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myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life1 month ago

Seriously, I have bat flying around my house. I saw him fly through the kitchen, dining room and living rooms a few times, then lose sight of him, I am swinging like a crazy person with the broom.

Suggestions please!!!

 
 
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tamarafireheart (2832) response was accepted on 7/24/2008.
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1. myLot reputation of 94/100. kebpete (6874)   ranked 582 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

Is there any way you can trap it in one room and call animal control so they get it out?


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

No, my house is open with a shed ceiling in the living room, to make things worse, I am deaf in one ear, so I can hear it but have no idea where it is to help track it down.


myLot reputation of 94/100. kebpete (6874)   ranked 582 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

response has great idea maybe that will work it just have a fit i hate those things.

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2. myLot reputation of 98/100. boppiedog (619)   ranked 1,861 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

Oh my. You know that only happened to me once and thankfully my husband saw it before I did. Next thing I know he had my fish net. He caught it and tossed it back outside before I had the coronary and wanted to sleep with the lights on.
I wonder if it would settle down if the lights we either dimmed or up brightly. Remember they are the nocturnal ones. I'm so sorry I wish that I had more for you. Good luck and be careful


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

I know, the lights were down but then I just saw him flying around. There are fans going all over the house, I got the dogs isolated in the bedroom. Now he has not moved in about 5 or 10 minutes. I could try opening the kitchen door, but I am afraid that more would fly in. That worked for me one time in the family room.

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3. myLot reputation of 93/100. chineseairhead (533)   ranked 1,327 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

Bats don't hurt people. I think you can get rid of it when it's sleeping


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

bats carry rabies and I have 2 dogs that might decide to try and catch it. I don't like them. Sure if I could find it. It was hanging over my head in a picture frame and I did not realize it until it flew out.

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4. myLot reputation of 89/100. tamarafireheart (2832)   ranked 3,972 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

Hi Debs_place,


Oh gosh! are you ok? the bat won't harm you just leave all the windows open and switch all lights off it will go, I had one many years ago when my cat brought it in and I left the bat in a box with its lid open and went to bed next day it was gone, it went out the open bedroom window, its a good thing my husband didn't wake up and see a bat hovering over him, he he he.


Tamara


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

We have bats all over outside. I am scared more might fly in if I did that. This is not my first experience with them. But those are stories for another time.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

tamara - you were dead on. Open the windows and it will fly out.

Thanks.


myLot reputation of 89/100. tamarafireheart (2832)   ranked 3,972 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

Hi Debs_place,

I'm glad it worked.

Tamara

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5. myLot reputation of 94/100. ShepherdSpy (1251)   ranked 1,022 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

I'm getting practised at de-Batting! They're like little flying Meeces..they'll cling to curtains,or end up on the floor at some point..just use a cloth to net the wee beggar,and carry it outside and let it go free..they're good at avoiding stuff like swinging brooms..let it settle down.they won't keep flying!


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

It did, but I don't know where, I am slowly looking around looking for it but I can't find it. I am hoping it did not go to another part of the house.

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6. myLot reputation of 94/100. bmorehouse1 (373)   ranked 2,920 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

I have had a bat in my house a couple of times, but I was not the one who caught them. The furnace man found a dead one in my furnace once. Ugh! I had a neighbor that had bats all the time. Nasty creatures! The only thing I can suggest is using a net or a broom. I don't really have a definitive answer as to how to catch them. Would you believe that I had a live bat in my swimming pool the other day! I was mortified! It was stuck near the skimmer where the water goes out of the pool and into the filter. It was trying to get out and couldn't. I was brave and got my pool net and fished it out and then threw net and all as far as I could, cause I didn't want to be near it. I went back out later and it was gone. That has never happened before. Better there than inside the house I guess! I get shivers just thinking about it. We had one in our church one day and I opened the door and it flew out! Couldn't beleive that it was that easy! Good luck. I hope you get it out.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

Yes, I am doing the broom thing. I am hoping to find it when it is down, but it seems to hide, and in plain sight too. I am thinking the door but I am scared one will fly in with the door open.

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7. myLot reputation of 96/100. tyc415 (2601)   ranked 4,049 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

I would suggest you call animal control and if no luck there call the police or sheriff department. That bat needs to be caught and checked for rabies. If all else fails get a broom after it.:)


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

that is what I am doing. My husband is coming in right now to help.

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8. myLot reputation of 23/100. redyellowblackdog (2930)   ranked 8,143 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

A very mean sadistic person I use to know thought it was funny to go where bats were hunting and toss small pebbles up in the air and strike the pebble as it came down with a tennis racket. Why? Often times the bats are fooled into thinking the pebble is an insect and will dive on it. You could not in a million years track the bat with your eyes and hit it, but if you swing at the pebble you often times will hit the bat as it is headed toward the pebble. I don't know if this would work in doors, but who knows.

Other than that, open doors and windows and herd the bat with your broom until he leaves out a convient exit.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

My husband came in and found the bat where it had been hanging one of the times I spotted it. He hit it with the broom figuring he would stun it. THe little sucker dropped on the floor and flew away. He got it with the broom, 2nd swing. Little league and former baseball coach.

It went down, we covered it with a box, tried to get something under to get it out and it got. He nailed it with the broom, sent it bouncing across the floor and then squished it.

what an adventure.

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9. myLot reputation of 100/100. arkaf61 (4459)   ranked 5 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

Oh my, that doesn't sound good, although I confess I would prefer a bat to mice or roaches hehehehehehe
I am not sure what to suggest but wouldn't it go out to "hunt" during the night?
I guess you need to know how he got in in the first place to make sure he doesn't come back, but it seems that he just entered the house by mistake and is probably wanting to leave as much as you want it too LOL
Good luck:)


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

I have one old dog who has to be pushed out the door in good weather and he is worse in the rain, I'll bet that he got in last night while i was pushing him out the door.

Well he just left in a sneaker box. My hubby, my hero, came home for lunch and nailed his tiny little butt.


myLot reputation of 100/100. arkaf61 (4459)   ranked 5 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

LOL hubby saved the day:):):):) Good thing!!!!

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10. myLot reputation of 98/100. reinydawn (2712)   ranked 4,151 out of 26,366 in life   1 month ago

Well, I hope you've gotten it out by now. When I was a teenager we had a bat in our house. We openned the sliding glass door and my brother tried to sweep it out with a broom. We turned the tv up really loud because we thought they didn't like loud noise. It did leave after a while, but I don't remember much more about it other than we had just made cinimon rolls and it walked all over them so we had to throw them out.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (5574)   ranked 113 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

A waste of cinnamon rolls. I am glad you got him out.

My house was confusing for it. I have a raised ranch, with a shed ceiling in the living room. A ceiling fan in the kitchen, a pass-thru from the kitchen to the dining room. a fan in the living room, another in the dining room and a house fan. So air was coming from it in every direction. And I think the fans really disorient them.

My husband, my hero came home for his lunch and knocked the be-jous out of it with the broom. I have to scrub the carpet to get the body imprint up off of it.

But the crisis is over.


myLot reputation of 98/100. reinydawn (2712)   ranked 4,151 out of 26,366 in life  1 month ago

Oh, so the bat didn't make it? That doesn't sound like fun. At least the crisis is over - give the hubby an extra smootch for that one!

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