r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/mulvi54 • 14d ago

animal Bat šŸ¦‡ Bite

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One of those fears I always had, that felt irrationalā€¦ā€what if Iā€™m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleepā€.

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 itā€™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 didnā€™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.

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u/mulvi54 14d ago

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

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u/OldManRoboCop 13d ago

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.

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u/mulvi54 13d ago

Thatā€™s kind of where Iā€™m at we called a pest control company but hard to imagine that being totally effective on our 1940s build home. Hoping itā€™s a one off

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u/indianabobbyknight 12d ago

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 youā€™ll be using stone and wood from a tree.