It's February here. The pool is really cold. I glanced over and saw something swimming in the pool. I thought it was another turtle, but nope. It was a bat swimming in my pool trying to find a bank to climb out of. I didn't know what to think at first, but I snapped a couple of pics and then I grabbed the pool net.
I dropped him on the patio gently and he was moving a little bit, but he was lathargic af. I dumped some of my water on him to rinse off the chlorine, but it was ice water and he immediately shivered. Then I went inside and brought back some warm water and slowly dumped it on him, and he noticeably enjoyed it.
He quickly balled back up and made my patio his bed. That's no good with a dog, so I got a towel and made him a little makeshift bat cave off of my smoker.
I just checked and he's gone. It was a successful bat rescue. :)
I stuck him under the grate instead of on top top. I gave him a long stick and a string to choose from if he doesn't climb up to the grating assuming he needs to hang to take off.
I found a chicken in my egg
Handicapreader OP t1_ja61tln wrote
Reply to comment by ascoolasyou67 in I found a bat in my pool. He’s very much alive. I set him in the sun to dry out away from my dog by Handicapreader
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