Rehabilitation Guide
The Rehabilitation and Captive Care of Insectivorous Bats
By Amanda Lollar. Includes chapters on rehabilitation, routine therapies, nutrition, behavior, enrichment, reproduction, caring for pregnant bats, orphan care, adult care, flight enclosures, dental issues, parasites, wing, leg and other injuries, skin conditions, blunt force trauma, insect stings, frostbite, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, euthanasia, release, hibernation, rabies, a differential diagnostic chart, a medication chart and more. 213 pages, 181 color photos. View Table of Contents
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FREE BOOK CHAPTERS, FORMS & PROTOCOLS
- Bat Admission Form-Public Waiver
- Humane Handling Techniques Flyer (print and share)
- Differential Diagnostic Chart
- Orphan care (insectivorous)
- Hydrating Bats via SQ Injection
- 2018 Medication Chart
- Housing and Enrichment for Insectivorous Bats
- Feeding and Care of Infant Insectivorous Bats
- Feeding Adult Insectivorous Bats
- Bat World Standards for Bats in Captivity
- Hibernation
- Releasing Bats Back to the Wild
TREATMENT UPDATES
POSITION STATEMENTS
- Insectivorous Bats on Public Display
- Banding Insectivorous Bats
- Insectivorous Bat Euthanasia
- Vaccinating Insectivorous Bats Against Rabies
- Bat World Standards for Bats in Captivity
- Bats in the Exotic Pet Trade
- Proper Handling Techniques
- Also see: Inhumane Handling Methods
- Use of Bats in Research
- Live Bat Educational Programs
- Breeding Bats in Captivity
- Releasing Insectivorous Bats back to the Wild
- Code of Ethics for Bat Rehabilitation
- Rabies Pre-Exposure Vaccination
- Bat Bite Protocol for Vaccinated Staff
PATHOLOGY REPORTS (FREE TO DOWNLOAD)
- Torticollis in big brown bat
- Suspected toxins in milk formula, free-tailed pup
- Bladder stone in big brown pup
- Bacterial cystitis in big brown bat
- Roundworms in the brain of mastiff bat
- Thymic atrophy in free-tailed pup
- Cardiomyopathy in big brown pup
- Bacterial meningitis and yeast in free-tailed bat
- Endometritis in Seminole bat
- Bacterial hepatitis in yellow bat
- Metabolic bone disease in yellow bat
- Aspiration pneumonia in red bat pup
- Septic cellulitis in facial tissue of Seminole pup
- Wing wasting syndrome in five free-tailed bats
