Bat Loose ---

[allLiving]

I have a BAT, that's right, A BAT in my vent inside of my house... What can I do about it? Well the most I've done so far is poke it with a Q-Tip and that only seemed to aggravate it... Any tips or ideas on how to successfully remove this bat without letting it die where it will stink up the house, or releasing it but not INSIDE MY HOUSE!!! Ahhhh!! I'll post pictures soon...

[heatman]

If you release it outside it will likely just come back. I'd get a net, or blanket or something, put it over the vent so the bat can't escape inside your house, take the vent off and use a golf club to kill the thing.

[Toasty]

Bat's are protected over here, check around and there may be a bat sanctuary near by that will come and collect it and re-house it somewhere...

[SteveO]

I uses a laundry basket to catch one flying around the house then I chucked him outside. A blanket will also work. Have some balls and put a glove on and grab his ass. They are really pretty harmless and cute when you look up close.

Or you can just smash him with a blunt object. I've done that when I worked in a restaurant.

[heatman]

Bat's are protected over here, check around and there may be a bat sanctuary near by that will come and collect it and re-house it somewhere...

I didn't know that. Thats amazing given they are a big rabies carrier here. The do some good, eating mosquitoes and all, and they usually aren't a problem. But if they get in the house I think you gotta get rid of them for good.

When they find a good roost they come back to it with their other little bat buddies. We used to live in a farmhouse and they formed a colony in one of the walls. You could hear them squeaking at dusk and moving around during the day.

[SteveO]

What happened to the bat? Did he find his way out? Did you help him out? Did you smash him?

[Krapp]

I thought you posted "bad beat from loose player"

Did you try calling the animal police? I dont know their real name, but I believe there should be a number to get rid of stray dogs, snakes in your house, gators, etc.

[fishstick]

I have a BAT, that's right, A BAT in my vent inside of my house... What can I do about it? Well the most I've done so far is poke it with a Q-Tip and that only seemed to aggravate it... Any tips or ideas on how to successfully remove this bat without letting it die where it will stink up the house, or releasing it but not INSIDE MY HOUSE!!! Ahhhh!! I'll post pictures soon...

poking him with a Q-tip? that sounds like something the crocodile hunter would do:

(australian accent) "alright, terry will now take the rectal temp of this already pissed off croc. now folks, there's really no good reason for doing this and - OH! he's really mad now!"

[mike4066]

(australian accent) "alright, terry will now take the rectal temp of this already pissed off croc. now folks, there's really no good reason for doing this and - OH! he's really mad now!"

Fish your crazy man. But not as crazy as Steve Erwin the Croc hunter..

"My She's a Beaute, come here girl"
"Crikey she bit me!"

that made me laugh pretty hard fish good one.

[dpcjsr]

Take out your 38 or 9mm, either one will do, and blast his...

Calling animal control works, too.

[fishstick]

Take out your 38 or 9mm, either one will do, and blast his...

Calling animal control works, too.

now, now, anything that eats mosquitos is alright by me!

[ttanaka]

poked him with a Q-tip, that's hilarious.

[Xianti]

I'll post pictures soon...

I want to see pictures of you with an FTR shirt on, poking the bat with your Q-tip.

[fishstick]

I'll post pictures soon...

I want to see pictures of you with an FTR shirt on, poking the bat with your Q-tip.

if allliving's a real man, he'll get a picture of the bat sitting his shoulder with the bat wearing a tiny, little FTR hat!

[ch3rrytw1st]

The other night I came home late (I work nights). Of course I jumped online, part of my usual routine. About 30 minutes later, I hear a ruckus in the other room. I figured it was just the cats, we have three.

Well, I come to realize that they are chasing something that's flying around the room. At first I thought it was a moth...then a bird. It was a freaking bat!

Well, my wife is sleeping (like a normal person at 3am) and I decide it's best if I don't wake her. I don't want the cats killing it. God forbid they get rabies or something.

I decide to corral the cats into the bedroom while I kill the thing. In the process my wife wakes up so I tell her what's going on. Usually she'd freak, but she was only semi-conscious. Anyway, I did my manly duty and hit the thing with a 2x4. After telling a buddy of mine that I snuck up on it, he reminded me that bats don't see. LOL

Anyway, is this common in New England? I've seen bats before, but only in caves (where they freaking belong). We just moved to the area from Missouri.

[Aceofone]

We used soup pots in the restaurant I worked in. The sound they use as a radar gets trapped in deep pots and echoes, they zero in on it and in the morning there were usually a couple bats trapped.

[Toasty]

hey Acefone from your Sig I take it you have read "The Psychology of Poker" ? Just like to say I have too and it's an excellent book.

[benthehen]

One time I was on the computer late at night and outta nowhere this bat comes flying into the room. I run out of the room like the girly man I am. So then I got a tennis racket and nailed the thing in mid flight and put a blanket over it. The thing made the most hideous noise. Then I took a weight and smashed it to death. I felt bad about it until I took a closer look at the thing. Those things are ugly! So after looking at it I didn't feel so bad about killing it.

Anyhow, yeah, tennis racket + blanket + 20lb weight + girly man = no more bat.

[stevedonel]

One time I was on the computer late at night................

We've got the crypt-keeper of threads here, pulled this one back from the dead. Please tell me you were playing poker late at night; I'm not going any further with that one.

So how did this whole bat thing work out? Personally, I'd go with the tennis racket. Just try not to get any blood on the walls, carpet, furniture, ect.

[koolmoe]

Everyone knows you chase the bat into the attic with a tennis racket while humming the theme song from the Indiana Jones series.

I mean, for pete's sake, you people act like you've never seen The Big Chill.

[BoondockSaint]

That last comment reminds me of when I was little (like 5-8 somewhere) and I was playing with a baby blue jay that was jumping around my yard. Well that son of a bitch called to his mom and her bitch ass stabbed me in the head with her beak and actually made my head bleed. My dad ran out there with a tennis racket and was ready to hit that son of a bitch to mars. The bird wised up and decided not to dive bomb my dad.