Bats in the shop

Whit

Whit

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Not to be confused with my post on the "Baston Symposium" this is "Bats in the shop".

Does anyone know a good way to get rid of bats from the basement and crawl spaces of my house?

We just moved on post here, and we have two large basement rooms. One is going to be my workshop. I started moving things in there yesterday. When I went back down after a couple of hours, there was a bat in one of the boxes. Now call me selfish, but unless they are really good at sweeping up the shop, I really don't care to be sharing it with bats! Really the issue is that I have small children, I'd rather not have them around for that reason. Thanks.
 
The least destructive solution I can come up with so far is a .22 rifle and rat/birdshot :D I've used it quite a bit on sparrows in my barn and it doesn't do any damage to the walls/roof.

You gotta figure out how they get in and out too. Those little fellas eat bugs like you wouldn't beleive. I doubt they're just staying in your basement all the time, there's an opening somewhere.
 
12 gauge :eek: :D Probably time to call an exterminator. I'd let a pro handle that because of the chance of being bitten.
Scott
 
I think the thing to do is find out where there are comming in and getting out at night. Once that is established when they leave at night close up the exit. Normally they leave at dusk in the summer. They do a heck of alot more good than harm. I'd just try to evict them.

Since I built the shop addition these warmer days I have been noticing bumble bee's and yellow jackets in my shop. I'm sure it has to do with the dirt floors. I hope it don't get to bad but I think for now I'll just have to learn to live with them.
 
A friend of mine had a bat in his house and a .44 revolver. He didnt feel like fixing a bunch of holes so he unloaded the bullet from one, and replaced it with a spitwad. (I am not sure if he actually included the spit, or just the wad) He was able to "exterminate the bat with extreme prejudice" and not have to spackle the living room afterwards.
 
We cleaned bats from an attic by waiting till they came out at dusk and popping them with a 12 gage .#7 target loads work fine .However you MUST find entrances and seal them.Don't kill them unless necessary since they do consume lots of bugs and they may be protected in some areas. If you want to tackle them inside use a tennis racket it's challenging !!
 
It reminds me of a stubborn wasp (we have those huge red wasps over here - not too aggressive but will bite hard) that insisted in drinking water from the large dish I leave bellow my grinder as a dust catcher.
From time to time I had to stop for her to drink and I could not make her give up, regardless of the fact that there were plenty of other places in the shop where she coulkd drink.
then I had a bright idea and put some soap from the cooling bucket into the water. There came the wasp, tried it and got really pissed! Believe it or not, she kept flying in front of me just like saying: "I know it was you!"
 
Birds, wasps and bees come and go and are not too bothersom. Trying to grind with a bat flying around in your shop is tough, their irregular flight pattern deprives you of knowing where they are going and the more you try to guess the poorer the grind. I have never had one run into me, but it is still tough on concentration. Inspite of all their bad reputatioin they are good critters.
Bobbie the bat stuck around over a year and when he finally went somewhere I kind of missed him.
 
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