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From: Georgia
I know what your saying TJC1989.
I just want ideas that I can do to get them to move out. I would prefer to do something easy to show them that they are not welcomed any more & move on their own. But if that doesn't happen I would have to do what I have to do.
I just want ideas that I can do to get them to move out. I would prefer to do something easy to show them that they are not welcomed any more & move on their own. But if that doesn't happen I would have to do what I have to do.
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Filling the holes after dark is a good idea,but the idea of the freq gen is to drive ALL of them out.They look sorta like an alarm clock radio in size,and I think you can use an ext cord on one.But if not,then I guess I would seal up all the spots they can get in.Remind me to tell you about the time I had to deal with snakes in a customers bathroom.
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How close does that freq. thing have to be to there holes?
I think there is a plug in outside near the front steps that is below one of there holes.
Would it possibly work to fill all other holes and leave the one in the front open then use that freg. thingy. After a few hours to gauretee that they found the one and oly hole left then fill it?
I think there is a plug in outside near the front steps that is below one of there holes.
Would it possibly work to fill all other holes and leave the one in the front open then use that freg. thingy. After a few hours to gauretee that they found the one and oly hole left then fill it?
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Is there an attic door?I think that you would want to try and get it in the attic somehow to push them away,if you put it by the hole in the front they wont want to come towards it to get out so then they will be somewhat trapped inside.Or maybe an attic vent or soffit vent at the other end of the housethat would force them to go in the direction of the hole.
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I had read somewhere that you could even use an am radio dialed to a certain frequency that would repel them also,but I cant remember if it was at the low end or the high end.But I do know that it messes with their senses and they dont like it and will do anything they can to get away from it.But they will come back after you turn it off,so hopefully you dont miss any holes!
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My $0.02 coming up. I had a house where I was trying to get bats to live (nearby). I set up a bat house in the trees nearby, and went to an old house that was being renovated about 20 miles away. A co-worker and I used a shop vac to suck the little buggers off the attic ceiling, babies and all. The smell was incredible; we wore goggles, long sleeves, and dust masks with charcoal filters to keep from gagging. Dumped them in a box and took them home to the new bat house. The skeeters were so bad from a nearby pond, we figured they'd have plenty to eat. About half of them survived the trip through the shop vac, and we stuffed them in the bat house. Next morning they were all gone, leaving the babies behind. Never came back....
I guess the point is:
1) bats prefer attics to bat houses, even specially-constructed ones. You'll have a tough time relocating them - they'll always want to go back to the attic.
2) armed with a shop vac, you can rid your attic quickly of the little rodents. Hit them in the middle of the day, use the most powerful vac you can get, and work fast. Having more than one shop vac would be even better.
3) Forget cats as a anti-bat weapon - we had 6 outside cats, but none of them would eat a bat.
I guess the point is:
1) bats prefer attics to bat houses, even specially-constructed ones. You'll have a tough time relocating them - they'll always want to go back to the attic.
2) armed with a shop vac, you can rid your attic quickly of the little rodents. Hit them in the middle of the day, use the most powerful vac you can get, and work fast. Having more than one shop vac would be even better.
3) Forget cats as a anti-bat weapon - we had 6 outside cats, but none of them would eat a bat.
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I don't have any bat remedies for you Parks911. But I have a little bit of humor for when your watching them leave the attic in the night.
A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood, and parked himself on the ceiling of the cave to get some sleep. Pretty soon all the other bats could smell the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to **** off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave in. "OK, Follw me", he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest. Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him, tongues hanging out for blood. "Do you see that large oak tree over there?" he asked. 'Yes, yes, YES!!' the bats all screamed in a frenzy. "Good" said the first bat, "because I didn't".
I thought it was cute when I heard this the first time.
Good luck with your bats.
A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood, and parked himself on the ceiling of the cave to get some sleep. Pretty soon all the other bats could smell the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to **** off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave in. "OK, Follw me", he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest. Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him, tongues hanging out for blood. "Do you see that large oak tree over there?" he asked. 'Yes, yes, YES!!' the bats all screamed in a frenzy. "Good" said the first bat, "because I didn't".
I thought it was cute when I heard this the first time.
Good luck with your bats.
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A shop vac!!! That's hilarious . . . where in the world did you come up with that idea? I'm actually surprised that any of them lived. Though, it's something I probably would have done, I'm from Wyoming too.
Thanks for the laugh.
Thanks for the laugh.
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They were little brown bats, which with the wings folded are mighty small. You can suck up about 20 of them in 5 seconds with a decent shopvac (I would recommend the Binford 6000 turbo model). Every once in a while a bat would get their wings out and get hung up in the intake hose opening. Once they are in the main canister THEY ARE MAD! I think most of them died from beating each other up rather than the trip into the vacuum.
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Originally Posted by spikedog
They were little brown bats, which with the wings folded are mighty small. You can suck up about 20 of them in 5 seconds with a decent shopvac (I would recommend the Binford 6000 turbo model). Every once in a while a bat would get their wings out and get hung up in the intake hose opening. Once they are in the main canister THEY ARE MAD! I think most of them died from beating each other up rather than the trip into the vacuum.
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Along the lines of power-equipment-varmint-control, I once had a large den of yellow jacket hornets in the ground in my back yard, and they would chase and sting me whenever I tried to mow. I jumpered out the safety switch on my riding mower, drove directly over their biggest hole, and dropped the deck to the ground. Left it that way (motor running) for over an hour. Whenever they would fly up to "bite" someone, the blade would knock them into next Tuesday, and they haven't been back since.
Oh yeah, bats. Please don't hurt them.
Oh yeah, bats. Please don't hurt them.
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jskufan,
I was trying to relocate the bats, not kill them. It's not like you can go into the attic and pick them like cherries, placing them gently into a bird cage. Thousands of bats, so little time, and the house renovators would have killed them some other way. I got a 50% survival rate - I don't think that was so bad. How would you have gathered and relocated them? I wanted them to habitate my US Forest Service-supplied bat houses, which by the way are still empty after 10 years of hoping a bat family would show up on their own.
BTW, I'm originally from Kansas (born in Ft. Riley). Chiefs and Royals fan from day 1.
I was trying to relocate the bats, not kill them. It's not like you can go into the attic and pick them like cherries, placing them gently into a bird cage. Thousands of bats, so little time, and the house renovators would have killed them some other way. I got a 50% survival rate - I don't think that was so bad. How would you have gathered and relocated them? I wanted them to habitate my US Forest Service-supplied bat houses, which by the way are still empty after 10 years of hoping a bat family would show up on their own.
BTW, I'm originally from Kansas (born in Ft. Riley). Chiefs and Royals fan from day 1.
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Originally Posted by spikedog
jskufan,
I was trying to relocate the bats, not kill them. It's not like you can go into the attic and pick them like cherries, placing them gently into a bird cage. Thousands of bats, so little time, and the house renovators would have killed them some other way. I got a 50% survival rate - I don't think that was so bad. How would you have gathered and relocated them? I wanted them to habitate my US Forest Service-supplied bat houses, which by the way are still empty after 10 years of hoping a bat family would show up on their own.
BTW, I'm originally from Kansas (born in Ft. Riley). Chiefs and Royals fan from day 1.
I was trying to relocate the bats, not kill them. It's not like you can go into the attic and pick them like cherries, placing them gently into a bird cage. Thousands of bats, so little time, and the house renovators would have killed them some other way. I got a 50% survival rate - I don't think that was so bad. How would you have gathered and relocated them? I wanted them to habitate my US Forest Service-supplied bat houses, which by the way are still empty after 10 years of hoping a bat family would show up on their own.
BTW, I'm originally from Kansas (born in Ft. Riley). Chiefs and Royals fan from day 1.
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Bat boxes have to be set up just right. If you have one set up and have no luck getting bats in it, you need to move it. Sometimes just turning it a few degrees will do the trick. Setting a bat box up and shoving a bunch of bats into it is similiar to catching a hive of bees and sticking them in a new hive. If it's not right - they're gone!