Well, the bats, they are a winning. Not only have we done nothing to prevent them from accessing our walls, but we have had two instances of bats infiltrating our house!
The incidents were back to back in August. One evening, we came back from a weekend out of town. I went upstairs to our finished attic space to turn on a couple of fans. From out of nowhere, a bat swooped down upon me.
I bravely reacted by screaming like a little girl. Repeatedly. My significant other was unloading the car at the time and was unable to quite figure out where the screams were coming from. Once he figured out we had a bat issue, I was allowed to cower in a room downstairs while he shepharded the bat through an open upstairs window.
Normally, I can handle wildlife. I've trapped mice. I can pick up a snake and get it outside. I can kill most bugs (although really hairy centipedes must be killed by others while I flee). But bats freak me the heck out.
A week later, we had Bat Encounter #2. This bat had made it downstairs and was cruising the living room when spotted by my SO. This time, I managed to stay in the room while we shooed it out the front door.
Since that time, we almost made it on the roof to check out possible entrances. Rather, I got on the roof after the SO, realized how unbelievably steep our roof is, and promptly had to get off the roof. Except that I needed to be talked off the roof a step at a time (seriously thought we might have to call the fire department for a while there). This took some time during which the weather shifted. Then (well, not immediately, but sooner than we thought it would) we were in the middle of cold and snow.
I think we might not actually have hibernating bats this winter, however. We have run the heat upstairs for extended periods of time without hearing wall rustlings. And we haven't seen any further evidence of bats.
Really, the whole purpose of this post is to make me feel like a yellow bellied homeowner. Jeez. Scared of bats, hairy centipedes, and our 1 1/2 story high (albeit REALLY FREAKIN' STEEP) roof. Good thing the SO fears nothing this bungalow can dish out. Well, except for the blenderized bird in the furnace...
Ok you have a bat problem. That’s a new one for me I just have mice.
Posted by: Phoenix auto glass | March 12, 2009 at 11:17 PM