We live on the edge of a forest with a lot of shagbark hickory, which I am told bats love. We have had bats in the house but the most memorable was a few years ago.
My wife and I were in the family room and I looked over at her chair and told her “DON’T MOVE”. I left the room to get some supplies and she very obediently stayed still, shrinking from the side of the chair, dreading seeing a spider(?) coming over the arm, and wondering where I went. I came back with a bucket and piece of cardboard and successfully captured a bat! When I told her what was under the bucket she did kind of freak out, could be that childhood trip and a cabin full of bats, go figure. I tossed the bucket and bat outside and it started crawling back toward the house. She very astutely locked the deadbolt; no bat is going to get back in her house. Oh, and by the way, the words “Don’t Move” are pretty much gone from my vocabulary.
Doug in SW IA
My wife and I were in the family room and I looked over at her chair and told her “DON’T MOVE”. I left the room to get some supplies and she very obediently stayed still, shrinking from the side of the chair, dreading seeing a spider(?) coming over the arm, and wondering where I went. I came back with a bucket and piece of cardboard and successfully captured a bat! When I told her what was under the bucket she did kind of freak out, could be that childhood trip and a cabin full of bats, go figure. I tossed the bucket and bat outside and it started crawling back toward the house. She very astutely locked the deadbolt; no bat is going to get back in her house. Oh, and by the way, the words “Don’t Move” are pretty much gone from my vocabulary.
Doug in SW IA