How can I get bats out of my wall without killing them?
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I found this:
( I'm just giving you some quick excerpts)
Breeding: Bats will choose protected environments for the creation of nursery colonies. Nursery colonies are where female bats nurse their babies to self-sufficiency. It’s common for several hundred mother bats to share the same roost with each other creating a ‘colony’ of babies and mothers. Maternity season for bats in the United States and Canada is usually from late April to late August.
before you start, you should check your local ordinances as it is illegal to disturb roosts, trap and / or kill bats in many areas. This guide will not tell you how to kill bats, but it will tell you how to get rid of them.
You need to do is determine where they are roosting. Grab a chair and sit outside a few evenings with an eye to the sky. Are they in the trees? Around your house? Your neighbors houses? Make a list of every place they may be roosting based on your observation.
DO NOT go immediately out and seal any holes up, as you will trap many bats inside of the roost and end up with dead, rotting bats in hard to reach spaces which will cause even more problems with odors and pests. Be wary of the time of year you do this too - Maternity season for bats in the United States and Canada ranges from late April to late August and the roost may still contain babies that are unable to leave on their own. Roosts are almost never empty so you need to attach devices to these areas that allow the bats to exit, but not re-enter.
The whole article, and directions for making an "bat excluder", plus lots of tips for repellents, etc are at :
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/pest-c...
I hope this helps...
It's best to call a professional. They can give you rabies if you accidentally get bit.
the bats probably leave every night to hunt. wait until they leave on their own then seal up the hole they are using to get in.
I am not saying that they work, but how about putting an ultrasonic pest control devise in an outlet in the wall the bats are in. It the devise works as advertised, then it should discourage them from staying or returning.
This would be a humane way if ridding you of the bats, but you will need to find where they are getting in and seal the hole anyway. Also, you will probably have to look around to see if there are any other places for them to enter your house, they might just move to another area away from the pest control devise.
I have had bats get into our house before but they usually don't leave very healthy - I have four active cats and a good tennis racket.
I hope that this helps, I have no proof that the devises I mentioned even work so you may need to research more (so do I also).
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