BATS????

[nightshade]

Bats are very very good!

Yes they can be harmful to humans if you are bitten or bitten by fleas that were on the bat. Exspecially a dead bat, should never be handled with bare hands. But getting rabbies from a bat is rare. They are much more of a help then a bad thing. The greatly reduce the local bug population where they live. As long as you don't have foot deep quno in you shop or the area surrounding youe shop and chincken coop I would not be worried. If you want them out the best thing to do is to purchase a bat house or plans to build a bat house. Some times you can even get local highschool kids in FFA to build one and hang it for you as a school project. This is the most humain way of removing them. If you go this route you should watch to see where they are flying out from and them place the bat house within ten feet of that area on a neighboring tree, post ect. It will take time for them to move and some times the just completely refuse to. But it creates the best of both worlds no bats in the shop, but they are still around to eat all the flying bugs.

 

[Lofty Dreams]

bathouses

 

[babyblue]

bats live in both of the closed off chimneys in our home...its virtually impossible for them to get into the actual house. every night when we take care of the animals they are above our heads catching bugs. only time I complain is when they have babies and they screech a lot. that’s annoying lol.

 

[americancowboy]

three years later!

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

But rabies, like aids, is only a bodily fluid transaction. Bats are some of the coolest mammals around.
With that being said..GEt those houses up and hope for bats to re locate...they are SOOOOOOOOOO helpful with insects..

 

[das fisch]

I own/operate a nuisance animal control firm in southern Maine and bat calls are a regular part of our business. If you are seeing a healthy bat population in your area, by all means do what you can to keep them in the GENERAL area. As you all have probably heard bats here on the east coast are suffering heavily from WNS (white nose syndrome), so they need all the help possible.
now down to business:
-do not touch/disturb the guano without gloves and a respirator at the least. it can and will cause respitory issues if airborn particles are inhaled, along with histo. when doing a bat cleanout respirators, tyvek suits, doubled gloves, airtight eye wear is always warn. granted I may be around it more than most, but it only takes one bad dose of luck.
-rabies is always of concern. this happens with fluid transaction as already stated, but should not be ignored.
-DO NOT seal the entrance/exits right now. we are in the midst of the young being nursed and not being able to move on their own. doing any type of exclusion work, whether it be sealing, one way doors, etc., will be a death sentance for the little ones. now if they are a SERIOUS, and DIRECT threat to anyone around that is another story. In some places doing exclusion work on them now is actually illegal, varies state to state and I don't recall your location.

if the situation and numbers are high i would recomend hiring someone who is licensed and trained to do this type of work. after the time is right to do the exclusion set up alternative housing in the area as they are very beneficial.
hope this helps or is at least food for though.

 

[Tiss]

Sorry to pop in with my bat story here, but a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that bats had moved in above the bay window in my kitchen. I was even beginning to smell like guano in here.

I called the pest control company to have them removed and was told that they can't do it until after August 1st!!!!

Apparently bats are a protected species and by law, they are not allowed to remove them during mating/breeding season.

So, I'm supposed to live with bats and bat guano in my kitchen for the next 2 months!!!!

 

[aprophet]

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the bats on the east coast are having a heck of a time with a fungus called white nose fungus ?? be careful when the guano/droppings get dried out you do not want to scrape or sweep them this is when histoplasmosis usually infects folks most of the abatement jobs I have helped on the guys removing the droppings use either PAPR's or class C equipment (breathing gear) most ADC's are kina booked right now because of the busy spring season coons skunks and possums, make sure they do the exclusion part when they are cleaning up and all.

 

[speckledhen]

Did you guys notice that this thread is three years old? I don't think I've seen Deb around here in a year or more.


Bats are great if they're not living inside a structure where you or your birds are housed. The guano is awful.

 

[Tiss]

We waited until after dark and sealed up the area they were coming in. Unfortunately that means we sealed the guano in too but I really don't know how we would have gotten it out without demo-ing some of the window trim. I sure hope they find another home and don't try to come back in.