Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
How cute! Happy birthday!

Unfortunately in the USA bats often have rabies, so it's not a good idea for us to handle them. How cool to live and visit somewhere that it's safe.
Actually, I'm not sure if it was safe... I might have rabies now! but then he was just a wee baby, hardly any teeth... what are the symptoms of rabies?

Tri Girl, Oh yeah i've read stella luna. awesome story.

I'm not huge on touching animals in general, coz they bite, it took me 5 mins to settle my internal debate that he was a baby and wasn't gonna pierce holes in my hand...