bats in my attic

tractorhead · Jul 28, 2017

YO! now I got bats in my attic, how do I get rid. Some experts want big $$ There saying it is not a simple job. Sheese one thing after another.....

Stephen Newell · Jul 28, 2017

Try to find out how they are getting in and block the hole at night when they are out. Put some bat boxes around your property so they have somewhere else to go. They are good to have around as they eat mosquitos.

tractorhead · Jul 28, 2017

)ne more thing, they got babys

Janicholson · Jul 28, 2017

If they have babies that are not flying, I would wait until they do, then provide a new home (easy to construct) bat box. As long as they are not creating havoc, they are desirable. "residential" bats help keep a population going in the face of desease that ravenges cave colonies. Google. Jim

gene bender · Jul 28, 2017

Just read up on bats on the net and get some bat houses up you wont be sorry

johnlobb · Jul 28, 2017

I've seen a website that sells a very bright light that flashes at pre determined intervals and seems to keep squirrels and bats and raccoons out of the space where the light is.

kcm.MN · Jul 28, 2017

(quoted from post at 05:45:40 07/28/17) YO! now I got bats in my attic, how do I get rid. Some experts want big $$ There saying it is not a simple job. Sheese one thing after another.....

Yes, those psychologists definitely aren't cheap! :lol:

When in USAF, part of the old fire station was the backup air traffic control tower, but had been shut down for many years. We'd often end up with a bat getting into the tower, then flying down into the Communications Center! Couldn't get any help from anyone, so the base rec hall gave us a couple of old badminton rackets and we set up a scoreboard for Bat Kills. Then one day we had a surprise inspection and the officers wanted to know what that meant. I told them. Next thing we knew, we had a new ceiling installed!

Here's the thing - bats are good! They can cause a mess and they can carry diseases, but they are very beneficial for the environment. So once you know the kiddie bats can fly, might not be a bad idea to set up a bright light in their area while they're out at night. Some noise from a radio might also work. However, unless you find out how they're getting in, you will continue to have problems.

As Stephen suggested, try to find out where they are getting in and, when the kiddies are flying, get that light on to keep them out and seal the hole. Also look for any other potential holes they might get into. PLEASE, try not to seal them inside! You will end up needing a racket and scoreboard of your own, as these things are simply flying mice and can get through very tiny spaces!

Bats are not birds - they are mammals.

JDEM · Jul 28, 2017

Why get rid of them? I'd be glad to have them. Bats are disappearing all over the US and they are welcome at my place.

buickanddeere · Jul 28, 2017

The mold, mildew, bacteria and virus's from the guano (bat sh!t) makes some people very ill.

Roger in Iowa · Jul 28, 2017

I bought some of the electronic (pack of 4) ultrasonic devices from Menards and that has seemed to get rid of the bats.

Had tried plugging holes, etc, without results. They are tenacious critters.

JDEM · Jul 28, 2017

Well . . stop eating it.

Roger in Iowa · Jul 28, 2017

You have not had the stink in the attic/house, or you would not be so happy to have bats.

flembo · Jul 28, 2017

I bet those things would work well. I bought some similar ones that stuck into the ground to get rid of Moles and they worked great, it took about a week and no more Moles. I don't know where they went but their gone.

Bob in SD · Jul 28, 2017

We paid some bat experts to attempt that once. They installed one way doors so the bats could leave but not come back in, or so they claimed. The bats left the attic, but ended up flying throughout the rest of the house for a week or so until we removed them, by hand, one-by-one. My guess is that the experts were used to frame/brick veneer houses and the bats just typically ended up dying in the walls or stuck in the attic. There isn't much to them, maybe as heavy as a mouse (but I still think folks would smell them). We had a honest brick house, with no space in the walls for them to die in, so they crawled down into the house when they couldn't get out.

Bat's are great to have around (bat guano is excellent fertilizer, they eat mosquitoes and other bugs. They aren't good to have in your attic or walls though.

37chief · Jul 28, 2017

Like someone else mentioned find the hole they come out of. Hang a cover over it so they can drop out, but can't return. I had a colony of bats in my barn,shop. They made a big mess. when they leave they fly in circles in the building. At the same time they p and it is very corrosive. I still have bat p on my cabinets. They also carries rabies. I would rather put up with a few bugs than stinking bats. Stan

JDEM · Jul 28, 2017

I had bats, bees, and flying squirrels in my attic in New York for over 10 years. Only the bees caused any issues. Well . . once a flying squirrel hopped in bed with me and my wife and I had to spend and hour to catch it.

bmack95hd · Jul 28, 2017

It was said that my Grandpa had bats in his attic, that's why he had to go live at that special home.

JMS/.MN · Jul 28, 2017

I was ushering in church one Sunday when I noticed a creature heading up the side aisle during the sermon...it was a bat! I took the long-handled collection basket and put it over him. I remembered that we had some flyers on a nearby book rack, so I slid one of them under the overturned basket, trapping the bat inside, and carried it out of doors. People told me that bats cannot fly off a flat surface, like a floor- they need to launch themselves off of an edge, drop a bit, then fly. Is that true?

Eagle Beagle · Jul 28, 2017

Bats in West central Iowa have been bad this year. Exterminators were called on two structures on the family farm.

But bats in New York, and some southern states have a White Mold Nose disease, it's showing up on bats in Texas too. 90% mortality rate for those infected.

Beagle

Traditional Farmer · Jul 28, 2017

Wait until the babies are big enough to be on their own and then spread out 3 or 4 boxes of moth balls or moth flakes.

old · Jul 28, 2017

Very simple find where they are gettign in and then after dark close it off. Bat like bees are our friends and we need them around. A bat can eat up to his own weight in mositios (sp) in just one night and some bats are on the endangered list and can cost a guy big $$ if you are caught killing them

TomH in PA · Jul 28, 2017

The can squeeze through a hole that you can't fit your finger in. And they seem to be attracted to a place that smells like their home. Good luck keeping them out once they move in.

Geo-TH,In · Jul 28, 2017

We had a school with bats. They had to seal up all cracks. Then install a vertical plastic pipe that bats could get out, but not get back in.

Sounds simple, yet school paid a lot of money to get rid of over 100 bats. They even installed cameras to see bats leaving.

Texasmark1 · Jul 28, 2017

Had to LMAO on that reply.

DR. EVIL · Jul 28, 2017

Wife, SON, and I lived in a 135 year old quarried stone farm house 25 years ago. We had bats in the attic. We had NO bugs, mosquitos, gnats, etc. Had to get 500-600 feet away from the house to find a flying insect. We could sit on the deck all evening and not have a bug bother us. In 2-1/2 years we had two tiny bats find their way into the house, one in the basement and other was at the top of basement stairs when Wife opened door.

I'd enjoy sharing space with your new visitors if I was you. They're good neighbors.

farmerjohn · Jul 28, 2017

Yes, They cannot jump off the floor and fly, they need to launch. Or just throw it into the air and away it goes.

farmerjohn · Jul 28, 2017

Yes, They cannot jump off the floor and fly, they need to launch. Or just throw it into the air and away it goes.

Greenfrog · Jul 29, 2017

Since this is a bar topic....
I have bats in my old barn. Don't like the guano(poop) on everything. How do I rid the barn of these?..

NoNewParts · Jul 29, 2017

old, old house, I left them alone for decades...eat bugs, etc
Eventually...just too many...
like said, seal holes at night when they are out.
...and they will find another way in..
Keep after it, seal them all....took me 2 years of fighting, but it is winnable. Some moved to sheds and barns which is fine. House is clear.

Just like a horror movie...up on the roof at midnight..wearing a hoodie and gloves sealing cracks and holes, with HUNDREDS of bats flitting around you....great fun

ps....before starting outside, carefully check your entire house....inside...seal every hole and seam. Once the battle starts outside they WILL find the smallest crack to get INSIDE..lol

Mark - IN. · Jul 29, 2017

I remember as a kid that one of my grandmothers was said to have had bats in her attic. These days they call it dementia or alzheimer's. She used to try and play baseball with me and my buddies but wasn't very good at it. When she'd get struck out while up at the plate she'd still run to first base and then just keep running and running and running. My grandfather used to grab a fishing net and hop into his pickup and go chase after her.

Mark

omahagreg · Jul 29, 2017

years ago a young Dr bought a nice old house in Omaha. Within a week they moved out because bats kept showing up in the babies crib. I was hired to gut the third floor to figure out how they got in. Every time I found one I'd call the humane society. They live in colonies of 16, and can fit thru a hole the size of a dime! This particular time they were getting in where the brick chimney had started to seperate from the house. Lots of steel wool-no more bats!

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