How to get rid of Bats in a Barn

[2LaneCruzer]

I have Bats in my barn, every time I go in the Barn they try to run me out.
How do I KILL them???

As mentioned before, there is information on line, or you can call a "bat specialist" who an expert in pest control.

 

[martywny]

Once upon a time... I had some bats in my barn so I tossed a handful of wheat chaff in the air while they were flying around inside the barn one evening. They came down to investigate and I used a lawn rake to take them out. That was about 30 years ago, now I welcome the critters.

 

[scdeerslayer]

Find a way to add some natural light.

 

[TomSeller]

My dad used to put newspaper under swallows nests and bat roosts and occasionally weight the droppings to calculate how many insets they ate. He had some formula he used. Bats are beneficial. .

 

[QRTRHRS]

Leaving a light turned on may deter them.

 

[cqaigy2]

My parents put a tarp up over the car, to keep the feces off of the car. Can't say i remember them cleaning the tarp but i'd think they would have had to. They eat a load of insects, including the insects that spread disease.

 

[wagne223]

People are killing way too many beneficial creatures because of fear or worse "inconvenience"
Bees and bats are extremely important to life on this planet and humans are killing them in record numbers because "they make a mess"

If you dont want bats in your barn, take measures to seal up the building and provide the bats with a place a roost right outside.

Living in the country you have to deal with wildlife and that does not mean killing it all.

Please do a little research and learn to live the inconveniences and enjoy living in their world.

 

[monkeydo]

wagne223, I do not need you to tell me what to do with my barn nor dictate to me whether or not I should kill the bats. Keep your moralistic judgements to yourself. They are not welcome here! These damned bats are ruining the paint on my vehicles and equipment even through car covers, leaving huge amounts of potentially infectious feces that could endanger my family's health and if they are making any difference in the insect population I am unable to discern it. Mosquitoes are prolific in the area around the pole barn. Martins do a much better job. God made the animals for Man, not Man for the animals! I really do not want to hear any more from you!!

 

[MossRoad]

wagne223, I do not need you to tell me what to do with my barn nor dictate to me whether or not I should kill the bats. Keep your moralistic judgements to yourself. They are not welcome here! These damned bats are ruining the paint on my vehicles and equipment even through car covers, leaving huge amounts of potentially infectious feces that could endanger my family's health and if they are making any difference in the insect population I am unable to discern it. Mosquitoes are prolific in the area around the pole barn. Martins do a much better job. God made the animals for Man, not Man for the animals! I really do not want to hear any more from you!!

No need to get crabby...

Its kind of a known fact that Martins eat bugs, and they eat a lot of mosquitoes. But the mosquitoes they eat aren't the ones that bite humans. Bat's do a better job on those.

As for your problem and how to get rid of them.... its most likely illegal to kill them in your state. Most bat species are protected.

So how do you get rid of them?

Do you know exactly where they roost? Sound's like you do. Get some LED bulbs and put them in fixtures shining directly where the bats roost so there's no shadows. But they have to be on during the day. Not the night. Bats roost in the dark until they see the daylight diminishing at dusk. Then they fly out and feed. When they see the sun rising at dawn, they return to the dark area to roost.

Make the dark area light and they won't roost there during the day.

LEDs are cool to the touch and don't consume much energy, yet are bright enough to be annoying to the bats. I'd suggest 2700K as its an annoying white light, not soft. Put them on a timer that automatically adjusts to the changing sunrise/sunset and they'll last for years.

 

[Firemanbuck82]

wagne223, I do not need you to tell me what to do with my barn nor dictate to me whether or not I should kill the bats. Keep your moralistic judgements to yourself. They are not welcome here! These damned bats are ruining the paint on my vehicles and equipment even through car covers, leaving huge amounts of potentially infectious feces that could endanger my family's health and if they are making any difference in the insect population I am unable to discern it. Mosquitoes are prolific in the area around the pole barn. Martins do a much better job. God made the animals for Man, not Man for the animals! I really do not want to hear any more from you!!

God made the earth for man to take care of....and we seem to be doing a piss poor job of it. Sorry the precious paint on your cars is being stained by some bats and that they scare you when they fly past. Perhaps invest in a $5 tarp from harbor freight and cover the car rather than kill some of God's beneficial creatures.