Hire an expert to get your bat out of the building
Your house is quiet; it’s dark outside. A bat has lost its way from its colony and is caught inside your home. Now what? Assuming it is only one lost bat, you can open the windows and doors, stand back, and watch the bat make its way outside, with the both of you happier for the exit. However, if you see more than one bat over a season, it’s likely you have an infestation.
This will require the assistance of bat control (humane, live, professional) expert. And if you are wondering why you should get rid of them, if the bats are only around once in a while, and you’re not bothered by them that much - well, you should consider the following: exposure to disease, smell, damage to the structure caused by urine or guano, liability… and so on.
Bats can get into homes through very tiny openings found along roof edges, eaves, chimney, attic or roof vents, or a dozen other possible places. These holes will have to be sealed once the bats are excluded. The task of finding all these holes and sealing them is better left to a pest control bats expert—one who can identify possible entrances and has the knowledge and tools to seal them.
People have lived in homes for years unaware that there was an infestation. Fortunately though, it will take only days or weeks to rid one’s home or building of a bat colony. And the peace of mind, safety, and damage prevention from the exclusion will be well worth any expense in money or time.
The bat control expert will first inspect the home or building to make sure there is an infestation. He will fit “exclusion” doors in the holes that will allow any bats in the building to exit, but not allow for re-entry. Sealing the holes before all the bats are out of the building is tantamount to failure. Netting or other temporary method of exclusion may also be placed over a chimney if a seal is inappropriate.
The bat removal (exclusion, extermination) professional may recommend that you place a bat house of some sort near your building at some time during this process. This will give the exiled bats a place to go and will allow for the continuance of beneficial insect control provided by bats.
Though it may appear the bats have just moved into your home, it is quite possible they have been there for a long time. The size of the colony, the amount of property damage, and the amount of accumulated guano in the attic or walls often surprise homeowners and managers of commercial buildings. Depending on the size, age, and location of the infestation, once the bats are excluded, the control specialist may recommend you have an urine and bat guano clean up (histoplasmosis, danger, toxic, safe, disease, and any necessary repairs to walls or ceilings made.
Watch out for the jack-of-all-trades, master of none. The fly-by-night, so-called experts are out there, even in bat control. These companies do not have a track record for effective control, but may try to lure you into doing business with a lower cost. Make sure the company you are dealing with will be there if the bats make a return visit. Some providers refuse to give warranties, saying that true bat exclusion is near impossible. That is rubbish!
A reputable commercial bat control (removal, exclusion) expert should be able to warranty no re-infestation for a period of time; with your right to call him back, at no cost to you, should the bats return.
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