2023 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 29
Amanda Lollar
This summer we rescued over a dozen orphaned free-tails, and this }ny girl,
named Lily, was the most emaciated we encountered. She was spo琀琀ed clinging
to the bricks underneath the mailbox of a local business. Thankfully, she was uninjured and aver a few meals of nutri}ous species speci昀椀c milk formula, developed at our request by Mark Finke, PhD Nutri}onal Scien}st, she was on her way
to complete recovery.
Free-tail pups are born without fur and early on, milk can be seen in their }ny
tummies as they are being fed (pictured below). Addi}onally, this species cannot
lap milk so they must nurse. We use foam eye-shadow applicator }ps cut down
to 昀椀t their miniscule mouths. They take the }p with them aver being fed and it
acts as a paci昀椀er.
Amanda Lollar
Li琀琀le Lily was hand-raised to adulthood, which took about 12 weeks. Aver she
was 昀氀ying well enough to survive on her own, she was released to rejoin her wild
colony.
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