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Bat infestation

Batman came out with 2 other people. One is a woman who maybe the owner or "manager". Anyway, their proposal is to change out the 4 outdoor recessed lightings with lightings that are flat/flushed so that bats cannot go inside and roost. It is something that our electrician handyman can take care of. The other thing that they are proposing is to put up plexiglass in the corners where they have been hanging down from. They will also clean up all the guano. Anyway, they went to work to check out that one recessed lighting and found 2 bats sleeping above. When he reached for one, another one flew out. A whole lot of guano came down from that hole. Yuck.

They charged us $169 for that work done on clearing out that recessed lighting bats today and will send us a proposal on how much their work will cost for the plexiglass installation etc.

Basically, after they have cleaned up all the guano, we will have the electrician scheduled immediately behind to close out the recessed lighting gaps with new fixtures.
 
The batman came out today to clean up the guano that dropped out from the recessed lighting. Anyway, he confirmed that there was no bat that made it into the house and that the bats were contained within that canned lighting.

Here's the sticker shock. The clean-up of the guano around the house, in addition to the $189 yesterday (it was not $169 that I thought) and $69 today, is another $800. We can live with that. But to put up the plexiglass around all the corners around the ceiling, 42 feet long in total, is another $3900. I looked at Stay Away pouches, those are for indoor use, not for outdoor. So my options are to pay for the plexiglass installation or buy bat repellent spray, which is primarily peppermint scent, and squirt it around the areas that have signs of where bats have hung out. I have contacted the electrician/handyman to install the covers over the 5 recessed canned lighting, so once the clean-up is completed, he can install the covers. The issue is that the 42 feet long of plexiglass only covers a small surface area of the outside. Plus it will raise a red flag if we were to sell the house. We decided against it and I have ordered a natural scented spray that we will use on the outside of the house after the clean-up.

Any thoughts?
 
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I really like the idea of plants that give off a fragrance that deters bats, maybe mint?? - you can google others.............. to be planted underneath where they were found. I also like the bat box suggestion, to be placed further away from the house. You can also google placement for that.
 
susieq said:
I really like the idea of plants that give off a fragrance that deters bats, maybe mint?? - you can google others.............. to be planted underneath where they were found. I also like the bat box suggestion, to be placed further away from the house. You can also google placement for that.
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I will see if mint grows in our weather (very hot and dry). We are urban (very small lots and nice homes), and bat houses won't work. The last thing that we want to have bats near us. We live next to a national park and bats come and go all the time. We need to make bats go elsewhere.
 
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VacationForever said:
Any thoughts?
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The scented sprays won't help much. It dissipates too fast and it isn't that strong a smell. I tried the Hot Shot brand from Home Depot that has an electric pump and soaked the area where our bat problem was. It did work enough to make the bats moved to the perpendicular eve of where they were for a week. The Vic's vapor rub did work along with sealing everything up. The Vapor rub is the consistency of grease so it globs on well. Probably sealing the cracks was the best preventative measure, imo.

I was told that a sponge soaked with ammonia screwed to the wall where they like to hang out works but I thought it might be illegal for bats since they are endangered. I do use the sponge soaked in ammonia for mice, rats and squirrels on top of the hot water tank and anywhere I see signs of them hanging out at this particular property in the mountains.

Bill
 
easyrider said:
The scented sprays won't help much. It dissipates too fast and it isn't that strong a smell. I tried the Hot Shot brand from Home Depot that has an electric pump and soaked the area where our bat problem was. It did work enough to make the bats moved to the perpendicular eve of where they were for a week. The Vic's vapor rub did work along with sealing everything up. The Vapor rub is the consistency of grease so it globs on well. Probably sealing the cracks was the best preventative measure, imo.

I was told that a sponge soaked with ammonia screwed to the wall where they like to hang out works but I thought it might be illegal for bats since they are endangered. I do use the sponge soaked in ammonia for mice, rats and squirrels on top of the hot water tank and anywhere I see signs of them hanging out at this particular property in the mountains.

Bill
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We don't have cracks to seal up. As I have stated, they are not making into the house. They have roosted inside a canned light and signs of hanging down from the 4 corners of the underside of ceilings. We are going to close up all the canned lights so that they cannot get in. We plan on spraying the scent underneath the ceilings on the outside of the home.
 
Wow, well glad you go the bat people out! Crazy pricing, but seems they provided value (and good input). I don't really understand the plexiglass - installing something so the bats don't "hang around"? Sounds like you have a good plan, and now you have an awareness, for sure. And really, thank goodness they are not getting into your house!

I thought the idea of a bat house was to give them somewhere (away from your house) to go. My guess is that they would want to hang out close(ish) by - so provide them something more acceptable to you. Maybe you could keep moving it a few feet away every week or so, just kidding (sort of). My daughters house was (well still is, she's the one that moved) in a very established central part of the city. Very residential. I'll have to take a picture next time I'm around there. The bat houses are pretty subtle. Unless I knew to look, I thought they were bird houses. I figured the residents were trying to keep the bats away from their houses, but maybe they do want them around for the mosquitoes. I wonder if you can rid an area of bats (legally) if it's an area they've roosted for years.

Maybe google also what bats are attracted to and make sure you don't have any of that (certain plants / ponds, etc).

On another note, I happened to take my grandson to the zoo this week. The Omaha Zoo has an amazing building - the desert dome - above ground is a desert - below ground is 'Kingdom of the Nights' - bats and a cave, etc - lord does it stink in there. I can't stomach it. That guano sure has a strong (overpowering) odor to it.

Good luck with everything!!!
 
The saga continues...

This morning one guy came to supposedly clean and disinfect the outside area. The one light which the bats were roosting... well there are 5 bats inside there still. 2 larger ones and 3 babies. The other guy was supposed to have caught the bats for $189 that day, well he caught a dark colored one and a lighter colored one flew off. There were obviously many more bats that he didn't clear out. This guy has gotten the 2 that flew out, one fell straight down, still alive, another one flew and landed about 20 feet away and he got that one too. There are 3 more up there that he is trying to catch them. To be continued...
 
He couldn't get them to come out and he is pressuring hosing straight at it. 3 more flew out and I don't think they are babies. These are not big bats and I think they are called the small brown bats here in the area. They are about 3 inches long, not including the wing span. After cleaning up, he is going to tape off the 5 canned lighting openings so that they don't come back before my electrician comes in at 4pm to cover up the canned lights with clear glass.
 
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The story continues. After washing off the surrounding areas, the batman came back to try to tape up the canned light opening and a bat had returned into the space. He hosed it off again but couldn't get the tape to stick to the wet surface. I took my newly bought bottle of Mighty Mint peppermint oil (bat / rodent repellent) to him and suggested that he spray the surroundings so that the bats don't return. He looked at the bottle and said, yeah that would work. Now, I had told the woman who came to do the estimate that I believed that scented spray should be an effective repellent. She brushed it off immediately while this batman had nodded his head when I said that. Anyway, the plexiglass solution is really scammy because the bats would just shift to a part of the wall without plexiglass installation. So if we were to install plexiglass at a cost of $3.9K, we would have not solved the problem.

This batman sprayed Mighty Mint around the lights and ceiling and I checked every hour or so and no bat had returned to the place where they were roosting. My electrician came late afternoon and replaced the canned lights with new lights that are enclosed. We are going to look into planting peppermint in pots as well as continue to spray Mighty Mint on a regular basis.
 
VacationForever said:
The batman came out today to clean up the guano that dropped out from the recessed lighting. Anyway, he confirmed that there was no bat that made it into the house and that the bats were contained within that canned lighting.

Here's the sticker shock. The clean-up of the guano around the house, in addition to the $189 yesterday (it was not $169 that I thought) and $69 today, is another $800. We can live with that. But to put up the plexiglass around all the corners around the ceiling, 42 feet long in total, is another $3900. I looked at Stay Away pouches, those are for indoor use, not for outdoor. So my options are to pay for the plexiglass installation or buy bat repellent spray, which is primarily peppermint scent, and squirt it around the areas that have signs of where bats have hung out. I have contacted the electrician/handyman to install the covers over the 5 recessed canned lighting, so once the clean-up is completed, he can install the covers. The issue is that the 42 feet long of plexiglass only covers a small surface area of the outside. Plus it will raise a red flag if we were to sell the house. We decided against it and I have ordered a natural scented spray that we will use on the outside of the house after the clean-up.

Any thoughts?
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We used ours outdoors, eliminating within 12 hours the hundred bats that were underneath one wooden shutter beside a window on the upper level of a two-story house.
(If the odor works anywhere, even suggested "only" for indoors, it'll work outdoors too. There were shutters on both sides of our affected window, but the bats had taken over one of them. Definitely outdoors, and this product worked for three seasons as the bats would return. After that 3rd year the bats never came back. So, just hang a couple, even three packets. It's not noticeable, easy to do, cheap, and it works.
Otherwise, it sounds like everyone is still having zero success.
 
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We used ours outdoors, eliminating within 12 hours the hundred bats that were underneath one wooden shutter beside a window on the upper level of a two-story house.
(If the odor works anywhere, even suggested "only" for indoors, it'll work outdoors too. There were shutters on both sides of our affected window, but the bats had taken over one of them. Definitely outdoors, and this product worked for three seasons as the bats would return. After that 3rd year the bats never came back. So, just hang a couple, even three packets. It's not noticeable, easy to do, cheap, and it works.
Otherwise, it sounds like everyone is still having zero success.
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The spray that I use is working. No more bats. It is easier to use the spray because there is nowhere to stick a pouch to.
 
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The spray that I use is working. No more bats. It is easier to use the spray because there is nowhere to stick a pouch to.
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Glad it's working, it's a major victory as I'm sure you agree......but I think the pouches might last longer.
PM me and describe where you're applying the spray........just curious. THX
 
jme said:
Glad it's working, it's a major victory as I'm sure you agree......but I think the pouches might last longer.
PM me and describe where you're applying the spray........just curious. THX
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Your post regarding Stay Away really helped me find the spray solution. I do want to acknowledge and thank you for sharing the information. :)
 
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