Bats in chimney. Pest control will not touch. Can I move them out?

[Thomas]

Had same problem years back,I fog them out than place open gallon cleaning ammonia in chimney clean out door...yet to have problem.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

many bats are endangered and therefore protected in every state they live in

They are endangered around me...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

No, that part didn't take. Fell out of quite a few trees in my youth. :laughing:

One of our favorite things to do was shinny up small trees as far up as we could until they couldn't support our weight anymore. Hang on to the top and swing down to the ground as the tree bent over. Let go when you got near the ground and the tree would whip back up. We kept trying taller and taller trees. My buddy's older brother was up about 30' and did it, but instead of the tree bending over, it snapped off. He landed on his back on a stack of sawn firewood. He was still holding the tree top when he was laying there. Couldn't move. Had to call the ambulance for that one. But he recovered, as most of us did.

Shinny up a tree, thats how i crossed fences in our woods.

 

[MossRoad]

One of my kids does bat research around Indiana capturing bats, looking for specific species, tagging those species with radio transmitters, and then following them back to their colonies looking for that white nose disease. It's a big deal.

 

[goeduck]

One of my kids does bat research around Indiana capturing bats, looking for specific species, tagging those species with radio transmitters, and then following them back to their colonies looking for that white nose disease. It's a big deal.

I hope they figure it out. Bats are essential.

 

[coffeeman]

Unfortunately, been there, done that on our whole family having to get rabies shots due to bats and unvaccinated kitten about 2.5 years ago. No matter what we've done, we get a bat or two in the house every year or two. No rhyme or reason. Spring, Fall. The rabies one was on Christmas Eve.

So, best advice, keep pet vaccinations up to date. Always have kids sleep in their bedrooms with the doors closed. If you see a bat in your house and you have kids, catch the bat and have it tested. Statistically, rabies is 100% fatal by the time it's diagnosed. Nothing to mess with.

Why are your neighbors complaining about the bats? They're beneficial critters.

I think I've had a little success by putting LED lights in my attic that are on a revers photo cell, so they come on in the daytime and go out at night.

In the evening, bats look for light and head outside to feed. When the sun comes up, they go back to their roost.

That's why I'd suggest the bat excluders for your chimney, but only after you're sure there are no more babies, like in the fall.

DO NOT START A FIRE. Here's why...

First, if there's bats, there's bat poop. Guano. It dries and is flammable. So if you've had bats in your chimney for years, there's a good chance there's years of poop in there.

Second, during summer, when you see the bats leaving, that's the mommas going out to feed. They leave the babies behind. You start a fire and the babies will try and find a way to crawl out.... into your house. Or, they'll die of smoke and heat.

Third, besides being illegal to mess with bats during baby season, it's not necessary. Just wait until late summer and fall. Shine some lights up into the chimney at night to see if they're all gone, and put 1/4" wire mesh on top of your chimney and that's that. They won't be able to get back in. If they aren't all gone, you can make a long funnel and flap out of wire mesh and cloth mesh that acts as a one-way valve. Any bats inside can find their way out through the funnel and flap, but won't be able to get back in.

How to Remove Bats from the Chimney

Hello More good ideas. My chimney is sealed from bottom. It was part of a foundry, back in the day. Never had top sealed. So, I can't start a fire in it.
Neighbor walks by in evening and the bats buzz him circling. Sometime his wife is with him. I don't know if she knows they are bats.
As we know the shots can be trying. It was 15 years ago my grandkids and daughter & son-in-law . Shots weren't real bad then. Probably same as today. IT can be dangerous business.

Cheers.....Coffeeman

 

[goeduck]

If a dog can be vaccinated for rabies relatively inexpensively, why cannot humans? Would we then not be able to walk past a fire hydrant without lifting a leg?
die: die:

 

[Molalla1]

If a dog can be vaccinated for rabies relatively inexpensively, why cannot humans? Would we then not be able to walk past a fire hydrant without lifting a leg?
die: die:

:laughing: . . . . .

 

[Diggin It]

Hello More good ideas. My chimney is sealed from bottom. It was part of a foundry, back in the day. Never had top sealed. So, I can't start a fire in it.
Neighbor walks by in evening and the bats buzz him circling.

Why am I getting visions of an Addams or Munsters type of place?

 

[MossRoad]

Hello More good ideas. My chimney is sealed from bottom. It was part of a foundry, back in the day. Never had top sealed. So, I can't start a fire in it.
Neighbor walks by in evening and the bats buzz him circling. Sometime his wife is with him. I don't know if she knows they are bats.
As we know the shots can be trying. It was 15 years ago my grandkids and daughter & son-in-law . Shots weren't real bad then. Probably same as today. IT can be dangerous business.

Cheers.....Coffeeman

Bats won't buzz people that often. Are you sure they are bats and not chimney swifts?