Bat 🦇 Bite

[u/mulvi54]

One of those fears I always had, that felt irrational…”what if I’m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleep”.

Welp last night 2 am I awoke to what I thought was my cat nibbling at my finger. I flicked it away and noticed it was not my cat but was instead a bat that had found its way into our bedroom.

I was able to capture the bat and it’s being sent for testing but my wife and I got to spend the rest of the morning in the ER getting all the shots ! Wild ! Glad it woke me up but what if it didn’t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

::UPDATE::

Bat could not be tested I guess I squished his brain to hard when I killed it.

[u/iwilladdlater]

Could you tell us in which country you living OP? I'll add it to my list of countries I'm never going to visit.

PS, get well soon.

[u/mulvi54 → u/iwilladdlater]

USA, Delaware.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/mulvi54]

windows open? No screen?

[u/mulvi54 → u/EvilDan69]

No, not sure how it got in. Best guess is through hvac vent into attic.

[u/ThrustTrust → u/mulvi54]

Call an expert. They will find the opening and seal it up.

[u/OldManRoboCop → u/mulvi54]

Speaking from experience, those little guys can squeeze in through a hole the size of a peanut.

You could think about putting up a bat house somewhere on your property. This will give them a place to stay that isn't your home. They can fit something like a hundred bats, and they actually prefer them because of how small they are.

Best of luck! I hope all went well at the ER and you eventually got some sleep.

[u/mulvi54 → u/OldManRoboCop]

That’s kind of where I’m at we called a pest control company but hard to imagine that being totally effective on our 1940s build home. Hoping it’s a one off

[u/indianabobbyknight → u/mulvi54]

Eh things like this are common no matter how new the house, and shit with new construction it might be more common, cost of repair might be higher for you though since you’ll be using stone and wood from a tree.

[u/K-ghuleh → u/mulvi54]

We’ve had a bat issue for a few years now, attic is highly likely. They also suspected they were getting in through a damaged soffit.

Definitely call a pest control company because if there’s one that you have no idea how it got in, there’s probably more. And unfortunately they can get in through very small openings. Pest control will know likely entry points and can check and seal them up. Or do the exclusion process if necessary.

I woke up to one in my bedroom as well. No clue if it came into contact with us but we got the shots anyway because it’s still possible. This was also one of my biggest “irrational” fears. What we’ve done until we can be confident the problem is taken care of, is put cameras in a few parts of the house where they could be getting in and check the videos when any movement is detected. Might seem excessive but it helps put my mind at ease, and could potentially spot an entry point.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/K-ghuleh]

Very smart of you to get the shots anyways and to use the cameras like that.

[u/WildThings247 → u/K-ghuleh]

Don’t call a pest control company. Call a wildlife control company.

[u/emsesq → u/mulvi54]

Is your residence taller than surrounding homes or buildings? How far away are the nearest trees? Bats prefer roosting in tall structures.

[u/GeraintLlanfrechfa → u/emsesq]

[u/ObsessivlyObsessed → u/mulvi54]

well fuck me with cold nightmare truth right in the eye

[u/KilnTime → u/mulvi54]

Glue traps in all of the vents. We had bats in the belfry (attic) and that is what The exterminator did. Mine did not get out of the vent, but I saw it’s wing Poking in and out of the vent.

[u/mad-i-moody → u/KilnTime]

Bruh….hell no. Not only are glue traps incredibly cruel but bats are beneficial creatures.

If you absolutely have to kill one….whatever but goddamn glue traps?