Oh, come ON!

[janedoe]

I was finally getting comfortable with the basement again after the whole rat situation. Went down to feed the goats, opened the door and a bat flew in. No idea of where it went.

I mean, really? How the heck are we supposed to catch that?

[SunDance]

I bet it figured it would be welcome...you kind-hearted critter-lover, you.

[janedoe]

Unfortunately, certain exclusions apply. Those are pretty much the exclusions.

[lovemylabby]

Do you keep goats in your basement?

[janedoe]

Do you keep goats in your basement?

Only when it's -10 outside and they could freeze to death.

[IRISHWISTLER]

Keeping the lights on will usually cause the bat to land and "hang" on something. A long handled "landing net" such as those used by most boat fishermen is handy for catching bats in flight within the confines of a small area of an indoors structure.

Good luck. Bats live in colonies and are not solitary animals.

Irishwhistler

[POPTOP]

OK, can't help myself. Are you going batty?

Sorry

[lovemylabby]

Only when it's -10 outside and they could freeze to death.

I see....I just love goats...they are so cute! My brother has a couple on his horse farm. The stay inside the barn with the horses at night to keep warm.

[teej89]

Good luck. Bats live in colonies and are not solitary animals.

lol!! Where there's one, there's more.

[smartrock]

lol!! Where there's one, there's more.

Have you gotten it out yet? Hopefully this was just a solitary bat chasing an insect or making an unfortunate flight choice! Not sure how to tempt him to fly back out. If the door is usually closed and you haven't seen bats coming and going, maybe it is just one. All the same, you may want to check around your house at dusk to make sure you don't see bats coming and going anywhere into your house.

We had bats nest in a vent at one end of the roof of the garage. The state licensed wildlife rescue/removal guy said he couldn't relocate the bats while the babies were still too young to fly. We had to wait until the babies could fly and all the bats would leave the nesting area in the evening. There was already screening on the inside of the vents, so no bats got into the garage during this time. Once they could fly out, he also had to put screening on the outside of the vents on not only that vent but all the other vents on the house. He said once they get evicted from one nesting area, they just find another nearby place to nest. (Sorry neighbors!) We first saw them in early June and it was mid to late July before they were all able to fly out. We were just so glad it was outside the garage- the amount of guano, a.k.a. bat poop, was revolting. We were legitimately bat sh*t crazy for a few months!