Driving me BATTY!!

[wyo_rose]

How NOT to get rid of a bat infestation in a building:

Clean out the nest and plug the entry/exit holes during the day.

If you do this, the bats will be stuck IN your building and raise havoc.

Hindsight is 20/20 so I hope we learns a lesson from this week and plug the holes AFTER dusk. Or install special screen that let bats OUT but not back IN.

There must be 200 bats flying around my place of employment, with probably more holded up until dark.

[rez_hopper]

So......When can we expect a "Bat" dish?

[wyo_rose]

[alamosaurus]

Bats

Bats can carry RABIES (Hydrophobia), the most lethal of all virus diseases....
there are only 8 documented cases of human recovery out of tens of
thousands of cases every year. This disease is one of the most horrible ways
to die.

[wyo_rose]

The most common way for humans to get rabies is from bats!!!

So never touch a bat!!

And if you're not sure, go get shots!!

[RDNKJ]

Bats aren't so bad (but I don't want them in the office or in my home!). The largest urban bat colony in North America lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin; about 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. Their nightly emergence from under the bridge is quite the tourist attraction.

We even have Bat Fest every year, as well as a sculpture in their honor!

[wyo_rose]

That's cool. I have nothing against bats out in the wild...as long as they stay out of my hair. In fact I'm sure our insect problem is on the rise since the unfortunate demise of most of this colony.

But unfortunately, we mishandled the whole situation and even though no bats have been seen lately, their smell is still lingering!

[RDNKJ]

I hate to think what Austin would be like without our bats. While they're here they eat about 10-20,000 lbs. of insects per night ! It is way cool to see them spiraling out from under the bridges; they kind of look like bat "tornados." And, they are so ugly they are almost cute!

Infestations are no fun. I used to work in a building that was infested with scorpions!