On Jun 29, 10:08*pm, Pat wrote:
I have some bats in the attic of a house I own. *I'm not sure how many
but it's a colony. *I guess it's breeding season so there's some young-
uns. *I don't give a **** about them but I guess the exterminators
do. *If it were up to me, the removal process would involve
flamethrowers and hand grenades.

I have to guys coming. *On is a couple of hundred bucks and will put
in some repellent. *He says it'll drive them out. *The other guy puts
up some one-way valve and lets them leave but not return. *He wants to
wait till the juvies are old enough to fly so they don't get trapped
inside. *He says the repellent doesn't work and even if it did, it
might drive out the females and you'd have a bunch of dead juvies to
deal with. *The one-way valve guy also goes around the house and fills
in all little cracks to keep them out.

One is something like $200. *The other is something like $900.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge on this, what works, what
doesn't work, etc. etc.

Thanks.

Getting bats out of your attic is simple. Just before it gets dark,
they will leave the house to spend the night eating. Stand outside and
watch for them to leave to house to see where the holes are that they
use to enter the house. Then patch up the holes they use to enter.

If they have young-uns, if you have fairly easy access to the attic,
maybe if you put enough lights up there to light up the place real
good for a few days it will make the bats re-locate.

Regardless of what you do to get rid of the bats, you have to plug up
all those holes or more bats will eventually find their way in. I've
seen some folks plug up the holes and then put up bat houses, kind of
like bird houses but built specifically for bats, under the eaves.
That helps keep the bats out of the house as well.

David