Infested

[Court Jester]

   

I need some insight on a minor infestation. Some people have mice, some roaches, (that gives me the willies just thinking about it, some may have ants, rats, whatever. I'm kind of an anal retentive person about things like this which only makes it that much worse. But I don't have any of the above.
I have bats that have decided to take over my house. I have cleared the house of TEN bats since Monday. This is just nuts.

I got a few over the winter and have been hearing something in the ceiling and the walls. I assumed they were mice so I pulled out one of the ceiling lights in the kitchen on Sunday and set out some traps, 12 mousetraps and 4 of those sticky pads. I tied some strings to them and pushed them back as far as I could. Since then I have caught 6 from there, killed one in the basement, and stomped one in the shower floor. I woke up today and got my coffee and flipped on CNN. I put the recliner back and looked up and there was a bat hanging from the rafter above my head. Looked around a little more and there was another one hanging from the rafter on the other side of the room. I got them with a little bb gun. "One shot, one kill. HHOOOORRRRAAAAA!!!!"

I have checked the chimneys and both screens and caps are still in place, all of the attic vents have screens on the inside, and I can't find a single crack or hole anywhere on the outside of the house where they might be getting in.

Does anybody know of anyway to get rid of these freaky little things? Is there anything that keeps them away? This is getting a little out of hand.     

[sryan296]

Do like ozzy and bite there heads off!

[Court Jester]

I need a few flying cats to keep outside.

[Ducmarc]

you'ved been hexed by the antiwheelie squad.......there's got to be a hole somewhere we live in the country so always fighting mice. one night the birds were going crazy turned the lights on and there was a large rat snake in the kitchen dumped him out by the barn the next day he was back had to take him up the road never did find the hole. do you have central air?or maybe around a wall unit? think they only eat live bugs and mosquitos so don't think you can posion them without a tent

[RCR_531]

Be careful they are protected. All they need is a nickel size hole to fit through and they are in. Maybe if you put  some bat houses out they may move out of yours. They do eat a lot of bugs.

[Burt Munro]

I'm sure you've already been checking the internet for info....

I did find this article that seemed reputable and had some good info.

http://www.entm.purdue.edu/Entomology/ext/targets/ADM/ADMPDF/ADM-11.pdf

[Court Jester]

thanks for that post burt. pretty interesting.
i found a sonic pest remover thingy-majig on the net. I'm going to order it and see if it helps at all. can't hurt anyway.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Fuck using a bb gun, I'd use a 12 ga.

[barb_arah]

Wow, talk about an infestation!  Sounds like a scene from a horror movie.  I sure hope it isn't like the old saying about grey hairs...you pull out one and three more grow in.

[Court Jester]

found one spot and got it closed off. i'm heading out of town this weekend and a guy is coming in on saturday to seal it up and kill whatever may be left of the little bastages

[spyderchick]

I sure hope it isn't like the old saying about grey hairs...you pull out one and three more grow in.

Tell ya what, who ever has grey hair: start pulling them and see if you have fuller head of hair in 3 months. 

To think, balding people keep rubbing goop on their heads and paying for Hair Club and all they needed to do was pull the ol' grey ones! 

Yeah, it has nothing to do with bats, but now you have something weird to ponder, (like y'all needed anything else.)

[tstruyk]

my folks have been trying go lure bats to their house... mind you not in... but around.

As mentioned they eat alot of bugs. I'd seal off the house maybe kill the one's inside...but then build/buy a bat house and throw it on your roof or chimney...

Alexa I have NEVER rubbed goop on my head... unless you count the shaving cream.  Bald is in and I'm ridin the wave!!   8)

[chaplain220]

Wow, cops by day, bats by night, interesting little town you live in.  Garlic, is I believe, the recommended repellant if they start to go for the neck.  

[spyderchick]

Wow, cops by day, bats by night, interesting little town you live in.  Garlic, is I believe, the recommended repellant if they start to go for the neck. 

That works about as well as pulling grey hair.

[23sLady]

My guy is scared of spiders. I wonder what he'd do if he saw a bat in our house. hehe Probably scream at me to "getttt ittttttttttt" :-)

Good luck with the bat situation. It does sound like a horror movie. :-)

[Burt Munro]

I sure hope it isn't like the old saying about grey hairs...you pull out one and three more grow in.

I've been working on that one for years!!!!  I think I - almost - got it solved!!