Bats - Arrghh

[Betty'sMom]

Funny story!! But the neighbors scared me more than the bats!! Time to move!!!!!!!!

[011011]

LOl. I do not mind bats at all but they can carry alot of things.
I just do not like rats and mice!

[kdlmon]

Originally Posted by RoxyJosMom

I remember my dad in the middle of the nite, when one would get in their house, at the top of the stairs in his undies, with a tennis racquet swinging, towel of his head, jumping and squating, trying to outsmart the little guys. As for the holes - there are so many holes inside and outside, there is no way to plug them all. This is the landlords 1st rental and he has no clue. I went the 1st 3 days I moved in with no fridge, no kitchen sink, no hot water. Still waiting for him to fix fence that was to be done b-4 i moved in. Does the word SLUMLORD come to mind? Still battling bees in the siding, carpenter ants all over, and other assorted creepy crawlies roaming around. No mice, tho. Now, here's the great part. Yeah, it gets better. I live across the street from a houseful of young guys. I realize nobody can figure out why there is a constant parade, day and nite, of carloads of kids in and out of there. Not to mention the sheets that are hung up around the balcony with little peep holes so they can peek out. We,ve already watched them smoking pot and doing God knows what, so that must be so the cops won't know what's going on. I guess all the liquore bottles on the porch railings are just decorations. I'd turn them in but I may need them before I get thru this mess. I 'b be amazed if any of them are over 18. Anyway, next to them is a supposed crackhouse. Can't say for sure, but it's a strange place. 1st week here and the girl that live there comes knocking on my door: "Hi, I'm Angel, welcome to the neighborhood, my husband is cooking, can I borrow some flour?". OK. A couple weeks ago, she's back: "Hi, can I borrow some glue?". Nope, sorry, mine is all sniffed out. That's the only times I have ever seen her. But, I digress. After I get done last nite, and I am reliving the experience, completely covered in my comforter, peeking out every now and then looking for that dreaded shadow, I think: What if all those guys were stoned and saw my in my getup thru their peepholed - nitie hanging out from under sweatshirt, black chef's apron tied around my head so only my eyes were showing, tennis racquet in front of my face, (also carrying a mirror so I could peek around corners, swinging golf club(no club on the end, just the long handle - it USED to be my brand new driver)crawling around on the floor, ducking under a blanket every few seconds, they probably thought they were hallucinating on some pretty bad stuff. It has been pretty quiet over there this morning. Maybe I scared them straight. Now I better go check the attic. This should be a riot, although, I think they are in the ceiling. That would explain why my one cat is constantly staring at the ceiling. I thought she was just facinated with the missing boards. Take note, sleep deprivation can make one ramble on and on, sorry. Oh, BTW, the rest of the neighborhood is fine. If anything interesting happens, I'll continue this saga.
Thanks for listening.
Sandy

The tennis racquet! I guess that is the weapon of choice when it comes to bats. My husband had a phone interview a couple of years back and two minutes before they called a bat flew in the house. He put on his bike helmet, grabbed his tennis racquet and went after that bat. He managed to get it out of the house, but was quite breathless for his interview.

On one hand, I'm glad I wasn't home because bats FREAK me out. On the other hand, I am sorry I missed my husband running around the house in his bike helmet and a tennis racquet.

[hartygirl]

Omg! This waws sooo funny to read this afternoon!
I have only seen bats at the zoo. I know we have them here but so far no encouters.
I dont know what a palmetto bug is but I totally understand about smashing roaches on a white wall It never comes off! You have to repaint! I miss the good old days when I only saw roaches on fear factor! And they stink so bad, kind of like dirty iron! ewwwww.
I so wish I could have been there to help you flush out bats! It sounds like you had a blast! Its good to know you will be moving out of your bat/crack/underage wonderland. Hopefully there will not be a sequal!

[Potter]

Its funny reading your story although I know its no fun too deal with one. Personally, I think bats are cute and oh well hubby says I am crazy for all creatures including bats. I have had 2 close encounters with them, they were insect bats I think. They were on the floor just outside my door(maybe they were hurt? I wasn't sure but it couldn't fly). It was pitiful so I caught both the bats (at different times) with a shoe box poked with holes and then put a small bottle cap filled with water and the other with honey in it, let it eat and rest in the dark and waited till night time to release them. Come night time I went to the park nearby where I can hear a lot of bats flying and I put the box somewhere high so that the bats can swoop down to start its flight. Weird thing is I didn't give much thought about rabies when I was doing it (didn't get bitten anyways so its good). The poor thing was so scared it was shaking. I did open the box a little and peek at them, they looked at me and they are cute with the beady black eyes, something like a creature out from a cartoon; not scary at all. Their eyes actually looked like they have emotions! I think bats deserve a better reputation. They play a very important role in the environment although I agree it sucks if your scared of them.

[sullysmum]

In uk Bats are protected so where ever you find them you cannot move them, so ive heard.

[celstu1]

OMG hahahaha you are braver than I. I used to date a firefighter and we had a bat in our house once and he knew how to take care of it so he got it out pretty fast, but if it happened to me now Id either call the fire dept while I stood outside with the furbutts in the freezing cold til they got there, or Id be knocking on the neighbors door asking to stay the night LMAO!!! I HATTTEEEE BATS!!

Oh get this, the house my guy bought from his parents, actually has a bat house attached to it that is meant to ATTRACT bats!!! Now WHO would WANT to attract bats?? certainly not I! LOL I know they are good for eating unwanted bugs.. buttt uuugggghhhh they creep me out!

[RoxyJosMom]

Originally Posted by celstu1

OMG hahahaha you are braver than I. I used to date a firefighter and we had a bat in our house once and he knew how to take care of it so he got it out pretty fast, but if it happened to me now Id either call the fire dept while I stood outside with the furbutts in the freezing cold til they got there, or Id be knocking on the neighbors door asking to stay the night LMAO!!! I HATTTEEEE BATS!!

Oh get this, the house my guy bought from his parents, actually has a bat house attached to it that is meant to ATTRACT bats!!! Now WHO would WANT to attract bats?? certainly not I! LOL I know they are good for eating unwanted bugs.. buttt uuugggghhhh they creep me out!

Bats are good to have around - they eat zillions of mosquitoes! Alot of people have bat houses in their yards just for that reason.

[littlewhip]

OMG..Now i keep looking at my ceilings and curtains, everytime i hear a noise i jump, you are way braver then me I would take off outside, Iam a big chicken of anything that flys..even bees, hornets..I freak out, I almost wrecked my car one time because of a little bee I had to pull over and wait for the bee to fly out, now i check my car out good before i leave.

[yorkiepup2]

Littlewhip....you are funny! Try having a mouse in your car. Yep....had one of those too! I was midspan on a trestle with noplace to pull over and a mouse ran from behind the passenger side glove box down the floor and under the seat. Then I saw a mouse run back up behind the glove box. So I'm thinkiing......is that one mouse, or two? I was totally screaming the whole time. I also was driving with my heels off the ground.....have you ever tried that?......Not so easy to do. We took my 4-Runner into the dealership's service dept. and they found a family of mice in the fan motor housing. The bill came to $600. Late last Summer I went down to the basement to do some laundry and there was a gardner snake in front of the washer and dryer. I called my husband at work and asked him what I should do. He said to "pick it up and take it outside". I said "are yo crazy? I'm not going to do that!". He then told me to get the aluminum baseball bat that was downstairs. So I got the bat and whacked the snake several times.....one of them cut him in half. He was still moving so I whacked him a few more times.....one of them got his head. I then scooped him up into a big dustpan and ran to the trash can that has a lid......with the dustpan out in front of me as far as I could stretch my arm and I dumped him. When my husband got home, he took the trash bag outside. That was the grossest thing I have ever had to do (until the bat-in-the-house incident recently).......made a BIG mess all over the basement floor......YUCK!!!