Bat in my apartment!

[elleng]

Just spent ??? 'escorting' it out! Don't know how it got in! Won't get back to sleep for a LONG TIME!

Hug? Hold hand?

[Callalily]

1. Yikes!

That happened to me too, and yes it is unnerving so say the least. As you know, just open up doors and/or windows, and the bat will eventually find it's way out.

But, I'd be concerned how it got in. Hopefully this is a one-time occurrence.

:hug:

[elleng]

2. Yes, studying how it got in!

But have to settle down first!

Thanks for hug!

[Skittles]

3. I CAN KICK BAT-ASS

YES INDEED

[elleng]

4. You have practice???

[Skittles]

5. YES

from living in Austin Texas for 17 years

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10852

I've done many a bat eviction; yes INDEED - I worked nights on Congress Ave - we kept a BAT NET to catch the little devils if they popped in the building :D

[elleng]

6. Oh GEE!

Will have to ask around here! First I've seen; been here (this Apt.) for 1 year.

[Mad_Dem_X]

13. 1.5 MILLION bats???!!!!

:wow: :scared: :hide:

[Skittles]

26. really, really cool to watch them take off

after a while it looks like a long plume of smoke

[Crystal Clarity]

7. Yuckity Yuck!

Sorry. That probably didn't help.

Here's a :hug: instead. Now just lay back down and think about your most favorite thing or memory. You are getting very sleepy....

[elleng]

8. Don't think I'll lay back down for quite a while!

Well, at least West Wing rerun begins at 8, and runs til 10 (A.M!)

Thx for hug!

[Crystal Clarity]

9. Your welcome :-)

Enjoy the re-runs then, and good luck w/the rest of your day.

[struggle4progress]

10. For a while, bats regularly popped up inside my house. I finally

guessed they were napping in the cap over the chimney pipe and then falling down the pipe when they dropped to launch, so I put some steel mesh over the top of the pipe. I haven't seen any in about a decade, so maybe my guess was right

[Kali]

11. of all the critters that have made it in this house I can't recall a bat

although we had a colony in the barn and they are definitely around
I like seeing them and they do good work, but I could imagine the havoc if one got in and the cats were after it!

[Mad_Dem_X]

12. That is my nightmare

If I ever see a bat in my house, I will run screaming into the night. I am fucking terrified of those things!

[LeftyFingerPop]

14. Fresh air and darkness...

I had one hit me in the face once after falling asleep in the living room.

They head for fresh air and darkness when trapped, so turn on some lights and open a window and they will leave.

[elleng]

16. Wasn't fun!

Had to find a way to 'escort' it OUT! Opened 3 doors, and 'batted' it out with broom. Fortunately avoided contact with MOI! Thinking of taking a nap now, as it woke me at about 5:30 A.M!

[snooper2]

15. When it comes back, club it...then you'll have to clean it..

Once the meat is ready...you should rub in some garlic, crushed basil and a little red pepper...

Add seasoned bat meat to a pot with 2 small cans chicken broth. Add baby carrots, onion slices, celery and one can sliced/peeled tomatoes. Bring to a boil for about 5 minutes then cover and let simmer for 30-45 minutes or until meat is tender.

Enjoy with a little garlic french bread on the side :) and your favorite dark beer :beer:

[One_Life_To_Give]

17. Damn, and all I get is Skeeters and Fly's

Trade Ya? I have been hoping some bats would take up local residence. :D

[elleng]

19. Don't know where the rest of the crew is!

and HAVE had skeeters around! But you're invited!

[marzipanni]

21. If white-nose fungus keeps spreading, and kills all the bats,

we'll be suffering from all the skeeters they aren't eating!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100216-bats-white-nose-fungus-tennessee/

[joeybee12]

18. Just remember, bats are WONDERFUL!

Fascinating mammals that play an important role in the grand design.

I think you're lucky...I would love to have a bat in my home...as long as they cats would ignore it!

[elleng]

20. Flying bat not easy to ignore!

[joeybee12]

23. Anything that moves they wouldn't ignore!

:P

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. OK, hugs and all, I know it can be scary, BUT...

...you've GOT TO admit this has a high "cool factor" to that.

BAT IN MY APARTMENT!

I'm sorry, but that just sounds...COOL. I almost want to sleep with the window open tonight to see if a bat will fly through MY place.

Maybe not THIS guy, though.



:rofl:

:hide:

[elleng]

24. I've had NO thoughts that this was cool, Amer!

And window wasn't open! Windows CAN'T open! Just 3 doors, and they weren't open either! Guess it slipped thru a crack somewhere!

You may visit, to check the cool factor!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

25. In my prior home I had a steady stream of wasps getting in through vents or something

No idea. I'd be sitting in the house with the doors and windows closed and wasp would whiz by my ear. These weren't one-time events...this would happen EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS! LOTTA wasps! Don't STING me, bro!

Non-human organisms tend to live up to the "Where there's a will, there's a way" axiom.

:toast:

:rofl:

[kimi]

27. Little late for this, but HUG!!

On the topic of funny bat things, there's a "Malcolm in the Middle" episode where Hal and the boys released a boatload of bats in the house from an ancient armoire he rescued as a gift for his wife. "Well, that's just crazy", he says when he opens it. "Why would someone fill this with hundreds of hanging bow-ties?" Malcolm says: "Those aren't bow-ties. Those are BATS!!" And all these bats fly out into the house. IMO - and granted, I'm not a conoisseur of high comedy - this is one of the funniest things I've ever watched on the teevee machine. The way that Hal and his boys eventually get rid of the bats - with swimming noodles, Silly String, and a vacuum cleaner - is probably the way that I'd go about it. Hey, elleng, stock some Silly String for the next invasion, but here's hoping that there never will be one!!

[elleng]

28. Oh, NO! One is PLENTY!

Guess it would appear humorous, on TV! but not so much!

:thumbsdown: