where to find a pet bat?

Answer 1

People sometimes desire having a bat as a pet. Yes, bats are beautiful and something we all love, but the act of keeping one as a pet will cause it to experience great terror, inappropriate and damaging nutrition, loss of it's right to enjoy reproduction and rearing if it's young, and terrible loneliness and boredom. Wild bats are capable of living over 25 years. Bats kept as pets rarely survive more than one year. If you like bats, I recommend buying a bathouse for outside your home.

Answer 2

If you are in the US, you don't.

"To keep bats in captivity one must be USDA licensed, and have the necessary state and local permits for native wildlife. Bats cannot be transported within the USA without a CDC permit. Bats can only be transferred to an institution that is bona fide conservation, zoological or scientific organization or registered establishments that have approved facilities and certified education programs."
http://www.batworld.org/main/bats_pets.html

also check out this site:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Bats-as-Pets?&id=547827
It talks about how to position bat boxes to house wild bats (not pets - just the same as you would put bird houses out for wild birds to use). Then you could observe these fascinating creatures without stressing them, or breaking any laws.

Answer 3

Well I know that you can find wild bats in caves in mountains, but that might be a little hard to catch. I think they should have them at zoos, but you would probably get caught stealing a bat there. I think you could order them from like ebay, because some people do the above two options. I don't think the sell them at pet stores!

Answer 4

Don't catch a wild bat, they are one of the top species for carrying rabies virus! If you are bitten, they'll need to check it's brain for the virus, and you may have to go through a very expensive series of shots (thousands of dollars).

Answer 5

Try your local sporting goods store. The wooden ones are better than the aluminum ones.