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Steps on How to Bat Proof your Home
Important note: It is recommended NOT to evict bats between May and August as baby bats will get left inside and die. Summer season is usually bat birthing season.
Setup One-Way Doors
One-way doors can allow the bats to evict themselves but deny them from re-entering the attic of the house or gap of property. These doors will be placed at the main points of entry. Areas where you either see: the bats fly out of, you see brown staining residue, or where you see guano (bat poop) either on the wall, under the entry point or ground. It’s important to note, when you setup the doors, you must close up other potential areas the bats will fly into.
You can use a number of different materials for one-way doors. Wildlife operators have used:
- patio door screen
- fine hardware cloth
- bat cones can also used (or empty caulking tubes)
- fine bird netting (finer the better, bats can get stuck in net)
Seal Up All Points of Entry and Potential Openings
Loose fascia boards, broken soffit vents, chimney gaps and the like, all will house your neighborhood friendly bat… or bat colony. There are a few ways to animal proof your home when it comes to bats. When you do, it’s a necessity to cover all holes… period. Anything from a 1/4 inch or bigger will give access to bats. Remember, if you seal the main area where bats are entering, they will aggressively migrate to another opening around the property.
- Foam up any gaps you see at the upper part of your home
- Screen off any broken soffit vent at higher parts of home
- Stuff gaps around chimney with steel wool
- Close off any openings you see that leads into your walls or attic (any openings)
- Apply metal screen to any big gaping holes along roofline
Depending on the size of the gap or opening where bats are entering, you need to consider a few different fillers. Black foam bought from online vendors will be ideal – Colored foam fillers are cheaper, easily accessed (local hardstore) but would look cosmetically unpleasing due to bright orange colors, etc. Steel wool is another great product to use to fill-in holes but be certain it’s tucked in quite good as gravity can have them fall out over time.
Wait Until All Bats Are Gone
Keep one-way devices until bats are gone
I usually wait 5-7 days, depending on the amount of bats I think are colonizing inside the property. The bigger the colony, the longer we wait. Extensive damage and guano I see from the exterior, the longer I wait, just to be certain all bats have left. Once all the bats are gone, now you can remove the one-way doors and seal up the last openings. You should now be bat-proofed.
HOW DO I KNOW I HAVE BATS?
Sign you have bats
Do you see specks of guano (bat poo) on the ground or the walls? It looks like little mice droppings- the size of a grain of rice, but dark in color. Have you had a bat fly inside your home or even outside of your house? You probably have bats or maybe a colony of bats and require bat removal and control…. more