Bat trapped in my house

36 years ago had bats randomly in house we moved into. Called 'Batman' who was licensed to rid house of them.

Step 1: in evening go outside to see where it enters and BLOCK HOLE.
Step 2: Bats using Nature's Sonar system are irritated with Random Noise. A friend loanes me a white noise
generator [ some of the modern music might also work {grin}].

Step 3: Open doors or windows. They will fly out and you are spared trying to capture them

Once I had to trap one with a tennis racket and used my Randall to dispatch it. From then on my family joked
that I "had stabbed Batman".
 
stevengregory said:
I get them in the house, now and then. I don't know how the little devils get in, but they get my dogs all worked up and it always seems to happen when I'm in a nice, deep sleep. It's gotten to the point where I always know what's going on when the dogs all go nuts at midnight. Another blasted bat! Anyway...when they fly, they have to drop downward to start out, so you use that to your advantage. If he's on a wall or even the ceiling, use a broom or dustmop to dislodge the little critter and catch him in an old towel. You might need help. Otherwise, if he's low enough, on a wall or something, just put the towel over him and wrap him up in it and take him outside. I've done it four or five times and it only takes a few minutes. I haven't been bit, yet. One more point. Don't let yourself be freaked out about it, it's just a mouse with wings. They won't attack you, all they want is to get out of your house. You just help them achieve that goal.
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That is good advice. We had one in our bedroom a few months ago, I tried to trap it under a broom for like ten minutes. The thing finally got tired and landed on the wall , so I trapped and wrapped it in a towel and threw it outside. It worked. They are actually pretty tiny things. My wife and kids were sure freaked :eek: .
 
stevengregory said:
Are you serious TJ, or just kidding? :confused:
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No joke! I originally found it on Wikipedia (not the most reliable of sources) but this same info is also found on several other sites.

Transmission has occurred via an aerosol through mucous membranes; transmission in this form may have happened in people exploring caves populated by rabid bats.
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In many cases, victims are not even aware of having been bitten by a bat, assuming that a small puncture wound found after the fact was the bite of an insect or spider; in some cases, no wound at all can be found, leading to the hypothesis that in some cases the virus can be contracted via inhaling airborne aerosols from the vicinity of a bat or bats. For instance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on May 9, 1997, that a woman who died in October, 1996 in Cumberland County, Kentucky and a man who died in December, 1996 in Missoula County, Montana were both infected with a rabies strain found in silver-haired bats; although bats were found living in the chimney of the woman's home and near the man's place of employment, neither victim could remember having had any contact with them.
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In addition, aerosol exposure has occurred, although rarely, in caves containing very large populations of infected bats. Transmission between animals also occurs by ingestion of infected tissues and by transplacental passage to offspring.
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Rabies can also be transmitted to humans and animals by aerosol transmission of the virus in urine or sputum, almost exclusively in a "dead air" situation such as a cave, mine, or tightly closed attic.
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Wow! I'm surprised and a little bit concerned. Maybe I'd better figure out just how those little guys are getting into my house and put a stop to it. I always thought they were relatively harmless little creatures, but never considered the possibility of the transmission of disease. And if one of my dogs would get bit, or even manage to catch, an infected "flying mouse" it could mean the death of my dog. Slim chance, maybe, but worth doing something about.

Thanks for the info, TJ.
 
TorzJohnson said:
No joke! I originally found it on Wikipedia (not the most reliable of sources) but this same info is also found on several other sites.
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Having been vaccinated against rabies for an infestation of bats, I asked the people at the local agricultural center what the deal was, and they told me why people who didn't know they got bitten did get infected. Rabies is not contagious as an airborne pathogen, but some bats (namely some vampire bats that feed like parasites) have evolved so that their bite is undetectable (re: you won't feel it until long after, and appears like an infected bugbite). People who contract rabies in this manner generally have been bitten, but b/c they didn't feel it and because bats move so fast, they simply didn't know. THis is also why they recommend that you get vaccinated if you suspect that bats have ever entered your house while you were sleeping.


dogs have mandatory rabies vaccinations and booster shots. Your dog won't get rabies from killing a bat.
 
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