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[blueeyedtigress]

When cats know that Something's Up, it takes a while to get them into a closed bedroom out of the way.

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[judifilksign]

I'm so glad you found a way to safely get the bat outdoors!

[quantum_witch]

Omg, it's adorable! Do you know what species?

[blueeyedtigress]

As far as I know, this little brown bat is a Little Brown Bat -- huzzah for creative nomenclature! (Latin: myotis lucifugus)
http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en/features/section2/brownbat/little_brown_bat.htm

[mewsrissicat]

Maybe it knew you were trying to help, or the lack of food/water made it docile enough to be moved safely... in either case, I'm so glad that you got it outside where it belongs.

(When we had a bat in the house, we were silly enough to try to nurse it because it couldn't fly. Doht....)

[sff_corgi]

Why was that silly and what happened?

[mewsrissicat]

Ah... the poor thing didn't make it. As near as I could tell, it had been trapped inside my house for about three days, and I only found it because it was weak and collapsed on the bedroom floor. We put it in a box with a bit of water, but it died within thirty minutes.