



	INDEX OF CONTENTS home menu introduction [updated] dedication acknowledgements & reference [updated] version releases and updates [what's new] [new page] contents preface flying-foxes in australia black flying-fox [updated] little red flying-fox [updated] grey-headed flying-fox [updated] spectacled flying-fox [updated] large-eared flying-fox [updated] dusky flying-fox torresian flying-fox [updated] bare-backed fruit bat anatomy [updated] reproduction & life cycle behaviour [updated] ecological significance conservation issues [updated] public health [updated] ABLV vaccinations orphaned babies orphaned babies, and why they come into care [updated] equipment to care for orphans rescue kit & techniques stabilising the orphan examination & first aid [updated] age evaluation stabilising temperature rehydration & fluid therapy [updated] stress management transitioning to milk [new page] wrapping your baby [updated] housing your baby temperature management [updated] weighing your baby teats and dummies [updated] hygiene & toileting [updated] equipment sterilisation sunlight and calcium deficiency [new page] feeding your baby hand-reared & mother-reared babies milk replacement formulas [updated] milk temperature number of feeds how to feed milk-for-weight to milk-for-age increasing milk volume introducing fruit [updated] introducing HPS powder feeding charts [updated] feeding problems water raising multiple babies premature babies late season babies travelling with baby [new page] developmental stages [updated] 0 - 3 weeks old 3 - 5 weeks old 5 - 7 weeks old 7 - 10 weeks old 10 - 12 weeks old 12 weeks and beyond preparing for release creche releasing birth defects (when nature goes horribly wrong) [new page] O.A.M.S - "over anxious mothers syndrome" [new page] adult flying-foxes rescue guidelines lactating females (a special case) rescue kit & techniques [updated] power line rescue barbed wire entanglement fruit netting entanglement [updated] animals alone in a tree [updated] animals on the ground [updated] palm tree rescues [updated] other rescues [new page] initial examination on site equipment to care for adults stabilising the rescued adult ageing adult flying foxes [updated] secondary (thorough) examination & first aid rehydration & fluid therapy [updated] adult stress management housing for adult flying foxes special needs (for animals unable to hang) short term care (1 - 14 days) medium term care (2 - 6 weeks) long term care (beyond 6 weeks) isolation for suspect animals pregnant, lactating & nursing mothers in care aborting females (a special case) [updated] cage enrichment [new page] feeding adult flying foxes the rehabilitation process preparing for release [updated] tethered test flying [new page] hard release (unsupported) [updated] soft release (supported) [updated] heat stress incidents permanent care (companion animals) [updated] health & treatment the healthy flying fox C1 C2 C3 assessment categories assessing viability [new page] using your vet medical guidelines [updated] understanding the process of wound healing [new page] abrasions (skin damage) anaemia [new page] ant bites & allergic reaction to other insects [new page] australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) [updated] broken bones bruising (contusions) burns [updated] cleft palate syndrome concussion [updated] dehydration [updated] diarrhoea (scouring) disease electrocution [updated] exhaustion exposed bone [updated] eye injuries [updated] facial injuries [new page] fur loss (alopecia) [new page] gangrene - wet and dry [new page] gunshot wounds hyperthermia (heat stress) hypothermia (exposure) [updated] infection [updated] joint inflammation laceration (cuts & open wounds) [updated] lip damage [new page] maggots [updated] malnutrition [updated] membrane damage [updated] membrane infection (mould, bacterial, & "slimy wing") mites [updated] old age pain management [updated] palate damage [updated] paralysis parasites poisoning predator attack [updated] rat lung worm respiratory problems shock [updated] teeth damaged & missing [updated] thrush (candida infection) ticks & tick paralysis [updated] toes and thumbs [updated] toxic shock [new page] urinary tract infection (UTI's) wingless flies [updated] worms [updated] case histories [new page] [in progress] case 1 - "starvin marvin" - malnutrition [new page] case 2 - "cassie" - wing and arm damage [new page] case 3 - "rocky" - body wound [new page] case 4 - "josephine" - shock [new page] case 5 - "jimmy" - broken toes [new page] case 6 - "pneumo boy" - pneumothorax [new page] case 7 - "pedie" - facial reconstruction [new page] case 8 - "diehard" - head wounds [new page] drug dosage charts [new page] appendices backyard fruit netting bat jackets [new page] elizabethan collars [new page] ethics & objectivity euthanasia [updated] food trees for flying-foxes glossary of terms more information/further reading snake bite (human first aid) [new page] Section last updated: 27.07.2008 9:22 AM