Tractor shed has bats

wolfman · May 31, 2013

Bats under the aluminum siding on tractor shed. What's best - plug any openings after dark when they are out?...or?

gregger · May 31, 2013

leave um alone -- I put out bat boxes -- they eat lots skeeetos

Lazy WP · May 31, 2013

Leave 'em and let eat the skeeters.

WAYNE-N-TX · May 31, 2013

You're so lucky. I wish I had that problem.

JD John · May 31, 2013

I have heard to use steal wool to plug the openings, they kinda get tangled up in it I guess and don't come back. John

GordoSD · May 31, 2013

Why do you not want bats in a machine shed?

Royse · May 31, 2013

In your house they are a health hazard.
Outside though, I've never heard anything but good about them.
I too have bat houses to help keep the bugs down.
I just keep them away from the house.

Mike (WA) · May 31, 2013

Leave 'em be- nothing better than having bats flying around at night, eating the bugs.

Best solution for bats indoors, according to a friend with experience, is badminton racquets strategically placed around the house. Good sport, and very effective, once you get the hang of it.

gene bender · Jun 1, 2013

Look up the site and make some houses they will move there tell them to move here are get all the gnats flying around.

mick in il. · Jun 1, 2013

Bats will eat their weight in mosquitos a nite, if their not hurting anything leave them alone or you can do what others said to put up bat houses. I also wish I could have more of them.

gordy from Iowa · Jun 1, 2013

We also have bats in a shed where the flat bed tractor trailer is kept. Just cover the trailer bed with a tarp and let the bats eat millions of mosquitos.

37chief · Jun 1, 2013

I don't have anything good to say about the bats. They were in my barn, which is also my shop. They hang in the rafters and crap all day on everything below. It will not take long for the stink to keep you out of your building. When they leave at night, they circle before they leave and pee. Everything the pee hits is a rust spot. They also carry rabies. Put up a hanging piece of fabric over the opening, when they leave they can't get back in. Stan

State of Jefferson · Jun 1, 2013

Bats certainly can be a nuisance. Buuuuttttt, I think they do more good than harm. If you can figure out where they are getting in, you can build a "funnel" out of aluminum window screen so they can get out but not back in. Build some bat houses so they have someplace to go. They really do eat alot of skeeters.
I just dealt with this last week. Bats living in the roof of some folks' house. Stinking up their Bedroom somethin fierce...

The bit about bats carrying rabies is a bit of a myth. They are no more likely to have it than any other animal.

Ben

danofarming · Jun 1, 2013

tell us where and how high you hang your bat boxes.

showcrop · Jun 1, 2013

I put buckets in strategic places to catch the guano. You know that they used to mine it out of caves and sell it for fertilizer. I put covers over whatever I need to protect from them and tarps stay in place easily indoors.

jm. · Jun 1, 2013

Who has a photo or plans on the bat house. We see a few around about dark, wish I had more.

State of Jefferson · Jun 1, 2013

A quick Google search for "bat houses" will get you images and plans on how to make them.

Ben

55deere70 · Jun 1, 2013

We have lots of bats around and none of them will use the bat houses we have up.

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