HELP! There is a bat in my house!!

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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.:)

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.

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:)

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.