Bats in the Belfry II
Two years ago I had a baby bat get loose in my house, my bedroom specifically on a Sunday night just before bed. Trisket pounced on the bed and freaked out trying to catch the damned thing. Dad came over and caught it and took it outside. I kept saying catch it don’t kill it! I figured it was more scared of me than I was of it. Plus I kept telling it it didn’t pay rent therefore it was not welcome! Yeah it was after working a full weekend at faire and I was pretty damned loopy exhausted. Well last night I had REVENGE OF THE BAT!!! I couldn’t figure out why Trisket wouldn’t come in the bedroom like he normally does last night. I had just finished my shower and was getting ready for bed when I saw out of my peripheral vision something black. I look up to see a bat swooping in circles in my bedroom. Okay first thing that comes to my mind is damn they do look like those flying things they sell at Halloween. Second thing was holy shit its dive bombing me. I rolled off the bed and ran to the bedroom door and pulled the drape shut then realized my pajamas and cell phone were on the other side of the bed close to where the psycho bat landed. So taking a deep breath I dove across the bed, grabbed the cell phone and jammies then dove back out of the room because psycho bat decided to have a second round of swooping and I called Dad. Yeah I’ve had sugar gliders and other animals even caught mice and evicted them humanely but for something that’s moving that fast I call in Superman aka my Daddy my hero!!! I think he thought I was joking since this is the second time I’ve needed him for the same problem. (who gets bats twice?!?!?) I ran down and unlocked the front door threw on the jammies and kept an eye on where psycho bat was in the room and keeping him from getting loose in the rest of the house. Dad my hero came in and within minutes had the critter in a towel and we let it loose out the bathroom window. He and I both agreed that it was definitely a LOT bigger than the first one, so maybe it was revenge of the same bat or another one. I didn’t sleep at all last night instead I stayed up praying it wouldn’t come back since I don’t know how it got in, in the first place. This evening I’m checking the attic hatch to make sure its secure and going to be checking the rest of the house, then maybe just maybe I’ll get some sleep. Mom said I need a baseball bat. I’m thinking a tennis racket more surface area for whacking and less chance of missing it. Sooner or later I’m going to have to accept that my hero won’t always be around to get rid of bats (not that I’m expecting or wanting anymore) so I’ve got to pull up my big girl panties and be able to debat my own house.
Update:
I just looked up some info on how to batproof my house. Apparently they are on the protected species list and this is the time that they have babies and you're not allowed to "exclude" them until after September. Um HELL NO!!! I am not sharing a house with bats. If it came in through the attic vents thats fine it can stay up there and I do mean up there! I don't use my attic and will never use it. Apparently they are a natural resource for decreasing the bug population fine on the water they can eat all the mosquitos they want but they are not welcome in the rest of the house and if there are babies up there and that was mommy then Mommy needs to go back the way she came. I am so not building them bat nesting houses either to get them out of the house! I admit they are kinda cute but that is only when they aren't flying in circles over my bed!