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My neighbors have a cape house and have bats in knee wall. Any ideas or what an exterminator charges? Thanks GS!
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I usually send the mother in law home & that does the trick!! :hide: :sidelaugh :sidelaugh
Check out this website & it will help:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bats
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Check out this website & it will help:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bats
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I would assume it is based on your location. I would check your local phone book under exterminators or pest control, and make some phone calls.
Disease and a terrible odor
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:ditto: Bats are associated with a few diseases that affect people, such as rabies and histoplasmosis. Rabies is a dangerous, fatal disease, but only about 5 percent of bats submitted for testing are infected with the rabies virus. In recent years, there has been increased concern about the risk of rabies transmission following contact with bats. If an injured or ill bat is found in or around a structure, it should be removed. Because most bats will try to bite when handled, they should be picked up with tongs or a shovel. (contact your local animal control office for information on safe bat capture.) If a bat has bitten or scratched a person or pet or is found in your home, capture the bat without touching it with your hands and without crushing its head. If the bat is dead, refrigerate it (DO NOT freeze) and then contact your local health department immediately for instructions.
Bats with rabies have been identified in most areas of the state. In recent years, bats have been the most common animal identified with rabies in the state.
The incidence of histoplasmosis being transmitted from bat droppings to humans is not thought to be high. Nevertheless, fresh bat droppings (unlike fresh bird dropping) can contain the histoplasmosis fungus. Bat droppings do not need to come into contact with soil to be a source of the disease.
Bats with rabies have been identified in most areas of the state. In recent years, bats have been the most common animal identified with rabies in the state.
The incidence of histoplasmosis being transmitted from bat droppings to humans is not thought to be high. Nevertheless, fresh bat droppings (unlike fresh bird dropping) can contain the histoplasmosis fungus. Bat droppings do not need to come into contact with soil to be a source of the disease.
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Massachusetts first death from rabies since the 30's happened about a month ago. They think the poor man was bitten in his sleep last summer. You don't want to mess with rabies. If you even think you've been in contact with a rabid animal go to the doctor. It is very slow progressing but once symptoms start it is, for all intents and purposes, 100% fatal.
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I know bats eat lots of mosquitoes I do like that, but carry diseases we have seen at least 13 bats fly out a 1 inch hole in his soffit. He just doesn't want to plug hole up at night and have them die and smell up kids bedrooms and house. WNY that's a good article I did read it.
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Install an exclusion tube. It's like a one way door. They can get out but they can't get back in. My brother in-law and I did this at his house and it worked great. The first night we watched and counted 31 bats that came out and could not get back in. I would suggest either building a bat house or buying one and putting it up somewhere away from the house so the bats do have someplace to go.
This article tells how to make an exclusion tube out of an empty calk tube and plastic bag material. About half way down the page.
http://batcon.org/index.php/bats-a-people/bats-in-buildings/subcategory/69.html
This article tells how to make an exclusion tube out of an empty calk tube and plastic bag material. About half way down the page.
http://batcon.org/index.php/bats-a-people/bats-in-buildings/subcategory/69.html
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