how do I get rid of bats in my overhang of my house?

Question

these bats have been in my overhang for over 28 years.

Answer 1

Bats may be the most misunderstood animals in the United States, although as consumers of enormous numbers of insects, they rank among the most beneficial. Almost all United States bats, and 70 percent of the bat species worldwide, feed almost exclusively on insects and are thus extremely beneficial. In fact, bats are the only major predators of night-flying insects. One bat can eat between 600 and 1,000 mosquitoes and other insect pests in just one hour


Try putting fabric softener sheets around the awning.

Install motion detector lights so it will always be light and they will not like it.



I may have already replied on a similar post, but repeat it, as I've had bats myself.
IF you have only one, just open everything up, it'll find it's way out.
IF you've had more than 1 you probably have a nest, and if you open up they'll return back to the nest. To get rid of the nest you have to find out where they're getting in (this is the difficult part). If/When you do, you must put a kind of netting over it, so they can get out but not back in. Do a search on "exclusion" for bats to find out the best way for your situation. The one person was correct in that in May/June there will be babies which can't fly or get out, so you'll want to wait until they can get out on their own (Jul/Aug) to use exclusion so you don't have a smell problem. If you're like me and can't find how they're getting in and have gotten past the point of caring about 'backlash' from animal lovers, I've found that glue traps meant for mice or insects work amazingly well. They're somehow attracted by it, and will land on it and then not be able to fly, so you will end up killing them. (at my place last summer I had about 30 get into my house over a period of 2 weeks, through either vents or plumbing. I happened to have a couple of glue traps out in my basement for jumping insects that happen every year, and found early on they attracted the bats too, so I left more out and buried about 25 of them that way).

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Answer 3

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How to Rid Your Home of Bats

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Bats can enter houses through chimneys, holes in walls or openings around plumbing, vents, windows and doors. Keeping bats out is a matter of identifying where they're coming in and blocking those access routes.


Steps:
1. Position several people around the perimeter of the house at dusk to note bats' exit sites as they emerge to search for food. It usually takes about an hour for all bats to leave a building.

2. Search the exit sites for holes 3/8 inch wide or larger.

3. Plug all but one of these holes with sheet metal, caulk, wood or fiberglass insulation.

4. Cut a panel of 1/2-inch bird netting to cover the last hole. The panel should extend a few inches above and 2 feet below and on either side of the hole.

5. Attach the sheet at the top only, with staples or duct tape, leaving the sides and bottom unattached. If any bats remain in your structure, they'll be able to fly out this hole but not back in.

6. Watch for several nights to see whether any more bats come out.

7. Once no more bats are observed exiting from the building, remove the bird netting and seal the last hole.

8. Contact your local animal control agency for extreme or persistent bat problems, and ask about bat removal services.


Tips:
Perform this procedure between November 15 and March 15. Many bats will be hibernating away from your home during these months. Batproofing your home during the spring or summer months may result in baby bats becoming trapped inside your home, dying and creating a foul odor.

You can discourage bats from roosting in your attic by installing 24-hour lights or fans to create uncomfortable air currents.

Bat bites or any other bat-to-human contact should be treated by a doctor immediately.

Answer 4

I suggest just leaving them alone, they've established a home there, and they won't harm you. My family had bats under the porch overhang at a house we rented, and we never had problems, until my dad used the grill there when it was raining, and the next day we found a couple of them had died from the carbon monoxide that had built up where they were :(

Answer 5

Bats have no more rabies than racoons or other animals. That is a myth.

Bats eat a lot of mosquitos and other insects.

Frankly, if they are not in the house, I would leave them.

I could use a few here...

Answer 6

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Answer 7

How To Repel Bats

Answer 8

gees poor little bats wouldn't have anywhere to go, after 28 years, did you know that ppl actually make bat boxes so the bat population won't die down. there is a magazine called the bat conservationist i believe, but anyways they eat alot of bugs. i think i rather be batty than buggy lol

Answer 9

Heh, ha LOL - they've been there 28 years, and you just wanna get rid of them now :D

I'd call in a pro - those suckers must be huge if they're 28 years old. :D

Answer 10

why not leave them there? they cut down on the bug population a lot.
or put a bat house thing up in on your garage and see if they move there.