My wife called me this morning that there was a bat in the house. After a while of trying to scare it outside she called a pest control company, guess how much it cost to make a house call for bat removal. Lol... I guess I need to get my chimney inspected.
Davidsel47
Bats
We have friends that have just spent thousands getting a colony of bats out of their attic. The guy doing the work said they almost always find them in houses with steep pitched roofs with natural stone facades. They were entering in the brick freeze and after they closed that opening they started going in and out from the ridge vent.
Not uncommon for bats, flying squirrels to come in through the fireplace.
Not uncommon for bats, flying squirrels to come in through the fireplace.
Bat removal in Texas is not cheap. For some reason it’s much cheaper in other parts of the US. My advice is shop around, but of course the cheapest isn’t always the best. I just paid a bunch of money to remove a colony from my house, and the cost was like 10 times what some relatives of mine in other parts of the country paid for nearly identical work in the last few years. I half-considered flying one of their guys to Houston to do it.
The pest company told her all she needed was a fishing net but she said Heck No! Lol.. $185 for 10 minutes of work is a pretty good gig IMO. I would have done it when I got home but she couldn't wait.
Getting rid of bats is super easy and cheap. A few bucks at any hardware store.
Bats fly by sonar so to speak.
If you know where they are coming in, put some loose screen or netting they can’t pass through around the opening and let it hang down where the only opening is at the bottom.
On the way out, they will sense it and follow it down to the opening. But, for whatever reason, it confuses them and they cant find their way back in and go elsewhere.
It may take a few days but I have used this method on a couple of occasions and it worked both times.
I guess mentioning that you need to seal the hole afterwards goes without saying. [emoji3]
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Bats fly by sonar so to speak.
If you know where they are coming in, put some loose screen or netting they can’t pass through around the opening and let it hang down where the only opening is at the bottom.
On the way out, they will sense it and follow it down to the opening. But, for whatever reason, it confuses them and they cant find their way back in and go elsewhere.
It may take a few days but I have used this method on a couple of occasions and it worked both times.
I guess mentioning that you need to seal the hole afterwards goes without saying. [emoji3]
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He told her it must have came in through the fireplace because everything else was closed. Ya, that's what I told my wife about the price, they tried to tell her how and when she said no they were there within 10 minutes. Not a bad deal.
Pay to have it done. Bats are high on the list of frequent carriers of rabies.
I came into contact with a bat many years ago. I thought nothing of it until a veterinarian told me about bats and rabies. Trouble with rabies is, if you’re showing symptoms, then it’s literally too late for a cure and a painful death is imminent. I ended up getting rabies shots.
I came into contact with a bat many years ago. I thought nothing of it until a veterinarian told me about bats and rabies. Trouble with rabies is, if you’re showing symptoms, then it’s literally too late for a cure and a painful death is imminent. I ended up getting rabies shots.
On the general subject of bats, and the abundance of responses here that imply they are a general hazard, let's not forget what a crucial part they play in our eco-system, especially in areas with any agriculture at all. They fly throughout my neighborhood every night seasonally.
While I obviously don't want them in my house and I have no intent to handle them, if I had the real estate, I would have already built a bat tower, well away from the house of course. Just like I'd have bee hives.
While I obviously don't want them in my house and I have no intent to handle them, if I had the real estate, I would have already built a bat tower, well away from the house of course. Just like I'd have bee hives.
but in these same 13 years of commingling with them every evening, I have neither been bitten by one nor contracted rabies or any other vile disease for that matter. That stuff is for the movies and bat removal companies.
Wet bat story share.
This bat escaped attacking gulls by going into the water and it swam to the jetty rock near me. I left it alone to dry out, rest, and fly away as I stood nearby and continued fishing. Time passes and I decide to change lures. While I was turned around, the bat made its way over to me. I feel something, look down, and I see it wrapped around my ankle. I panic and hurriedly shook it off and stepped away to see if I was bitten, broken skin, etc. and I seemed fine but decide it’s time to leave. I share my story on another site and a Veterinarian chimes in and highly recommends to get rabies shots immediately. Vet says the bat may been suffering from rabies issues to be out during the day like that. The only way to know for sure was to test the bat. After some nervous research, I opted for the series of rabies shots. I hate needles. Some say the bat was trying to climb me so that it could drop off and fly away.
I filmed this with a waterproof Pentax pocket camera 13 years ago at the Quintana Jetty…
This bat escaped attacking gulls by going into the water and it swam to the jetty rock near me. I left it alone to dry out, rest, and fly away as I stood nearby and continued fishing. Time passes and I decide to change lures. While I was turned around, the bat made its way over to me. I feel something, look down, and I see it wrapped around my ankle. I panic and hurriedly shook it off and stepped away to see if I was bitten, broken skin, etc. and I seemed fine but decide it’s time to leave. I share my story on another site and a Veterinarian chimes in and highly recommends to get rabies shots immediately. Vet says the bat may been suffering from rabies issues to be out during the day like that. The only way to know for sure was to test the bat. After some nervous research, I opted for the series of rabies shots. I hate needles. Some say the bat was trying to climb me so that it could drop off and fly away.
I filmed this with a waterproof Pentax pocket camera 13 years ago at the Quintana Jetty…
Only 2-3 cases of human rabies annually in the US. I dont think we habe to worry it too much..........
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