2007-09-01 11:22:23 · 14 answers · asked by iamrp78 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Go to this website for ways to get them out of your house humanely. Remember bats are very important to the ecosystem in that they kill thousands or harmful insects such as mosquitoes that can cause west Nile virus, encephalitis and malaria. They also save farmers lots of money by NOT having to spray harmful pesticides on crops. They also pollinate many of the fruits and other plants that we eat. Also, many species are threatened and endangered and are protected by law. Harming them would be illegal.
http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=51
EDIT: bats do not carry MANY disease...they can possibly carry two: histoplasmosis and rabies. They are not as common rabies carriers as most people think. Less than 1/10th of 1% carry rabies.
2007-09-01 11:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Look up some information on the kinds of bats that live in your area. Contact the zoo or a wildlife organization for help.
Don't try to kill the bats or destroy their home yourself. Keep in mind that since they are mammals, bats can carry rabies. Most bats are completely harmless to humans, but if you attack them, they might bite.
If you can stand it for a few months, leave them where they are until the end of the summer. This will give the baby bats a better chance of survival. Consider moving the bats into a special bat box and putting the box outside in a safe place.
Attract the bats away from your house by installing a bat house. Go to the local animal feed or hardware store(or online) and purchase a bat house. Install the bat house as high in a tree as you can, facing the morning sun. Be sure the tree you pick is far enough away from your house, but still within the general vicinity. If you can't buy one, make one with 1/2 to 3/4" thick unpainted, unstained pine planks. The bat house usually measures about 12" tall x 10" wide x 4" thick. The opening is on the bottom of the house where the floor would normally be, and measures about 9" x 2 1/2". The top should cover the house completely with a little bit of overhang on all sides, and be slanted about 40 degrees back to front to allow rain run off.
To further make your home unattractive to them, consider purchasing a product to convince them. There are a variety of products available on the market that make bats irritated or otherwise uncomfortable without harming them. Options include the Transonic Pro for ultrasonic coverage, and other roosting barriers such as netting.
2007-09-01 11:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by IRONic Maiden 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
The only time I ever had a bat in my house it came in through an open window. I took a newspaper that was loosely rolled up and put it over the bat. (The bat was on the ceiling) Then I slowly cinched the newspaper around the bat until I could get it off the ceiling. I then returned it to the open window and closed the window. Be very cautious, they are the number one vehicle for humans getting rabies.
2007-09-01 18:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by rustic_warior 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bats have been known to get into many houses from time to time. They seem to be experts an finding obscure ways to get inside.
If this is an occasional event, then you probably just need to deal with them when they appear. If their are lots of them, then you need to get a professional exterminator in quickly.
Bats can carry many diseases, including Rabies! A woman and her son contracted rabies just north of here when they were bitten by a bat in their house.
I am all for animals rights, but when there is a chance of humans catching rabies, animal rights should come in second place!
good luck!
By the way, you are aware, I presume, that bats are *Not* birds?
2007-09-01 11:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by John P 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They're generally roosting on your attic and by accident coming into your residence. The final location they desire to be is within your residence with you, they simply desire to get external to devour insects. If it is on your residence near all doorways to different rooms. Open doorways or unscreened home windows within the room that the bat is in. Being in an enclosed room may be very complicated to the bat considering the fact that it throws off their sonar. It'll generally fly round a bit of bit then relaxation for a whilst however ultimately it is going to uncover the open house and fly out. Make certain that you simply see it fly out tho cuz it is going to disguise someplace after which pop out the following night time.
2016-09-05 20:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please do this humanely. I donate to an organization called Bat World (www.batworld.org). Go to the website and they have lists of people in your area who will come and safely rescue the bats. They also have a ton of resources for if you want to try and exclude them safely from you house on your own. Please do not have them exterminated. They play a very important role in our planet, and do not mean you any harm. They are probably in your house because their former roosting place has been compromised or destroyed. Good luck to you and all the little bats!
p.s some other people mentioned rabies, but in reality, that is very very rare that they have it.
2007-09-01 11:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by HachiMachi 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Watch out! Some bats lately have been carrying rabies. Call a professional and close the bats in a room until they can come.
2007-09-01 11:30:05 · answer #7 · answered by Jennifer L. 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
bats are really cool critters, try not to harm them they eat mosquitos and other varmits by the pound...
that being said they also have a risk for rabies...
call a professional critter getter, they can probably live trap them and move them somewhere else,...
also a friend of ours is familiar with a government deal where folks who keep bats (bat boxes on their property) are elegible for a stipend of somesort...
i like bats, i think they are a good thing...little flying mammals, how cute.
2007-09-01 11:29:58 · answer #8 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Bats are not birds. I'd look for a different section to ask this question my friend. Bats are mammals. Birds are birds. This section is for birds.
2007-09-01 16:47:00 · answer #9 · answered by Too Tall Sol 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually a professional is needed. They locate where they are and how they get in and out. then they install a "one way" door so they leave at dusk and cannot get back in.
Very common problem!!!
2007-09-01 11:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋