Flowing Brook Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 There is a bat in my house. It is flying around my bedroom. There is a five inch gap between the top of the door and the doorway. He can get out any minute. There is no one to save me. What do I do? Run away? Grab the shot gun and start shooting? Burn the house down? I hate bats with a passion. So please do not suggest rescuing myself by putting on gloves and getting a net. Seriously it is at least another hour until anyone gets home and I hate these things. Anyone care to come rescue me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busymama7 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I would leave. Go on a drive or something. No way would I stay in the house. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I would leave. Go on a drive or something. No way would I stay in the house. Sorry! Unfortunately my dad borrowed my car today. He won't be back for another hour. So if I leave it would be on foot and it is fifteen degrees outside. Although I am seriously thinking about waiting outside. I might go for a hour long walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 oh my what a situation......is there any way you can go to another room where the bat can't get to??? LOL you will definitely have to share how the story ends....((HUGS)) I wouldn't like a bat in my house either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Shut yourself in the bathroom and take a long bath or shower. Or shut yourself in the basement if you have one. Any friends nearby with whom you can hang out? I was actually running myself a bath when I saw the bat. I went in the bedroom to get my night clothes. I was also putting clean sheets on the bed. Should I wash my sheets again? I don't know much about bat droppings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I would call animal control. Don't know if they would come, but I would call them. Surely even if they couldn't come, they would tell me who to call instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Unfortunately I live so far out in the middle of nowhere that there is no animal control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabinfl Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Is there a pest control company anywhere in your vicinity? That would be my first choice as they can search for nests and try to prevent them from entering in the future. Bats can carry rabies and will bite. If you can open doors and/or windows and chase it out with a broom or something, do it before the critter goes to sleep in the morning. Block up whatever openings you think it might be able to get in through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes, call someone to come get it. Not to scare you, but they take bats very seriously due to possible rabies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Shop vac. Really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Tennis raquet - to guide it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Towel and nail and hammer. Climb up on a chair and nail a towel to cover those 5 inches above the door. You want that bat contained until someone can rescue you. If it gets out of the room, then where will it be?!?? Anywhere!!!! Contain that bat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Towel and nail and hammer. Climb up on a chair and nail a towel to cover those 5 inches above the door. You want that bat contained until someone can rescue you. If it gets out of the room, then where will it be?!?? Anywhere!!!! Contain that bat! :iagree: After the bat is contained in the room I would open the window and try to encourage the bat to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Put a ring of garlic around your head, grab what you can, leave and never look back!! AAAaaaaH!!!! That house is broken now!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I would hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Shop vac. Really That is really horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hit it with a tennis racket and take it outside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 other. I would hop into bed and pull the sheet over my head. this is my standard thing with a bat in the room. the bats always come into my bedroom. DH has made a bathouse on the outside of the house to try and encourage them to live there instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 If I was in this part of MI, I would call these people: http://www.crittercatchersinc.com/critters/bats/Winter_Bats_In_House.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 If I was in this part of MI, I would call these people: http://www.crittercatchersinc.com/critters/bats/Winter_Bats_In_House.html "During Michigan's winter months, some people experience bats getting into their living quarters. These people have a colony of bats hibernating in their attic or walls and abat exclusionis necessary for their removal. Is this the only bat in the house? No. The species of bat that hibernates in SE Michigan homes is the Big Brown Bat. This species live and hibernate in colonies. " Given this information, I would consider the house and it's contents a total loss and I would leave with the clothes on my back. Shudder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I am so sorry I have no suggestions, but thanks for giving me a great laugh at the end of a long, hard day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I have a friend that wanted to burn the house when a tarantula came in, light the match and go on a walk. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 You must have a big butterfly net and a giant pot lid. We usually use a sheet, but that works because we have at least two people holding it up and walking across the room to isolate the bat. We've always been successful in getting it to fly out the window this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wondering how the bat trauma worked out. :grouphug: I would have freaked out; those beast carry rabies and it's easy to be bitten and not know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 The drama continues. Last night when my dad got home. He went in the room and the bat was gone. We looked everywhere Nothing. So I thought he must have gotten into another part of the house and one place was as safe to sleep as another. So I slept in the batroom. Just as I was drifting off to sleep I heard a scraping sound. I thought "oh no the bat is back" I turned the light on and sure enough the bat was flying around the room. I was afraid he would run into me if I stood up so I called for my dad. By the time he came in the room the bat was gone. I have no idea where he went. So I slept on the couch with glove a flash light and a net next to me. I heard and saw nothing. Hopefully we will find him tonight. If not the house gets torched! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 You need a tennis racket. You can whack them when they are flying, then put on gloves, wrap a tea towel around the bat, and then carry it outside. When we first moved here, until we were able to figure out all of their entrances, we became very adept with the tennis racket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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