So I am sitting at the bar....

[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....

[fishbones]

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.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by fishbones

i wonder how it got in your house....?
in the first place....

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

[gone fishin]

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!

[FormerUser]

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.

[Raven]

you da man !!!

[Sluggoslinger]

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....

Guano... that is some great fertilizer when you grow your organic sticky icky. Not that i ever had anything to do with that