Bat rescue daily life: when you catch a Houdini

A bonus video for you today. I was in the aviary dropping off or picking up a batty (I can't remember) and I noticed one of the little ones outside the cage; since there's no food on the outside of the cage and my brief glimpse of his position between the sheet and the mesh, I decided to catch him and return him back to where there was food. There is, apparently, a gap somewhere in the cage mesh which the batties exploit, which none of us can find, a gap just big enough for a little batty to squeeze out. Thongs found the gap, as did Sichuan, at various stages, but this little one is a baby/juvie who is being raised by his mumbat, so he's a feral little bugger and very bitey, and very determined to escape the clutches of the furless white giants. Enjoy my little tryst with this boy, whom I have provisionally named Ehrie (because the carer already had a bat called Eric) (Houdini was born Erik Weisz, but his name was altered to Ehrich Weiss after his family emigrated from Hungary to Wisconsin when he was 4 years old. Young Ehrich—nicknamed “Ehrie” or “Harry”—had a fascination with magic) Tolga Bat Hospital takes donations for our batties. 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. jenny@tolgabathospital.org