Bat lovers/haters
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From: Langhorne, PA
I sense the majority are leaning towards keeping the bats. Very interesting,
My wife jumps ten feet when I say the word "snake", but, she doesn't seemed concerned that the bats are roosting about 5 feet from our bed.
If my wife was upset I would remove the bats. I still haven't heard any reason why they can't stay. I understand they hibernate from October to April in these parts.
NETFLY..the lady said to attach bird netting or hardware cloth over the hole, firmly attach the netting on either side of the hole and make sure the top is also sealed. The net needs to be 3 or 4 inches away from the hole, and the net must hang down about 12 to 18 inches below the hole so they can get out, grab the net, climb down and fly off. For some reason the bats can't come back to the net and climb back up. The net must be up for one week to make sure all bats have escaped. She said, I would probably see some confused bats sleeping on the net during the day, until they figure out a better place to stay.
My wife jumps ten feet when I say the word "snake", but, she doesn't seemed concerned that the bats are roosting about 5 feet from our bed.
If my wife was upset I would remove the bats. I still haven't heard any reason why they can't stay. I understand they hibernate from October to April in these parts.
NETFLY..the lady said to attach bird netting or hardware cloth over the hole, firmly attach the netting on either side of the hole and make sure the top is also sealed. The net needs to be 3 or 4 inches away from the hole, and the net must hang down about 12 to 18 inches below the hole so they can get out, grab the net, climb down and fly off. For some reason the bats can't come back to the net and climb back up. The net must be up for one week to make sure all bats have escaped. She said, I would probably see some confused bats sleeping on the net during the day, until they figure out a better place to stay.
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From: Charlotte, NC
I'm with bigskymt (kinda-sorta)......I like them around....just not IN my house.....What did the animal rescue lady tell you about eviction?......Don't they have bat habitats you can buy and hang and keep on your property, but out of your house?.......
Kinda cool to see them flitting around right at dark.....happily munching on millions of skeeters and other nasty bugs......Take a small handful of pebbles and toss them in the air one time when you see them around---they'll start to dive-bomb, then turn away at the last instant......Neat!
Kinda cool to see them flitting around right at dark.....happily munching on millions of skeeters and other nasty bugs......Take a small handful of pebbles and toss them in the air one time when you see them around---they'll start to dive-bomb, then turn away at the last instant......Neat!
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From: Lancaster County PA
Originally Posted by aerostargal
I have really curly hair so my instinct was to hide in a corner with a towel over my head. I was sure that thing was going to try to roost in my hair 
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!Now I am not an expert on the order Chiroptera, but logic dictates to me that the likliehood of a create capable of plucking a flying insect out of the air, while in flight and in the dark, flying unintentionally into ones hair is infinitesimal.
On the two occasions that we had one flying in the house, two ceiling fans were on in the main room in which they were flying. I personally observed one of those buggers fly right through the blades more than once while we tried to shoo it out of the house.
Here is a great site for info for all:
http://www.batconservation.org/conte...tarticles.html
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When I work nights, I walk during lunch for health. The bats are out in force, and they
fly within 3 feet of me. If I wasn't looking at them I wouldn't know they were there,
they're so quiet. I would set up shelters for them, and keep them out of the attic.
My nieces family recently spent $ 2k to clean out their attic after an infestation. They noticed it after seeing dead bats on their front steps a number of times.
fly within 3 feet of me. If I wasn't looking at them I wouldn't know they were there,
they're so quiet. I would set up shelters for them, and keep them out of the attic.
My nieces family recently spent $ 2k to clean out their attic after an infestation. They noticed it after seeing dead bats on their front steps a number of times.
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My buddy John lived in a old farmhouse that had two large fireplaces not being used one was bricked up and the other just had some sheetmetal on the bottom covering the flue,well as it happens there where very large colonies of bats in each one and my buddy was deathly afraid of them,I once saw him destroy his living room with a tennis racket when one got in the house.Another time me and my buddy Scott who lived with John caught one in a towel and he put it in a cage and kept it for a month before he let it go,the funny part is everybody called Scott a vampire(worked nights and looked the part)and his nickname was Drac.I like bats if for no more then the stories I could tell about my friends house and the time I spent in that house with them things like this happened all the time and Johns unkle who owned the house would not let him get rid of the bats.
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