That I have a bat in my belfry

That's batty. Is it up against a screen? I get security camera closeup pictures of birds, bugs and a raccoon, but no bats so far.

Keith

He is. I saw him from the outside when I arrived so I just shut the window till chuckie gets home. He can get the ladder and pop off the screen

All I could think when I saw that picture

It is resting, and will typically be gone as nitefall approaches.

He’s resting INSIDE my house and he wants to leave.

I read somewhere all bats in the house should be euthanized so they can be tested for rabies if it turns out someone may have been bitten. It said to put them in a small container in your freezer until you're positive no one was bitten. The guy said his wife had felt a little pain in the night, but didn't realize it was a bite until later after he let the bat go. So she had to undergo the rabies shots to be safe.

ADC you are probably right. We usually get one every summer. And I hear bat bites are so small you would never feel them….
Rabies is really scary

Additionally I was told that freezing a specimen will make testing impossible so it should not be done. Refrigerated is okay but not freezing.

I took off a lot of heads in my career

All this makes me angry at the lack of vaccination for at risk people; trappers, vet techs, etc.

It is very difficult to get vaccinated in my state and also expensive.
I got post exposure vaccines that would have costed me near a grand if it wasn’t for workers comp

Yet they’ll shove flu and Covid vaccines down your throat

Got a pre-exposure series of shots and a booster some years ago. Kinda spendy, but I got mine at the VA for free! If the VAMC gives you any crap, the Patients Advocate and Vet Rep can help.

Good to know thank you!

I've probably grabbed 100 of those little brown bats. Have showed people for years that their teeth don't break skin. Put my finger tip in there mouth, their little teeth and jaws go but nothing happens. They only have enough jaw strength to crush a mosquito

Cool that makes me less worried. They sure seem like fragile little creatures.
He’s out now. He better eat all the mosquitoes before they eat all my type o negative blood

I have been bitten twice over my lifetime both times on my hands. They can break the skin and draw blood on exposed skin. I have had pre and post exposure treatments over the years. Just comes with my line of work it seems.

It might be a good idea to do a watch around the perimeter of your home at dusk. This could alert you as to whether you have any bats exiting from your roof line, gable attic vents or chimney flashing areas.

Thank you Mr Jameson! I’ll watch out.

Ok now I have questions:
1 has it been defecating around you and if so...
2 does that explain a whole lot?

Quiet down now!

Bat feces crazy.

Keith