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Friend came back from vacation to a call from alarm service.
When she got home she found a "bird" making bump noises in her house, at
night.
I think it is a bat.

Local cops suggested she use a broom to help it leave. Any other ideas?

TIA

Lou

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Friend came back from vacation to a call from alarm service.
When she got home she found a "bird" making bump noises in her house, at
night.
I think it is a bat.

Local cops suggested she use a broom to help it leave. Any other ideas?

TIA


If you are fortunate, the broom may help, but I thing you'd do better trying
to catch it than shoo it. I was able to know down a bat using a pot lid.
Tennis racket may be good too. This was in the hallway at 2:00 AM. Doors
open, but made no difference. Once knocked down, I was able to trap it in
the pot and release it outside.

VERY IMPORTANT. Find and seal the entrance or it will come back.


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Our standard is an old tennis racket.
It's relatively "transparent" to bat radar.
No need to knock it down.
Don't wave it around.
Move the racket into bat flight path quickly.
The bat often will hang from the racket and can be carried outside.

They are fascinating animals and beneficial to the environment, eating
insects.
TB

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Build it a better house:

http://www.batcon.org/bhra/economyhouse.html

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This was our second year for collecting data on bat houses installed in
conjunction with exclusion. Again, the occupancy rate was very high,
89% (73 of 82), indicating their usefulness as a management tool.
Because displaced bats need new homes, it makes sense to install bat
houses in advance where possible to avoid "passing the problem on to
the neighbors." For more information about exclusion, please contact
BCI. A new "Bats in Buildings" booklet and Internet-based document
with updated instructions will soon be available (see
www.batcon.org/binb). The large number of houses with maternity or
winter use is encouraging (Table 1). Bats either overwintered or used
houses all year in California,

http://www.batcon.org/bhresearcher/bv9n1-3.html

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Friend came back from vacation to a call from alarm service.
When she got home she found a "bird" making bump noises in her house, at
night.
I think it is a bat.

Local cops suggested she use a broom to help it leave. Any other ideas?

TIA

Lou



Call Ozzy Osborne. He eats the damn things.


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A fishing net works well, especially at 2 AM Tom
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Friend came back from vacation to a call from alarm service.
When she got home she found a "bird" making bump noises in her house, at
night.
I think it is a bat.




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On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:11:25 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
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My son had one that took up residence between the storm window
and the
inside window of his bedroom. They keep each other company for
about a year. Nice pet, you don't need to feed it and it eat stuff
you don't want around.


Bats never bothered me, either.

I have been awakened before, from the sound of a bat whizzing
through the loft where I was bunked, in the middle of the night. It
didn't faze me.
I just went back to sleep. And at least bats are far less annoying
than most birds who find their way indoors.


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~^Johnny^~ wrote:

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My son had one that took up residence between the storm window
and the
inside window of his bedroom. They keep each other company for
about a year. Nice pet, you don't need to feed it and it eat stuff
you don't want around.



Bats never bothered me, either.

I have been awakened before, from the sound of a bat whizzing
through the loft where I was bunked, in the middle of the night. It
didn't faze me.
I just went back to sleep. And at least bats are far less annoying
than most birds who find their way indoors.


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unless they are vampire bats.
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