Yes, they love that stuff. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 8:00 am
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Nutrical, that is. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 8:04 am
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Happy Snowy New Year! We had snow fall just after midnight mgt (NNBG Eng) ... From: "Jamie Curtis" <black-widow@...> To: <worldbatline@yahoogroups.com> ...
Margaret
margaret.mantaj@...
Jan 1, 2004 10:23 am
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Speaking of dehydration, even healthy bats in captivity can become dehydrated if humidity levels are too low (so always check your captives wings, even those...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 10:57 am
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Barbara, i live in Northeast PA. right now the temp is 34 degrees farenheit. I have been keeping them in the house in a room i call the Bat room, but it was my...
Barbara, Would you please explain what to look for in signs of calcium overdose? Also for those of us who cannot afford to have calcium-phosphorous ratio...
Mvblevins@...
Jan 1, 2004 3:46 pm
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I'm only a six and a half mile drive north of you, but our winters are definitely colder than yours. I keep the bats in my bathroom (which is quite small) and...
Barbara -- I also have a small bat room in my home (way up in Canada!). I have a great humidifier that I turn on when things get really dry (it actually comes...
Nightwings Bat Rehabi...
dogface@...
Jan 1, 2004 4:49 pm
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Thank you, Carol. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 6:35 pm
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I see. Very good. Thank you. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 6:37 pm
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Oh, sure. You don't need to do any tests. Just read the label of whatever foods and/or mineral supplements you feed your bats. Figure out about how much of...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 7:01 pm
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PS Don't mistake the joints of the fingers for bony growths. (The joints of the fingers of adult bats normally look like tiny round knobs.) ... [Non-text...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 7:18 pm
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This is the first winter for my bats in their very own room. I gave up my sewing, craft room so they could have the safety and comfort of their very own ...
Mvblevins@...
Jan 1, 2004 7:55 pm
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Where I am in northern (inland) California, as long as it is rainy or just a bit cold outside the bat room is fine. What used to be a dining room is in the...
We have snow in the Willamette valley. Not as frequent here as in S. Oregon mountains where Janet is. One of the girls got up this AM and demanded breakfast,...
Yes, this sounds perfect! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 1, 2004 9:28 pm
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How would one check the osmolity? As long as we are checking things, how about Pediasure? At the store I jotted down the following: protein = 7.1 gr fat =...
So -------- if the bats that live in the Sonoran Desert where it is always warm to hot (except for winter nights) and the humidity is always low _ like 3% to...
I have a basement room which, since my torts have to share, stays in the 70s all winter. The room is very well insulated and I have to run heaters for the...
Before I learned about ensure and vital, I used the dilute nutrical as well, and it is so well accepted by almost every bat that comes in, it works wonders as...
I think the percentages hold across measurements, that is 14% of whatever is 14% of one gram as well as 14% of 250--I did convert thee serving sizes into grams...
Another thing to keep in mind--all the discussion about ensure and various nutritional support products was for ill and emaciated bats--food replacers are not...
I'm sure everything is a consideration, but it is really hard to list out all the ingredients and compare them across products--you have to come up with a...
Lisa, Whey is what is left over when all the milk parts have been extracted. The water stuff. No lactose. Cream is liquid butter and also has no lactose ...
I'm getting much better at taking bat photos of "posed healthy bats". Now I have to figure out how to get photos of injuries on a bat as I hold the bat in one...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 2, 2004 4:33 am
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Yes, I only gave the tiniest bit diluted in liquid form to those kind of bats, just enough to put a few calories in their tummies. It kept them going until...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 2, 2004 4:54 am
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Well, let's see, I think 5ml of Nutrical has 26.5 kcal, 0.7% of which is protein (4.8 kcal), 34.5% of which is fat (9 kcal), so a bat fed 1ml of Nutrical would...
Barbara
batdoc@...
Jan 2, 2004 5:15 am
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can you set up the camera on one of those small table-top tripods, so it can be ready to go before you pick up the bat? Then when you've got him in hand you...
My MFT will not even taste NutriCal. I put some on her lips and she spit it out and glared at me. Are we talking about a regional preference perhaps? Mary...
... Ok, I found it. There are 250 calories in 8 ounces of Ensure. That's about 250 calories in 236.58ml. Soooo...in 1ml of Ensure, there would be 0.9...