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10-07-2009, 07:47 AM
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Pesky bat... I think.
I think I have a bat in my storage shed outside. A few weeks ago there was one hanging around my deck in the evening. My shed door doesn't close properly and a couple days ago I noticed it was open. I went out in the afternoon and closed it. But for the past couple of nights I have heard rustling going on outside, and it seems like something is moving around inside, and running into some of the lighter stuff like Layla's old travel crate.
After being kept awake most of the night with it, I got brave this morning and went out to open the door, half expecting something to come out at me! But it was quiet. I looked inside and didn't see anything. I went back to my room where it was rustling just minutes earlier to see if I could hear it, but it was silent from there too. So I'm keeping the door open for the day. Maybe whatever it was got scared and hid when I opened the door. If it's a bat, maybe when it gets dark it will go out and I can go close it when it's gone. Has anyone had experience with getting rid of bats? Don't they hibernate? It's freezing here every night, we're expecting snow tonight and tomorrow. I don't know if bats can stand the cold!
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10-07-2009, 09:27 AM
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Lindsey, I don't think of bats as being out when it's cold but I'm really not experienced with bats. Any animal that's in there will probably get quiet when you open the door. I think that leaving the door open for a while like you're planning on doing will be a good idea. Hopefully, what ever's in there will leave!!! If not, then send Scott in to find out what it is!!!
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10-07-2009, 09:37 AM
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Lol yeah I don't want to go in there myself, but Scott's not back home again for another week. I don't want whatever it is to die in there
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10-07-2009, 01:59 PM
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Yuck!!! I don't know anything about bats.
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10-07-2009, 05:37 PM
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We have bats here in Austin, and they do migrate to Mexico when it gets cold. I"m not sure all bats migrate south, but maybe they do. Perhaps if this is a bat, he/she got left behind. Most bats have rabies, so if it is a bat, be careful and DO NOT TOUCH IT, even if it is dead!
Rats will create that rustling sound too - and if it is a rat, he/she probably won't come out during the day or night.
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10-07-2009, 06:32 PM
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Surprise! I came home from work today and Scott was HOME!!!!!!!!!!! He was told he could come home for a few days this morning and he lied to me all day lol. Anyways he went out this afternoon and searched around the storage shed and there was nothing there. He closed the door and neither of us have heard anything yet, so maybe whatever it was left!
I did research a bit today and all bats in Saskatchewan either migrate south or they burrow for the winter in cave-like areas like old mine sites. How well do rats climb? It would have to get up to the third floor outside.
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