Anyone ever had to deal with a bat?

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  • Given To DragonFly
    Given To DragonFly Posts: 601
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I'm obviously late to this party too, but I just need to clarify that you are all a bunch of pansies. Well, most of you. Bats... sheesh. Oh no!
    :lol:
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Given To DragonFly wrote:
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I'm obviously late to this party too, but I just need to clarify that you are all a bunch of pansies. Well, most of you. Bats... sheesh. Oh no!
    :lol:

    These wimps can get back to me when they've had a grizzly bear right outside their tent in the middle of the night... :shock:

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  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Given To DragonFly wrote:
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I'm obviously late to this party too, but I just need to clarify that you are all a bunch of pansies. Well, most of you. Bats... sheesh. Oh no!
    :lol:

    These wimps can get back to me when they've had a grizzly bear right outside their tent in the middle of the night... :shock:

    http://earthtremors.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... -griz.html


    GOTTA BE HONEST..i was so bored to death i read this..it was pretty darn good

    a few pics of the wife dipping would help w/ the imagery (just saying)
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    on the brighter side I think the bat that was in my apt. left or is In Hiding. I looked for him the past few days and haven't seen or heard from it.
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    GOTTA BE HONEST..i was so bored to death i read this..it was pretty darn good

    a few pics of the wife dipping would help w/ the imagery (just saying)


    :lol:

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    Well last week. The bat returned. Went to bed and as I was trying fall asleep I hear the cats "banging" on one of the doors. So got up and *boom* there was the bat in my apt. Cats went crazy trying to get. Here's a short clip:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiMb9oC2uSY
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    one time i remodeled and lived in this attic apartment in a really large old house. it was infested with bats.
    it was also haunted by @ least one or more women. many times the activities in that place startled me. bats even worked their way downstairs. all year 'round bats; iowa, -13 below zero, bats are dancing in my living room or behind the walls.

    had to be to work early every morning. 4am im up getting ready for work, shower, having cereal and toast before out the door. bats... they like to do laps up and down my hallway, through living room and back around sometimes resting on drapes, window air conditioners, or just hang out on the wall.

    some morning while waking up i'd open my bedroom door to greet my winged friends, invite them into my bedroom for ceiling fan tight circles with wing tips that flirt with fan blades and sometimes slap it to fling away like the little masters of flight that they are

    mice with wings.

    im still trying to figure out how the ate insects while in winter months.
    i suppose they weren't super active; a docile frozen bat community.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    sounds like y'all need a few bats with all the damn mosquitoes y'all got chewin on your asses.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Given To DragonFly wrote:
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I'm obviously late to this party too, but I just need to clarify that you are all a bunch of pansies. Well, most of you. Bats... sheesh. Oh no!
    :lol:

    These wimps can get back to me when they've had a grizzly bear right outside their tent in the middle of the night... :shock:

    http://earthtremors.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... -griz.html
    i miss mr. eyed
    think i'll shoot him an email
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Bats are harmless and, contrary to what most people think, they are not major rabies carriers (minimal risks, really). Bats indoors where humans live are a fluke/accident. Only a few species 'circle'. If it's not their 'way' it means they may be disorientated and, as someone said, the 'swooping' is not for attacking a human but to feed off flying insects.

    Also, as mentioned, a good number of species are protected. In the UK, they all are and it's an offense to kill one.

    (Both my daughter and I are involved in bat conservation! Love those lil' critters!)

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