Taking bats to the vet: Asher goes to see Adrian for xrays

Asher is a subadult male Grey-Headed Flying-Fox who was handraised and has had a chequered history of release, being found twice now hanging on the outside of the release cage not doing well.
The first time I tried to hard release him he didn't fly, so I took him to Adrian for xrays and assessment, and he didn't have any fractures so we put him back into aviary care, then into the release aviary where he was subsequently assessed as ready for release and flying well enough for release.
After this second release he was found hanging on the outside of the release cage again within days of release; he came back into care, was assessed and it was decided to hard release him back into the colony near the release cage in the park colony...
and he refused to even try to fly until I put him back onto the cage when he made 3 attempts at flying to get away from me, all 3 attempts ending in bellyflops into the adjacent ferns.
He was brought back into care for a week, until Adrian was working; we visited Adrian today for xrays and assessment.
Everyone appears to believe Adrian can work miracles, but the reality of the situation is that if there aren't any fractures or obvious reasons for Asher's inability to fly, then there's nothing we can see to treat and fix the issue.
I couldn't think of anything which could be wrong with him which was visible on xray, AND fixable.
But it turned out I was just a teensy bit wrong.
I don't know if he's going to be OK, but when I was straightening him up for the xray I found a wound in his fur; it seems like after his last release he may have been attacked by a raptor; he has various paired wounds on his chest and shoulders which indicates he may have been grabbed and dropped.
He's survived the initial attack and hasn't died from infection.
Raptor claws are really dirty, and the bacteria gets injected into anything the raptor (bird of prey) grabs, often killing any animal who escapes with a nasty infection.
Asher has survived his superficial wounds and the punctures aren't infected and are partly healed, but I suspect he has significant bruising and some swelling from the tissue injuries which is only now starting to resolve. He has no active infection, no pus, no abscesses and no fluid collections or air under his skin, but he may have bruising and pain still from his close brush with being a raptor's dinner.
I don't know if that means he's going to heal and recover fully, but at least we have what seems a reason for his unwillingness and inability to fly, and evidence that he has no fractures, so he will be given time to heal and recover from his trauma and sent out again when he's ready.
So YAY that's a much better outcome than we expected because he still has a chance to get back out into the wild again.
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).
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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.
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