I am converting my horse barn into a workshop. I have these tiny bats living in crevices in the rafters. I don't mind bats but I want them out of my shop. How do I get them out without harming them?
I had a customer with them nesting in a attic fan I needed to repair. They just called an exterminator. Even if you get them out how would you keep them out?
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They are protected. It is an expensive process for exterminators to remove them. The area is sealed off with one one-way exit left in place. After some time the area is checked to ensure the bats have all left. Then the last opening is shut. the cleanup mitigation then follows.
When I lived in Mt. Pleasant Sc, some endangered bats moved into our apartment block and the smell from the dropping was horrifying. The ammonia was coming from the walls...I called manager and then called a exterminator myself.
That’s when we found out they were endangered and nothing could be done. The apartments moved all four families out into another apartment.
About a month later I saw the maintenance guy with a smoker from a bee keeper runnning smoke into the attic to try and get rid of them as the manager said they were losing money because they couldn’t rent the apartments.
The smoke worked, and I’m sure it was completely against some rule somewhere. But it worked. They fixed up every little crack to keep em put and had to completely gut the block to get rid of the droppings.
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Go out at dusk with a nice wool cap, walk under their usual route, and when you see one, you throw your cap into the air and loudly call, "Bat! Bat! Fly into my hat". And when the cap lands sure enough, there will be a bat in it. You transfer the bat into your cage and repeat as many times as necessary.
Originally posted by Woodman: You have to catch them and then relocate them.
Go out at dusk with a nice wool cap, walk under their usual route, and when you see one, you throw your cap into the air and loudly call, "Bat! Bat! Fly into my hat". And when the cap lands sure enough, there will be a bat in it. You transfer the bat into your cage and repeat as many times as necessary.
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We had some trying to get into our attic. Luckily the screen on the eve vents held but during the day they nested up under the louvered part of the vent. A company with expertise put up a simple thing called a bat flap. Black plastic like garbage bag material. They are open at the bottom to allow them out and they aren't smart enough to get back in. They go out at night then can't return back inside. Once they are gone you put up a more substantial type of screen over the vents, hardware cloth. a heavy duty galvanized screen they can't chew through. Then, hopefully, they go to your neighbors house.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 220-9er,
Originally posted by nighthawk: There are sonic devices that you can put in that puts out very high frequency sounds that drive them batty, and they move out.
If they work as well as the ones for mice and rats... then they don't do anything.
My grandfather's hunting cabin has bats and it can be rough from the guano in the walls, especially in to cold temps. The kerosene stove draws air up the chimney, which is replaced by air drawn through every nook and crevice, bringing the stink and ammonia smell with it.
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You don't want them dying in there. They rot into a mess that will soak through your celling and is very unpleasant. They must be expelled and then seal the openings.
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Originally posted by MikeinNC: When I lived in Mt. Pleasant Sc, some endangered bats moved into our apartment block and the smell from the dropping was horrifying. The ammonia was coming from the walls...I called manager and then called a exterminator myself.
That’s when we found out they were endangered and nothing could be done. The apartments moved all four families out into another apartment.
About a month later I saw the maintenance guy with a smoker from a bee keeper runnning smoke into the attic to try and get rid of them as the manager said they were losing money because they couldn’t rent the apartments.
The smoke worked, and I’m sure it was completely against some rule somewhere. But it worked. They fixed up every little crack to keep em put and had to completely gut the block to get rid of the droppings.
Unrelated, where at in Mt P? It’s where I live now.
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Originally posted by Wreckless: They are protected. It is an expensive process for exterminators to remove them. The area is sealed off with one one-way exit left in place. After some time the area is checked to ensure the bats have all left. Then the last opening is shut. the cleanup mitigation then follows.
This right here. They are federally protected, I’ve never known anyone to get a visit from the bat Feds, but I imagine it wouldn’t be cheap.
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