The Old Folks Home

[getaclue]

I used to get bats, and birds called chimney sweeps in the winter, before we covered our chimney. Yes, bats are very good to have around for bug control, especially mosquitoes.

Cyn, you both look so happy. Glad you got a miracle!

 

[Cynthia12]

Thank you guys.....she's a sweetheart. Very loving. I can't stop kissing on her when she's here, or I'm over there.

Hope everyone had a great day! We got our snow, as you saw, and...it's still snowing! Can't imagine what we are gong to wake up to.

SCG, bet DiDi is loving it. he he...

 

[superchemicalgirl]

We had rain and 40 degrees, and then the sun came out. I haven't seen the sun in months.

 

[casportpony]

Hope Santa was good to all of you!

-Kathy

 

[chickadoodles]

Hey all hope everyone had a great Christmas
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Maddie looks good and hope she had a wonderful Christmas.

Cynthia it is wonderful that you have your sister and looks like you had a wonderful Christmas and your dog is very pretty.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Cyn, so glad your sister is still with you. She looks very happy!

We got bats in the house for Christmas. The cats were going nuts in the back of the fireplace where we have the pellet stove. I pushed the ash pan thingie open not thinking that the cats were on to something. Not sure exactly what we're going to do about our boarders. Apparently it's illegal to kill them and it would be wrong to evict them in winter because they wouldn't be able to find a new home. I really do like bats - they're helpful to have to control bugs... but I'd prefer to have them somewhere other than in the house. We have an outdoor batbox but apparently the chimney was more inviting. So I guess we have to listen to them squeaking in the chimney ash thingie for another couple months.

How about hanging your bat box on the side of the chimney and covering the chimney at night so when they return they'll be limited to the box, unless they're hibernating now. Then you'll have to wait till they emerge on their own. Unless you want to use the chimney for a fire.

 

[casportpony]

So for you women out there that are not into the look of speedos, I found one person that happens to look quite good in them, his name is Troy Dumais (http://www.usadiving.org/divers/troy-dumais/).

-Kathy

 

[superchemicalgirl]

How about hanging your bat box on the side of the chimney and covering the chimney at night so when they return they'll be limited to the box, unless they're hibernating now. Then you'll have to wait till they emerge on their own. Unless you want to use the chimney for a fire.

They are either hibernating or have gone to their wintering grounds here in Maine. I'm assuming our chimney is a full time bat house because we have a lot of bats in the summer around here.

I have two flues and there's bat droppings only in the bottom of the one flue. My house is... complicated, I guess, but there's 3 levels: underground basement/garage, kitchen/living/dining and then bedrooms all the way upstairs. There's a wood stove and our oil burning furnace in the basement, hooked up to the chimney, not sure which flue(s). Then in the living room there's a wood stove and the kitchen has a pellet stove (again not sure which is on what flue). In those fireplace areas there's an ash pan thingie (I think) that goes all the way to the basement to collect ash (again I think that's what it's for). Last night we had fires going on the pellet and wood stoves on the first floor (this is usual for us in winter). Under the pellet stove in the ash thing is where the bats were last night. So they were below the level we were burning at. We only use the wood stove in the basement if we lose power (I think that's how we can get away with only 2 flues for the multitude of things hooked up to them) and again I'm unsure which flue it is hooked up to. I certainly don't want to kill the bats with smoke/heat but I suspect the bats are in only one flue because of the sporadic use of the stove in the basement.

A couple years ago I found a very dried and very dead bat in one of my lights in the living room. I'm guessing this has been going on for some time now.

 

[ronott1]

They are either hibernating or have gone to their wintering grounds here in Maine. I'm assuming our chimney is a full time bat house because we have a lot of bats in the summer around here.

I have two flues and there's bat droppings only in the bottom of the one flue. My house is... complicated, I guess, but there's 3 levels: underground basement/garage, kitchen/living/dining and then bedrooms all the way upstairs. There's a wood stove and our oil burning furnace in the basement, hooked up to the chimney, not sure which flue(s). Then in the living room there's a wood stove and the kitchen has a pellet stove (again not sure which is on what flue). In those fireplace areas there's an ash pan thingie (I think) that goes all the way to the basement to collect ash (again I think that's what it's for). Last night we had fires going on the pellet and wood stoves on the first floor (this is usual for us in winter). Under the pellet stove in the ash thing is where the bats were last night. So they were below the level we were burning at. We only use the wood stove in the basement if we lose power (I think that's how we can get away with only 2 flues for the multitude of things hooked up to them) and again I'm unsure which flue it is hooked up to. I certainly don't want to kill the bats with smoke/heat but I suspect the bats are in only one flue because of the sporadic use of the stove in the basement.

A couple years ago I found a very dried and very dead bat in one of my lights in the living room. I'm guessing this has been going on for some time now.

The will be hibernating. In the spring, they have babies so wait until early summer and wait until night time when they go out to eat and drink then cover the chimney with a tight screen. Maybe even cap it.

We had bats living in a very poorly constructed house that we moved to when I was 17. They were fruit bats and migrated in the winter. We had to seal up cracks under the eaves and caulk them to get rid of the bats.

Good times! Especially when they would get into the house in the Spring time....

 

[Cynthia12]

We have a good 2ft. of snow, or more. I could say it's unreal that it happened so fast, but, this is Utah, and it can happen fast. It's a winter wonderland out there..beautiful!