckily their damage is minimal and will be released when the weather clears and its safer out there for them.

19.01.2022 Toilet time! Our babies are learning how to hang and go to the toilet like an adult. They hold on with their thumbs, let go with their feet so their bottom faces the ground and do their business. A quick shake at the end and all is done #spectacledflyingfox #endangeredspecies #wildlife #bats #megabats #pteropus #athertontablelands #tolgabathospital #wildliferescue #toilettraining

17.01.2022 Hannah from Stonedeaf Wildlife Townsville arrived with a beautiful baby Little Red flying fox, she's here while Hannah from Tolga Bat Hospital is on holidays. Too many Hannahs to keep a track of! Archie will stay with us now to be raised and eventually released.

17.01.2022 Our bats absolutely LOVE blossom from our native trees. On these days their little tongues go wild as they search for the nectar #wildfood #spectacledflyingfox #tolgabathospital #bats #megabats #blossom #pollinators #athertontablelands #fnq #wildlife #endangeredspecies

17.01.2022 This poor little chap was caught on a glue trap intended for flies. We use a light oil to help remove the glue and then baby shampoo to remove the oil. He has cleaned up pretty well, is eating and drinking well and is flying. He needs to kept in care for a while yet to make sure he hasn't ingested too many toxins and see if any of his hair falls out. Please do not use these glue traps for any animals, it's a horrible horrible death for them. In this case the person felt dreadful and is throwing away the rest of the packet.

16.01.2022 At this time of year we check the colony daily to search for bats affected by tick paralysis and their newborn pups who are orphaned or still clinging to their sick mum. While searching you need to have heightened senses to listen for or look for fallen bats who camouflage very well with the leaf litter #spectacledflyingfox #endangeredspecies #bats #megabats #athertontablelands #queensland #tolgabathospital #bathospital #orphan #wildlife #wildlifecare

15.01.2022 Hello all, apologies for cross posting. Wildlife Health Australia has today put up their new bat handling information, it's quite detailed. PPE for Bat Handlers. It's been pulled together by members of their Bat Health group - myself as the bat rehabber, Ali Peel as the researcher and Tania Bishop as the veterinarian. We welcome feedback. https://www.wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au//BatHealthFocus

15.01.2022 Meet proud mum Kahilda and her baby Jesse who were rescued off a barbed wire fence last weekend. Barbed wire fencing is the number one reason this species comes into care. This one had an extra special little package attached. We have hope that Kahilda’s wings will heal and she will be able to be released #tubenosedfruitbat #bats #fruitbat #megabats #wildlifefriendlyfencing #tolgabathospital #athertontablelands #babybats

15.01.2022 Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. Chiroptera means 'hand-wing'. You can really see why when you watch this video. This is Freddy! He is a Little Red Flying Fox who was found in a remote town. He has stopped here with us for a few days on his way to another Carer who has some siblings for him to grow up with.

15.01.2022 And here's sticky Johnny from 2 posts ago looking much better. His fur is beautiful. He was released last night back where he came from, a wonderful outcome.

14.01.2022 It is very important to keep an eye on the fences when driving around a rural area. Yesterday we had 15 bats off barbed wire. Many were called in very late in the evening, meaning they had been exposed to the elements all day. Only 2 survived. We are grateful that we were able to ease their suffering, but it is a little heartbreaking. With over 250 babies in care as well it was a very busy day!

13.01.2022 After a fairly typical September, we are left with 59 dead Little Red Flying Foxes from barbed wire fences. Their bodies are being saved to assist in researching protozoan trypanosoma parasites. We were waiting for intake to slow down before we start releasing, indicating its safer out there for them. We had 43 ready for release, which we started last weekend. Theres still 15 still in acute care, whether they will be releasable is yet to be determined. ... We are still getting more rescues, these numbers were accurate last week and we have had a few more since then. If you would like to reduce the impact of your fence please visit www.wildlifefriendlyfencing.com

12.01.2022 Happy Halloween from us all at TBH. With over 100 babies in care many are learning how to use self feeder bottles like little Lupita who has been a star student #bats #tolgabathospital #spectacledflyingfox #endangeredspecies #megabats #halloween #athertontablelands #queensland

12.01.2022 We are so grateful to all the locals who have been donating citrus to feed our permanent residents. THANK YOU

11.01.2022 Great advice from Sarah and great photo but poor bat. Hopefully not too badly entangled.

06.01.2022 They grow up so fast! Our biggest babies have been moved to an outdoor cage where they get to eat fruit for the first time. Theyre still getting fed lots of milk. Also a little lie-down if they want it (or we think they need it )

03.01.2022 First tree lettuce harvest! Bobby and her Baby Approve. A much anticipated feature of the new cage is this wildlife safe garden bed. We already grow Fiddlewood and Mulberry leaves for the permanent residents and can now add a third leafy green to the menu!

03.01.2022 Lady and David - Leaf-nosed Diadem Bats - As their eyes are so small, these guys use echolocation to see their surroundings. Although we can't hear them, you can see their ears listening intently to the echoes, after sending sounds out their beautiful nose. They are watching me as I film them.

03.01.2022 Barry is such a character! Here he is enjoying his mealworm breakfast. With the sound on, you can hear him crunching. You can also hear one of our awesome friends talking to the Diadem bats while she feeds them

03.01.2022 Yes flying foxes need our help, well written.

02.01.2022 Freddy the orphaned Little Red Flying Fox has started eating some soft fruits and smoothie in addition to milk.

02.01.2022 Our Visitor Centre has again been voted into Best of Queensland Experiences by the 4 leading tourism bodies of this state. We are also still #1 on Tripadvisor for attractions in the Atherton Tablelands, and rated in Tripadvisor's top 10% attractions worldwide for consistently good reviews. Yay for us! https://teq.queensland.com//best-of-queensland-experiences

02.01.2022 At this time of year, we go out to the forest each day to search for bats who have fallen. They have been paralysed by the powerful neurotoxin injected by the paralysis tick. Many of them are mums who have a newborn baby attached who is perfectly healthy. We can treat the bats with a tick antitoxin however many are too far gone and need to be euthanised. The babies end up in our nursery and are raised then released by February. Spot the baby still attached to its mum in this pic #spectacledflyingfox #endangeredspecies #animalwelfare #tickparalysis #wildlifecare #tolgabathospital #orphans #athertontablelands #queensland

01.01.2022 It's tube-nosed city here at the moment. We have 2 mums with pups who've come in off barbed wire in the last week, and one who has been in care for a while who is very pregnant. This is mum and pup#1 with the pup's head and thumb in the hole of the damaged wing.

01.01.2022 The paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) kills many endangered Spectacled flying foxes at this time of year. The tick injects a powerful neurotoxin that paralyses the bat making it fall to the ground. This poor boy was found with two fully engorged ticks and was unable to be saved. Most native Australian ground dwelling animals have an immunity to the tick as they have been in contact with it for a very long time. It is thought that the SFF’s have o...nly been coming into contact with the tick since the 1980’s due to a change in feeding behaviour. The bats have been feeding lower on an introduced weed called wild tobacco and getting the ticks while they feeding closer to the ground. Despite having ticks and flying foxes all along the east coast of Australia, the Atherton Tablelands is the only place we know of where bats are affected on such a large scale #spectacledflyingfox #endangeredspecies #bats #megabats #tickparalysis #athertontablelands #fnq #queensland #paralysistick See more