Hestia Homeschool for Young Wild Women

After being lovingly hand fed all winter, Noel the Little Brown Bat is free again.  We hand fed him mealworms and crickets all winter--on the end of a pair of tweezers.  Three days ago I looked up and saw some bats wheeling through the twilight sky, so I brought him outside. I left his cage open, and a few minutes later he was outside flying around with two other bats.

It was a happy moment, to know that we were able to save his little life and return him to freedom.

We still have a small mealworm colony in the basement.  Noel had a hearty appetite--he ate fifteen to twenty mealworms a day! 

This photo is of Zach, the little bat we had two summers ago.

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• #7 Comment from sugar1337 
  4/12/06 11:29 PM | Permalink

  That has to be a nice feeling to know you saved an animal and were able to make it free again.  :)
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• #6 Comment from fitzzer 
  4/12/06 4:33 PM | Permalink

  Way too cute. I just love bats. Then again, what little fuzzies and not so fuzzy don't I love? We had an itty bitty kitten show up on our doorstep last night! and a morning dove nesting in our gutter - how do they know? :)  Hugs, ~ L
• #5 Comment from mumma4evr 
  4/12/06 1:40 PM | Permalink

  sorry but bats make me squirmy!!!  
  Becky
• #4 Comment from mindercella33 
  4/12/06 11:36 AM | Permalink

  I am so happy he found his friends. He will love his freedom.
                                                    Cyndy
• #3 Comment from deshelestraci 
  4/12/06 10:43 AM | Permalink

  Yeah for Noel!  He will be a happy bat in the spring air filled with buggies!
  Traci