Tipsy Cat is a 3 week old GreyHeaded FlyingFox pup who was called in for rescue when the MOPs found her crying in their backyard. She climbed onto their toy lawnmower and didn't know what else to do except cry.
She may have been mouthed by a cat, but the punctures in her wings looked partly healed, and there were no body punctures so she didn't require antibiotics.
She was a feisty little one, bigwingsing me and swearing at me and her situation, but she did settle down a little. She was really not a dummy girl; I tried her on 3 different dummies, but she kept spitting them out; eventually I gave her Owl Teddy's beak, which seemed a satisfactory substitute.
She has gone to the Central Coast where she is being raised as she deserves, by someone with some time and a routine to give her the stability she needs.
She is named along my cocktail/fancy drinks theme, for a kind of cocktail and because there may have been a cat involved in her trauma.
I did toy with the idea of calling her lawnmower themed cocktails, however she seemed to be a quirky girl and deserved a skittish cat name.
Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for me. Tolga is an awesome place in Far North Queensland, which has charity status. By sending donations to them, they get a percentage (and deserve every cent) and they can allocate money to me for batty expenses without it becoming part of my income stream (which makes tax time difficult).
https://tolgabathospital.org/donate/
Mention Megabattie or Meg in the PayPal message box and the money will find its way to me.
If no message box appears, please email Jenny to tell her that the money is for me.
IMPORTANT: If you pay through the PayPal Giving Fund, can you please email Jenny with the AMOUNT DONATED and the name under which you have donated, OR just forward along the PP receipt.
The Giving Fund doesn’t charge any fees (so the bats get more money) but PP doesn’t itemise out the amount, they just send a total every month, and we don’t know if the money is for Tolga or for Megabattie.
Here’s Jenny’s email.
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