do moth balls work for bats in attic? Or does anyone know what to do to get rid of them?

Answer 1

You don't really want alot of moth balls in your attic - they're toxic to people as well as the bats. Watch at dusk where they are coming out of and how many there are. Do this for several nights until you're sure of the number then cover the holes and spaces after they've gone out for the night. Put a bat house up in a tree in your yard.

Answer 2

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do moth balls work for bats in attic? Or does anyone know what to do to get rid of them?

Answer 3

Jeys fluid..... they hate it and surely they will leave ....just paint the places where they enter and sleep..... If you want to kill then look for the places where they enter and leave cos 9 out of 10 times it will be the same place.... Now you fill a pale about half way with water and hang it where the enter and exit ...make sure you hang it during day time when they sleep.. Bats first fall the first half a meter or so before they start flying so hang it less then that from the place where they crawl in ........the rest i think you can guess.. This method though will not stopping them from coming back cos new ones will just take the dead ones -places

Answer 4

Andy had excellent suggestions. One addition: A single bat box is not enough. Ideally you want one for the males and one for the females. The female box is wide, to accommodate all the moms and babies; the males use a narrow box. Google Coveside Conservation to see examples (and maybe place a order). They will tell you where, how high etc. to place the boxes.

Each bat eats 3000-5000 mosquitos a night. Don't kill those bats, just give them an alternate address!

Answer 5

Moth Balls are harmful to us Humans, so do not use these.

Bats love to live in the attics of homes and other buildings. Attics provide all of the roosting requirements of many of the colonizing bats, particularly female bats who need a warm, safe place in which to raise their young.
Read More: http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/bat-attic-rid-remove.htm

Answer 6

Bat Repellent

Answer 7

get bat boxes and hang them in trees around your home bats eat over a thousand bugs a nite so as long as you got bats you don't have to worry about west nile. Bat boxes look like bird houses with no front hole and an open bottom. they are sold on the net and in some home and garden stores or make one just be sure to line the inside walls with chicken wire to give em something to grasp

Answer 8

The first step to a successful exclusion is to enlist the help of several friends to help you search the outside of your house for exiting bats. Start watching at sunset, and keep your eye on any small openings until one hour after sunset. Remember that bats can fit through a hole the size of your thumb, and that they move fast. Repeat this process for several nights, until you are confident that you know where they are exiting the house from. The second step is to mount a bat house close to the opening so that the bats can get accustomed to the house as they come and go. Bat houses are available from the Organization for Bat Conservation. After a bat house is placed up you should wait three or four days to let the bats get used to the house. Then in the afternoon cover all the openings with square pieces of screen mesh. Using duct tape, secure three sides of the mesh piece to the house, leaving the bottom open. The piece should be loose enough for the bats to crawl out of. When dusk comes the bats will crawl out, but will be unable to return to the attic. They will seek out the nearest, best place to roost, which will be the bat house. The screen should be left up for a week or so, at which point the hole(s) can be sealed permanently.

With a few dollars of material and a couple of bat houses anyone can humanely exclude unwanted bats. The time and effort that you spend to help the bats find a better home will be replayed many times over by the colony and the thousands of mosquitoes, flies, and moths they will eat You will also be setting a wonderful example for your children, friends, and neighbors when you show them how to co-exist with the natural world.

Steps for a proper exclusion of bats:

Step 1: Enlist the help of several friends to help you search the outside of your house for exiting bats. Start watching at sunset, and keep your eye on any small openings until one hour after sunset. Remember that bats can fit through a hole the size of your thumb, and that they move fast. Repeat this process for several nights, until you are confident that you know where they are exiting the house from.

Step 2: Mount a bat house close to the opening so that the bats can get accustomed to the house as they come and go.

Step 3: Cover all the openings with square pieces of screen mesh. Using duct tape, secure three sides of the mesh piece to the house, leaving the bottom open. The piece should be loose enough for the bats to crawl out of. When dusk comes the bats will crawl out, but will be unable to return to the attic. They will seek out the nearest, best place to roost, which will be the bat house

Answer 9

Ultrasonic Bat Repeller

Buy a ultrasonic repeller, there are quite few out to choose from.

It will also come in handy for getting rid of any other type of rodent or insects
http://www.pestrepellerultimate.com/google.htm

Answer 10

Andy has a really excellent answer, and it actually sounds like fun. I had to do some research like this a couple weeks ago and came up with this site: www.austinbathospital.com.