wonder if bats like stinkbugs? I bet not.
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, Tom Hodges wrote: > I would ask the exterminator that question. > > > > > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of William Stephan > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:27 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Bat houses > > > > > > It's a long and somewhat dramatic story, but last week, we learned we have > been colonized by both brown bats (somewhere between six and 60 in number) > and gray squirrels. The exterminator says this is rare BTW to have both > animals in the same place. > > The first step was to set a body trap for the squirrel(s), but it hasn't > yielded any bodies for five days, so it's likely the colony or nesting site > has been abandoned, which means the holes they chewed can be patch. As an > aside, the exterminator says it's generally better if you kill the offending > squirrel(s) since they tend to come back to favorite places when they get > pregnant again. > > This week, we're installing what are called bat valves where there's > evidence the bats are going in and out of the attic which permit them to go > out but not return. After this, all holes down to 3/8 of an inch will be > filled in. > > So, we have a lot of bats here, you can sometimes hear them at night, and > though I guess an occasional one contracts bat rabies, by an large they are > a beneficial animal in that they eat lots of insects including I'm told, > mosquitos. Given this, my wife andI are thinkig about putting up a bat > house, on the theory that if they hav a good place to hang out, they might > be less inclined to want to hang out in our chimney. > > Anybody on this list have experience with this? > > Am I thinking about this right? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
