A bat which stranded itself in a toilet in Sussex has been safely rehabilitated.<\/p>\n
Nicknamed ‘Louis’ by his rescuers, the Serotine bat was found floating in a loo earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The bat was swiftly fished out of the toilet with a trowel, and popped someone safe to dry out. <\/p>\n
However his rescuers say he looked ‘very sorry for himself’, so they drafted in expert advice from Sussex Wildlife Trust, who referred them to Sussex Bat Group. <\/p>\n
Louis was fished out of the toilet with a trowel and then taken to bat hospital Credit: SB\/Amanda Millar<\/p>\n
They were advised to take him to ‘bat hospital’, which they promptly did, and his recovery began. <\/p>\n
After a week of good food, water and space to fly, Louis was deemed fit to return home by the charity. <\/p>\n
He was driven back by a volunteer ambulance driver, and released back into the garden of the house he was found in. <\/p>\n
Louis was said to ‘pose’ for a picture, before flying off into the night, this time away from the toilet he had become trapped in.<\/p>\n
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