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You Can Help Us Help Bats By Supporting The Conservation Efforts of Fly By Night 



Most of the supplies on Our Donation Wish Lists below are used specifically toward the care and housing of bats at our facility. Responding to inquiries about 'found' bats ‘in need of rescue' is time consuming and can be costly. Our goal is freedom and rescue bats are released as soon as possible. Injured or orphaned bats are provided with heated nursery enclosures and a prerelease flight cage, as needed. Long-term care is provided for bats which are not releasable. All bats in our care are provided with a special diet, housing and as needed medical attention and veterinary care.
**Please note --Fly By Night generously donates their time, advice / information, 'rescue' care and required supplies, as needed. We provide free advice by phone and e-mail daily and dozens of 'found bats' are 'dropped off' each year. These efforts are provided by FBN without any formal compensation or reimbursement- we are NOT affiliated with any 'government entity' (i.e. we do not work for animal control). No one pays us to do this and we receive very few donations. Please consider supporting our efforts to help bats. Your generous donation will help us to continue our efforts to help bats and to help people that need help with bats. Thank you!


Donation Wish Lists -- Rescue And Captive Care

Diet and Supplements

  • Live mealworms ( Many Mealworms)
  • Mealworm food — dry baby cereal, Wheat germ, Oat bran,corn meal
  • Jarred baby food (veal, sweet potatoes, banana)
  • Supplements —Nutrical, Missinglink
  • Similac Go & Gro — powdered infant formula
  • Canned Meyenberg Goats Milk
  • Make-up sponges (hypo allergenic)
  • Fresh fruits and vegetables (for Non-native Program Bats)
  • Packaged 100% Fruit sauce and Fruit juices (no sugar added)
  • Paper towels (white) and cleaning supplies
  • Double sided pet dishes, glass petri dishes, mineral wheels

Housing and Enrichment

  • Large parrot / Ferret toys
  • Butterfly cages
  • Baby blankets, cotton cloths, etc
  • Mulch – pine bark
  • Carabineers, clips and hooks
  • Macramé-type plant hangers, hemp rope
  • Concrete cinder-blocks

Medical supplies

  • 1cc and 3cc o-ring style syringes
  • Tissue preservative Formalin
  • Medical exam gloves
  • ETOH (95%)
  • Lactated ringers solution
  • Parafilm
  • Antibiotics: Cephalexin & Baytril
  • Hand sanitizer, baby wipes
  • Household cleaning products


We also welcome materials / supplies that support our bat house, management and research projects. This list far from complete. Please call if you have other items you think we might use.

Donation Wish Lists

Field Supplies

  • Batteries - AA, 9V
  • Flash Drives, CF memory cards
  • Insect Repellant (pump spray or lotion)
  • Resealable storage / freezer bags - all sizes
  • Pelican-type weather proof storage cases — any size

Equipment

We Need to Replace Ageing Or Broken Equipment
  • Temperature and humidity controlled incubator
  • USB hand warmers
  • Office copy machine -- our Xerox XC830 died after 10 years
  • Digital audio recorder
  • Handheld GPS—Garmin ETrex

Services

  • Bookkeeping
  • Data collection and data entry
  • Seamstress - sew drawstrings into bat bags, cover for reptarium, etc.
  • Social media coordinator / editor (Facebook / YouTube, etc.)

Project Supplies

  • Caulking—PolyseamSeal Adhesive Caulking (Clear)
  • Paint— Valspar brand—StormCoat flat black
    • Clear semi-gloss polyurethane
  • Plywood, pine boards (call for details)
  • Deck screws
  • Printed labels for our bat house poles
  • Speciman drawers
  • Wood burner / branding tool


How to get donated items to us.
Items ordered online can be shipped directly to our PO box below. It couldn’t be easier!

If you have items that require a physical address, please contact us and THANK YOU!.

Need help with anything bat related?
Contact Us
Fly By Night, Inc.
The Bat Specialists
P.O.Box 562
Osteen, FL 32764-0562
Phone: 407-414-2142
E-mail Us

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