new house guest
as an individual who doesn't like sharing a home with rodents or bugs, i was distressed to discover last night that in addition to the moths and spiders that occupy my house, there is now at least one bat fluttering around. as i was lying in bed watching the west wing and dozing off to sleep i was woken to a sound similiar to that of something scurrying. i got up expecting to have to stomp on a mouse but couldn't find one. the noise continued and then out of the blue the little flying vermin landed on the transparent ceiling panel covering the lights. i tried to figure out how i would catch the little shit but it soon fluttered away again and i haven't seen it since. hopefully it found its way back outside, if not then im going to try to catch it and somehow keep it as a pet. does anyone know how to feed a bat ?
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posted by Ross at 03:44
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First of all . . . you're fucked! Keep it as a pet? ARE YOU INSANE! Call the fire department, those things are filled with diseases! Gee, I thought you having rats was bad enough, now you have bats?
i was joking about keeping it as a pet, plus im pretty sure ill have to catch it myself, i don't think coronach fire dept will take me seriously if i call them to get rid of my bat. plus there seems to be a recurring accusation from you that i had rats which i did not. maybe i will concentrate my efforts on getting you back instead of betty.
Feed it mosquitoes, pounds of them. You are darn lucky to have a mosquito catcher, but not lucky to have the poop (indoors).
Bats are not, in fact, "filled with diseases". They are wild animals and sometimes they do carry rabies. But then again, sometimes dogs carry rabies too. And raccoons. And any mammal, really.
Anyway, bats are really good (outside), and if you're careful with how you clean their poop, you *could* keep it as a pet (I know you were joking; I'm just saying...). We have two families of bats living at our house, in our eaves. We have very few mosquitoes in our yard as a result. We can lounge out-of-doors, have picnics and suppers out on the deck, and we don't usually worry about the bug spray, unless it's a little chilly or early evening before the bats come out.
A standard brown bat (what we have in Saskatchewan in abundance), which weighs only a few ounces, can eat several pounds of mosquitoes in one feeding. That's a lot of bugs.
If it gets indoors again, you can put a box over it when it lands, or throw a blanket over it as it flies, then let it go outside.
Then let it go outside? ok buddy . . . . A little easier said than done
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