Rintimtin
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As I read your post, all I could think of was the movie The Great Outdoors with John Candy. The Bat scene in particular no doubt. Next time you should use your shotgun lamp and scalp the bats rear end oh wait that was a bear.
"Dad there's a bat in my room"
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Comrad
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I've been told I have bats in my belfry but I can't figure out how to get rid of them.
mc5aw
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Mrs. MC5 has a profound fear/loathing of bats having been traumatized in childhood by frequent sightings in her house. I've tried to explain to her that bats are our friends, but she'll have none of it. Thus, a tremendous source of amusement for myself and my little 11-year old Diva Shooter is to hide a rubber bat in an effort to scare the bejeebus out of Mom. We hung one from the bathroom fixture recently ... that went over well when Nature called in the wee hours and the Mrs. opened the door to find the bat dangling from its elastic cord in her face. The screams of terror and subsequent cursing were heard three counties over.
Our next brainstorm is to attach a rubber bat to a dowel with the elastic cord. We're planning to bring it on our next moonlit convertible ride ... Little Diva Shooter is going to reach over from the back seat and swing it in her Mom's face.
Should be a hoot!
Our next brainstorm is to attach a rubber bat to a dowel with the elastic cord. We're planning to bring it on our next moonlit convertible ride ... Little Diva Shooter is going to reach over from the back seat and swing it in her Mom's face.
Should be a hoot!
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This is the post I was going to write, but you beat me to it. This is serious stuff.
Delos
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My wife is overly calm
I normally go close all bedroom and bathroom doors, door to basement, and hang plastic at the kitchen to dining room entrance way with no door. Naturally I leave the door open to where he is until I flush him out with gentle up and down movement of broom in furthest corner away from door, then close that door. Eventually I have him in the back room that has the inner garage door. Finally opening that and turning on garage lights I complete his move into garage. Then open the large garage door and finish the final outward move. Some times it take a while sometimes not.
My wife refuses to be the one in the family that gets overly excited. Once I woke up from afternoon nap and one was flying around. Wife had dinner on the table so I sat down and ate. She sat down also, also eating and playing unconcerned as it occasionally flew over.
I hate it when she tries to out-do me at looking unconcerned.
I normally go close all bedroom and bathroom doors, door to basement, and hang plastic at the kitchen to dining room entrance way with no door. Naturally I leave the door open to where he is until I flush him out with gentle up and down movement of broom in furthest corner away from door, then close that door. Eventually I have him in the back room that has the inner garage door. Finally opening that and turning on garage lights I complete his move into garage. Then open the large garage door and finish the final outward move. Some times it take a while sometimes not.
My wife refuses to be the one in the family that gets overly excited. Once I woke up from afternoon nap and one was flying around. Wife had dinner on the table so I sat down and ate. She sat down also, also eating and playing unconcerned as it occasionally flew over.
I hate it when she tries to out-do me at looking unconcerned.
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kozmic
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I do take the safety of my family and my self seriously but I live in the woods. We have stuff like this. All of my neighbors have had many similar run ins.
In our area of NY you had a better chance of contracting rabies from an otter or a cow in May than a bat. And by far the worst carrier in our area is the raccoon. I see bats, raccoons, opossum, fox, coyotes and cows routinely. We have to coexist.
If for a minute I felt like my son or anyone in my family or my pets had come in direct contact with it, I would certainly have reacted differently. But in this case I truly believe it was just another nonissue in a day in our lives.
It is just one of those trade-offs we all learn to live with. The list of negative things that we don't have around here far exceeds the nasty things we do.
Thanks for your concern.
forestswin
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I had an incident with a groundhog that tested positive for rabies and had to go through rabies shots - it did not bite me
the issue was the handling it after I shot it - rabies is carried in the saliva and I could have gotten the rabies if I transferred the saliva to my mouth, nose, eyes, etc.
while in for the shots they told me that people could get rabies from a bat in a room from inhaling aerosolized bat saliva or aerosolized bat feces, not necessarily a bite or scratch
you might want to talk to your doctor - to make sure you get the facts
the issue was the handling it after I shot it - rabies is carried in the saliva and I could have gotten the rabies if I transferred the saliva to my mouth, nose, eyes, etc.
while in for the shots they told me that people could get rabies from a bat in a room from inhaling aerosolized bat saliva or aerosolized bat feces, not necessarily a bite or scratch
you might want to talk to your doctor - to make sure you get the facts
For information on rabies in bats check at the site below.
Seems there were 14 reported cases in the USA between 1997 and 2006 not a bunch but interesting reading.
CDC - Bats: Learning about bats and rabies - Rabies
Steve W
Seems there were 14 reported cases in the USA between 1997 and 2006 not a bunch but interesting reading.
CDC - Bats: Learning about bats and rabies - Rabies
Steve W
vigil617
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In all these posts, I just don't see that the proper amount of respect is paid to Mrs. Kozmic for her decisive and courageous actions in Operation Bat-Out.
Speaking as one who will peacefully coexist with these creatures until they get in the house, I would doff my hat to her but I'm afraid if I did, a bat would land on my uncovered head, lay eggs, and make me crazy.
That Mrs. Koz, she's a keeper.
Speaking as one who will peacefully coexist with these creatures until they get in the house, I would doff my hat to her but I'm afraid if I did, a bat would land on my uncovered head, lay eggs, and make me crazy.
That Mrs. Koz, she's a keeper.
lagavulin62
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great story but I missed out on something as a kid. ........"pal"?
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kozmic
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Yeah, it looked good when I wrote it but, I was sleep deprived
. Once I realized I had made a "faux pas" I was too lazy to edit them all! There were a couple more in there that I saw afterwards.Thankfully not much got lost in the translation and most forum members have grown accustom to my obvious short comings.
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kozmic
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In all these posts, I just don't see that the proper amount of respect is paid to Mrs. Kozmic for her decisive and courageous actions in Operation Bat-Out.
Speaking as one who will peacefully coexist with these creatures until they get in the house, I would doff my hat to her but I'm afraid if I did, a bat would land on my uncovered head, lay eggs, and make me crazy.
That Mrs. Koz, she's a keeper.
Lady Koz was strutting around sumthin' crazy yesterday, basking in the glory of conquering the beast and saving the village. I certainly wasn't going to feed into that massive ego trip!
I did give her the customary "datta girl" slap on the butt though. I don't know, she seemed to like it!
I'm old, fat and not quite ugly enough to scare off bats on my own, so of course I have to keep her around!
Lady Koz was strutting around sumthin' crazy yesterday, basking in the glory of conquering the beast and saving the village. I certainly wasn't going to feed into that massive ego trip!
I did give her the customary "datta girl" slap on the butt though. I don't know, she seemed to like it!
I'm old, fat and not quite ugly enough to scare off bats on my own, so of course I have to keep her around!
Kozmic, I sure hope she doesn't read your posts, because if she does...Be afraid, be very afraid!
vigil617
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Lady Koz was strutting around sumthin' crazy yesterday, basking in the glory of conquering the beast and saving the village. I certainly wasn't going to feed into that massive ego trip!
I did give her the customary "datta girl" slap on the butt though. I don't know, she seemed to like it!
I'm old, fat and not quite ugly enough to scare off bats on my own, so of course I have to keep her around!
You are about to have a different type of bat problem in your house, sir. The wooden kind.
Delos
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Like bubonic plague in middle ages, mouse dies and fleas jump to you
When you handle any animal after shooting it the fleas will jump off onto you. They do not need to wait until he gets cold, just the fresh blood not pumping is probably good enough reason. And any animal can have mites also.
So a bat is flying around your house and maybe mites are falling off as he flaps his wings. And if he flies down into the basement you might not see him for days.
The up side is that he is not eating lots of bugs he needs every night. Indoors he will get weak and each time he flies he will begin to angle downward a few feet. That is when it is good to have a butterfly net or at least an aquarium net. If you use it then leave it out in the sunshine a few days.
You have a bigger chance of catching a serious germ in the doctors waiting room than from most critters not touched.
One day we took our daughter to small nearby hospital for measles. Doctor ask where she was exactly two weeks ago. We responded "crawling around in your waiting room as other kid was treated for broken collar bone". (He was in for a 2 week recheck as she was breaking out).
When you handle any animal after shooting it the fleas will jump off onto you. They do not need to wait until he gets cold, just the fresh blood not pumping is probably good enough reason. And any animal can have mites also.
So a bat is flying around your house and maybe mites are falling off as he flaps his wings. And if he flies down into the basement you might not see him for days.
The up side is that he is not eating lots of bugs he needs every night. Indoors he will get weak and each time he flies he will begin to angle downward a few feet. That is when it is good to have a butterfly net or at least an aquarium net. If you use it then leave it out in the sunshine a few days.
You have a bigger chance of catching a serious germ in the doctors waiting room than from most critters not touched.
One day we took our daughter to small nearby hospital for measles. Doctor ask where she was exactly two weeks ago. We responded "crawling around in your waiting room as other kid was treated for broken collar bone". (He was in for a 2 week recheck as she was breaking out).
Aerosolized bat feces? I've got think on that one a while. I know there's a great one liner there, I just can't put my finger on it right now.
This is a great post but to me it raises serious issues that we must address.
How old it this Son and How did the alleged Bat get in the room?? Is this room on the first or second floor.?
From the facts stated it was 4:10 AM and the bat was captured by removing a window screen (see where I am going with this?)
Now I still can remember those type of screens and they came out pretty easy, escape to outside trouble making was very easy!
Something is a foot!
How old it this Son and How did the alleged Bat get in the room?? Is this room on the first or second floor.?
From the facts stated it was 4:10 AM and the bat was captured by removing a window screen (see where I am going with this?)
Now I still can remember those type of screens and they came out pretty easy, escape to outside trouble making was very easy!
Something is a foot!
