Sat here with patio doors wide open ( it's hellishly humid in Yorkshire) Bloody bat, has flown in😱, and is hanging upside down from a beam.. How can I get it out.. It has teeth?
Last edited by Robyn_Hartley1 : 02-08-2013 at 02:22

Offer it some Horlicks. That usually works.

Show it a picture of Rylan.

You'll have to move out. Bats are protected.

Omg! I have no advice to offer - the most I have to deal with are daddy long legs.

Close it in the room and call the RSPCA to deal with it in the morning.

This. Don't try and catch it as they have very delicate wings and you may injure it.

Call Commissioner Gordon.

Bite its head off and drink its blood.....

September in Yorkshire, is the month of the 'Daddy long legs' we get plagues of them.. It's still warm enough to leave windows open, so they find their way in!

If you do intend to try and get it out on your own, get a big net and/or thick gloves:

http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/bats_and_rabies.html

Yes...but it is only August

I would just like to sugget that the OP keeps the bats on the north side of the Pennines...because I wouldn't known what the 'bat out of hell' to do with them either.

Don't worry. I would never intentionally injure or hurt an animal..

I think what I'll do is turn the lights off in the living room and put the lights on on the decking and patio.. It might be attracted to light and fly out.

I had one fly in when I was in Spain. I opened all the windows and turned the lights off and it went out of it's own accord.

I know it's August you looney.! Was just saying September is the month when zillions of daddy long legs appear! For no apparent reason but to freak us out!

*sniggers*

Yes well....I believe in tackling the problem as it arises.....not trying to anticipate doom and gloom...

I encountered a few bats in Italy...and they seemed quite 'armless'....and I have just seen-off a legion of flying ants......so we let September and it's adventures take care of itself!

Lol, well this bat has got 10 mins to hot wing its way out of here, cos I am off to bed and closing the doors ..
If its still here tomorrow , will probably leave it to hang around til dusk, then will get something soft to scoop it up and send it back to its coven or roost or whatever bat group it hangs with. Night all

there is a link here about bat removal
http://www.humanesociety.org/animals...e_removal.html

basically gloves etc....

I wonder if noise would shift it?

maybe generate some high pitched feedback if you can by putting a mic near a microphone?
might do something???

If we'd tried that at my grandparent's house, we'd have had 6 more fly in. FWIW, my grandfather usually got them out with a fishing net.

Morning update would be welcome please

Play videos of Callum talking and just talk it to death

Leave the door open and play this video and he will be gone when the morning comes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4

Depends, What do Bats taste like? A delicate blend of frog and pigeon i expect. yummy.

What ya waitin for, pop the little fella on tha Barbi and we'll say no more