Theres a [censored] bat in my [censored] house - Page 3

Howard Beale · #21 03-02-2007, 09:47 AM

I'm not a do-it-myselfer especially when it comes to fighting a bat. Why not hire a pro? It's got to be better than swinging tennis rackets at a possibly rabid bat.

KilgoreTrout · #22 03-02-2007, 10:01 AM

Owl - your from MA, right, so you probably have a little guy in your house. If you don't want to kill it here's what to do:

Close all doors to the room.

Open a window.

Leave room, get a bath towel and a pair of work gloves.

Return to room and wait for the bat to perch.

Approach where the bat is perched slowly. Lightly hold the towel in your right hand. Raise your left hand and move it slowly and slightly to get the bat's attention as you approach.

When you're close enough and you see the bat's ears tilt toward your left hand, catch the bat with the towel (caarful, they're delicate). The bat will screech, but it's a pretty cool sound.

Take the bat wrapped in the towel over to the open window, close the window so that only your arms are sticking out, open the towel and let the bat go. It may be disoriented and sit there for a few seconds, but once it gets its bearings it'll fly off.

Chances are the bat has been roosting in your chimney, and there are probably more of them. They do no harm and they'll consume about 2000 mosquitoes per night in the spring.

TyFuji · #23 03-02-2007, 10:14 AM

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I'm not a do-it-myselfer especially when it comes to fighting a bat. Why not hire a pro? It's got to be better than swinging tennis rackets at a possibly rabid bat.

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Because it is in man's nature to battle the animals who invade his home.

udbrky · #24 03-02-2007, 04:06 PM

We used to get them at a place I worked at a few years ago. Most of the time, they'd be dehydrated and weak when we'd find them, and you'd just pick them up and put them outside.

We always had some kind of brown bat that was an endangered specie, so we couldn't really kill it, then again, who was gonna catch us? I don't think most bats are rabid.

You can hit them, and they'll fall down stunned and take them out then. I witnessed that happening once. It's funny to see everyone else freaking out, then have a farmer just deck the bat. Of course, then everyone starts out with "You monster! How could you do that!"

TheNoodleMan · #25 03-02-2007, 04:08 PM

I think its about time for 2+2 to have a "wild animal in my house" forum.

Howard Beale · #26 03-02-2007, 04:16 PM

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I'm not a do-it-myselfer especially when it comes to fighting a bat. Why not hire a pro? It's got to be better than swinging tennis rackets at a possibly rabid bat.

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Because it is in man's nature to battle the animals who invade his home.

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Now I know what I'd done wrong in regards to my ex-mother-in-law.

Jiggymike · #27 03-02-2007, 04:32 PM

If you see it flying about, whack it with a towel to knock it out of the air, then put it outside. If it's coming in more often, you'll have to find where it's coming in from. Don't kill it, bats are awesome and like another poster said, they eat insects which are more annoying and numerous.

neuroman · #28 03-02-2007, 04:58 PM

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive . . ."And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about 100 miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?"

Then it was quiet again. My attorney had taken his shirt off and was pouring beer on his chest, to facilitate the tanning process. "What the hell are you yelling about," he muttered, staring up at the sun with his eyes closed and covered with wraparound Spanish sunglasses. "Never mind," I said. "It's your turn to drive." I hit the brakes and aimed the Great Red Shark toward the shoulder of the highway. No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.

<font color="white">Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas </font>

Frequitude · #29 03-02-2007, 05:52 PM

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Bats are crazy.

When I was living in residence at university, I was out in the quad one night. I went to take a piss in the corner, so I start goin' and I hear this hissing noise, kinda like an air leak or something. I am fairly messed up at this point, so I'm sure it's nothing.

I continue to piss, and am still hearing this hissing sound so I decide to investigate. Of course, there is a bat hanging on the wall right where I am pissing, drenched in my piss, still hissing. It is unable to fly and just lays there on the cement once I knock it down.

That is the good part of the story, there is so much more to it than that, I just don't have the time or energy.

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5:1 says you were shroomin'. Now that would be trippy.

Skoob · #30 03-02-2007, 05:59 PM

My folks had a bat problem in their house, 8 bats in one night my mom told me.

They got a couple of those sonic rodent dealies and they actually work, on bats at least.

They later discovered a hole/crevasse somewhere in the siding where the little buggers were getting in. Plugged the hole, no more bats.

But those so called "sonic" devices seemed to work in the interim. The bat probably lives in a vent or in the wall or crawlspace somewhere. Shoo it out the window and it will be back. Spend $20 on a device, find where they are getting in, and plug that hole!