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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    I've called a realtor.

    For you, the ghosts or the bat?

    The ghosts can stay. The bat has to go. He's locked in the library while I just sit here knowing he's in there waiting for animal control to call back.

    I would probably have to throw a match, run and hope for the best. Especially if that thing was a huge spider!
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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    LL5lifts wrote: »
    I've called a realtor.

    For you, the ghosts or the bat?

    The ghosts can stay. The bat has to go. He's locked in the library while I just sit here knowing he's in there waiting for animal control to call back.

    in the library you say? He's probably reading up on how to kill you!

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    By now, he has probably invited friends.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    This feels like a 1970's board game....

    It's the bat in the library with a flame thrower.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    This is what it feels like when god hates you.

    You forgot to capitalize God.

    Now you're really screwed.
  • tmanfromtexas
    tmanfromtexas Posts: 928 Member
    Back in my fire fighting days, I had to remove a rattle snake from a lady's house. I wasnt rewarded...
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
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    Sweet Christ. I got a broom because I thought he was dead. He's NOT dead.

    OMG...WTF is that?
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Back in my fire fighting days, I had to remove a rattle snake from a lady's house. I wasnt rewarded...

    You mean she wasn't nice enough to pet the snake afterwards? Right?
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    edited January 2017
    I would die a thousand deaths if I saw a bat in my house.
  • BW__NOT
    BW__NOT Posts: 807 Member
    Bats are great....on the grill
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited January 2017
    I like bats. They eat tons of mosquitoes. I have been thinking about getting a bat box for outside.

    How do you think the bat go inside? Do you think it will leave the way it came in?

    You have four good options:

    Option 1: Open all the windows and doors - bats have good echolocation, and it may realize the window or door is open, and simply fly out.

    Option 2: Catch it with a butterfly net. This is actually pretty hard, especially if it's on the wing. You might want to wait for it to land, and then net it. Be careful to close the top of the net and not crush the fragile bat, and then bring it outside and let it go.

    Option 3: Trap it in tupperware or a jar, bowl, bucket, etc. Wait for it to land, exhausted, and then carefully place the tupperware over the bat against a wall or floor, and then slide a piece of paper between the wall and tupperware, and you've got the bat trapped. Bring it outside.

    Option 4: Smother it in a blanket - drap a blanket over the bat, and then gently bunch it up and bring it outside and let it go. Remember, bats have very fragile bones in their wings, so be careful not to injure it. You can even remove it with thick leather gloves. You just don't want to get bitten. Bat's aren't aggressive, but if you're grabbing one, it'll defend itself.

    http://www.wildlife-removal.com/batinhouse.html
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
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    I was about to ask if this was you or animal control then I noticed the hairy arm. Now, I am most certain it was you! :D

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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
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    I was about to ask if this was you or animal control then I noticed the hairy arm. Now, I am most certain it was you! :D

    Hell no I wasn't grabbing him

    LOL I know, I was kidding! I wouldn't have either!
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited January 2017
    Sigh of relief.

    Just a thought: Did you put the bat somewhere up high? If not one of the cats will eat it. If the bat is sick, which is unlikely but not impossible, you could have a bunch of rabid cats running around your yard. That would be the worse case scenario. BUT I tend to overthink things.
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  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    OMG...why did I look in this thread. I just can't with the bats.
  • tmanfromtexas
    tmanfromtexas Posts: 928 Member
    Back in my fire fighting days, I had to remove a rattle snake from a lady's house. I wasnt rewarded...

    You mean she wasn't nice enough to pet the snake afterwards? Right?

    You are absolutely correct...
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited January 2017
    lstrat115 wrote: »

    Is it weird that I want one now? I think they are cute

    *kitten* yeah! They are *kitten* cute, just like mice with wings except they eat mosquitoes and produce the best fertilizer in the world.

    I would call mine Nibbles and he would be the best bat.
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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    lstrat115 wrote: »

    Is it weird that I want one now? I think they are cute

    *kitten* yeah! They are *kitten* cute, just like mice with wings except they eat mosquitoes and produce the best fertilizer in the world.

    I would call mine Nibbles and he would be the best bat.

    Would you carry him on your shoulder?
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    List of reasons the MFP Halloween Party is going to be at @littlemissbgiff house this year:
    1. She has ghosts
    2. She has bats
    3. She has a graveyard
    4. She lives in a very old house
    5. She probably has spooky trees
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