Fruit bats

[KJ Exotics]

Anyone keep these, any care and advise, any care sheets.

Got any photos of housing etc

KJ

[stubeanz]

i know they like a trooper and have a massive penis haha other than that not much apart from i suspect you would need a large area to keep them and i think they feed on soft fruits and maybe insects.
sorry no help i bet lol
stu

[Doogerie]

I can't help on housing and stuff but when I was out in the far east i saw a fair amount they hunt at sun set and live on fruit Obviouly and small insects so i think there encousure has to be rather dark you need a good size room for them too.

[Zoo-Man]

You should go to Chester Zoo's webpage & email them about care of fruit bats, as they have a huge walk-through bat cave. It would also depend on what species of fruit bat you were talking about, as there are a few different species. The most commonly kept is the Egyptian Fruit Bat.

[carlycharlie]

YGM

[Zoo-Man]

YGM??? hehe

[lophius]

i see that there are a group of egyptian fruit bats for sale at the moment - they stink !!!

[Zoo-Man]

Yes, fruit bats are extremely messy! Well they do eat large quantities of fruit............. SPLAT!! hehe