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08-14-2007, 09:58 PM
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Huh? Just because it's in the house?
There was no contact? How old is the daughter?
-spence
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08-15-2007, 06:09 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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My daughter is 2 1/2, and when she is watching one of her shows on tv she is zoned in on it, and nothing else. I asked her if she saw the " birdie flying around the house" , she said no, but you never know with kids. It's very hard to tell a bat bite, sometimes they leave no sign. The doc's are saying better to be safe than sorry. There is a case study where a woman was awakened by a bat flying around her house. The bat was killed and buried in the yard. They baby was checked, and there was no visible 'bat wounds. The baby died a month later, so the bat was dug up and tested, sure enough it had rabies. As of right now, the bat is going to Dept of Health in Jamaica PLain, this is there infectious isease lab, for testing, and my daughter can supposedly wait till the bat is tested before needing shots.
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
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08-15-2007, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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wow ! on the rabies bite stuff...
i thought only vampire bats were prone to biting humans
i am going to increase my bat population by ten times...
i am going to grow bats...
between layers of hanging carpet
and harvest the guano...
i have a few dozen in the barn....
right over (18 inches up) head squeaking at you
i'm going batty you might say
they are quite bold and fly at shoulder height
grabbing mosquito's trying to bite you
i wonder how it got in your house....?
in the first place....
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08-15-2007, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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i wonder how it got in your house....?
in the first place....[/QUOTE]
Bats can fit through an opening the size of a pencil. When I replaced the rake boards on my house, there were some under the trim in very small spaces. They are usually harmless, but it's better to be safe than sorry. If it was my child, I would have had him at the hospital right away, too. My kid has so many cuts, scrapes and bruises, that finding a bite would be like finding a needle in a haystack. I have some bat house in the trees in my yard to keep the mosquito population down. I heard they can eat thousands of mosquitos a night. Good luck with your daughter. I hope she wasn't bitten or scratched by the bat.
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08-15-2007, 12:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
i wonder how it got in your house....?
in the first place....
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I heard they can eat thousands of mosquitos a night. Good luck with your daughter. I hope she wasn't bitten or scratched by the bat.[/quote]
well they eat their own weight every night... and now adays mosquitos are known to carry many diseases .....so to be perfectly honest i trust a healthy bat over a mosquito any day |
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08-15-2007, 12:50 PM
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Location: Burlington
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They can enter various ways. One is if the flashing around your chimney is loose, they squeeze in and roost on the rafters. Another is the end gables venting system. When installing the rake boards a space is left and they can work inside through cracks. I have had them in my office in the basement. They came in around the chinimey and fell down to the basement. It feels weired when you are working at a drawing board and one whizzes by your neck. I usually shut off the lights and open the door. I go outside and watch for them to find their way out. If that doesn't work a tennis raquet is the weapon of choice. They have trouble avoiding it as their echo penetrates and they fly right into it. Nasty looking critters!  |
low & slow 37
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08-15-2007, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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One of the biggest wive's tails going is that many bats carry rabies.The fact is that very few if any bats carries rabies.Why?They fly.When is the last time you saw a rabid animal jump up snag a bat,bite it and then the bat survives and flies away.The only bat of the several hundred species that has contact with other mammals is the vampire and it doesn't exist in the northern hemisphere.
Bats are probably the most beneficial of all mammals on the planet.Try finding a mosquito in southern TX when the freetails are there,which is all Summer long.
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08-15-2007, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Corona Del Mar, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
wow ! on the rabies bite stuff...
i thought only vampire bats were prone to biting humans
i am going to increase my bat population by ten times...
i am going to grow bats...
between layers of hanging carpet
and harvest the guano...
i have a few dozen in the barn....
right over (18 inches up) head squeaking at you
i'm going batty you might say
they are quite bold and fly at shoulder height
grabbing mosquito's trying to bite you
i wonder how it got in your house....?
in the first place....
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Guano... that is some great fertilizer when you grow your organic sticky icky. Not that i ever had anything to do with that |
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08-15-2007, 10:02 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
The doc's are saying better to be safe than sorry.
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Absolutely, you can't fool around with stuff like that.  |
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