Illegal to kill bats here?…WTF?

[OCD]

Quickly approaching the end of my attempts at peaceful options. The local pest control guys claim it’s illegal to kill these f’n bats here in southern Utah. I’m not looking to go straight for the most extreme options, but not really all that against it anymore either. Looking for solutions, someone here has to know something…

The bats keep returning nightly to our covered front entry and our covered back patio. Shitting and pissing all over the walls of our brand new house. We’ve tried what are supposedly the best sonic bat deterrent devices available. The company that makes them guarantees results and has even sent us additional units free of charge, but these f’n bats are not phased in the slightest.

Contrary to what google has to say about it, mothballs don’t work and neither does peppermint oil. I’m thinking about attaching some of those sticky mouse traps to the ceiling upside down in their favorite corners. However, I kind of doubt that I’m up against the same bats coming back each night. So if I kill a few, more will most likely just take their place. We need a long term bat repellant solution.

I’d rather not purchase a home defense attack falcon and learn how to train it to hunt bats. That sounds excessive and involved, but at this point I’m just not sure what else can be done? I suppose the attack falcon could also help with the door to door church folks, but that’s another thread for another day…

 

[Arps]

Im pretty sure all bats are protected.

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[Ebs]

Will they hang out if you keep a porch light on?

 

[JNHEscher]

Supposedly wind chimes drive them off. I have to read up on this to see how true and effective that really is.

 

[larboc]

Will they hang out if you keep a porch light on?

Worth a try, but I'd guess light would attract bugs, which attracts bats.
Wish I had OPs problem. White nose killed almost all of them here.

 

[grandeyota]

A few packs of bottle rockets would be among the first things I’d try.

 

[NorCalJalopy]

My in-laws had an issue with bats in and under the siding of their home. They were told the same thing. Can’t lol them or anything. We ended up opening the wall where they were and left it open. After a couple days they were gone and we sealed it up tight. They make ultra sonic bat deterers. Don’t know if they are worth a crap. A farm I know of uses essential oils to deter them. The aroma of pepper mint is always in the air.

 

[det107]

Looks like some of the irates have "bats in their belfry"

We have them around, they fly low & pretty awesome sight when sun goes down. The Barn Swallows are cool too before dusk- 😎

 

[Mr.Ratbastard]

No guano, who knew?

 

[Mr.Ratbastard]

Barn cat? Bat cat. The neighbors cat has adopted us, she weighs about 2.5lbs. her name is murder mittens. She kills just about anything outside that is smaller than her.

 

[Romogo]

Why not put up some bat houses. Bats are amazing for bug control, I wouldn't want them gone. Give them a good place to setup shop and they should leave the house alone I would think.

Just go on Amazon and look at the designs. No need to spend those prices on some wooden boxes, but easy to make

 

[Dethmachinefab]

You built a big bat house. Close up where they roost. Put a big fan up there like they use to kill the eagles.

I've got a bat named g living under my siding. Comes in if I leave the door open. I'd prefer he didn't, but this is his home as much as mine.

 

[Squamch]

Do you like mosquitos? Killing bats is how you increase mosquitos.

 

[OCD]

Im pretty sure all bats are protected.

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We’ve tried the suggestions listed in the article with no luck. I’d definitely prefer them not dead, just tired of making bat cleanup part of my weekly projects.

 

[fordguy]

learned a lot in this thread.

 

[Splib]

The state DOT uses nets under bridges when required. The bat houses sound like the most useful suggestion.

 

[OCD]

Will they hang out if you keep a porch light on?

Brings in the bugs like crazy and increases the number of bats.

 

[OCD]

Supposedly wind chimes drive them off. I have to read up on this to see how true and effective that really is.

This is worth a try. Noticed an awkward number of these in the neighborhood since we moved in a couple years ago.

 

[OCD]

Barn cat? Bat cat. The neighbors cat has adopted us, she weighs about 2.5lbs. her name is murder mittens. She kills just about anything outside that is smaller than her.

This is definitely a more economical and logical solution than my attack falcon idea, but not as cool.

 

[Ebs]

Brings in the bugs like crazy and increases the number of bats.

Probably, was just thinking nocturnal animal would avoid light.

 

[u2slow]

This is a good reminder for me to build a couple bat boxes. My shop isn't 100% closed up yet and a few roost in the gable ends. Also found them under/behind/between loosely stored lumber.

I like most things that eat mosquitos and moths.

 

[OCD]

Why not put up some bat houses. Bats are amazing for bug control, I wouldn't want them gone. Give them a good place to setup shop and they should leave the house alone I would think.

Just go on Amazon and look at the designs. No need to spend those prices on some wooden boxes, but easy to make

You built a big bat house. Close up where they roost. Put a big fan up there like they use to kill the eagles.

I've got a bat named g living under my siding. Comes in if I leave the door open. I'd prefer he didn't, but this is his home as much as mine.

A bat house is also worth a try, but at the same time drawing them in seems counterintuitive. I have no idea where they roost. I’m in a residential neighborhood and only see them around the house at night.

 

[OCD]

Probably, was just thinking nocturnal animal would avoid light.

We thought so too. We have recessed lighting in both areas and have kept the lights on all night several times. We always come out in the morning to a heap of half eaten crickets and whatnot in the morning, when we do.

 

[Microtus]

Hang some fine mesh netting designed to keep birds off of fruit trees. In going past 6 years now with an empty bat house. There are very few in my area due to the white nose whatever fungus but they are slowly coming back. Plenty of skeeterz to eat here too.

 

[OCD]

Do you like mosquitos? Killing bats is how you increase mosquitos.

The mosquitos aren’t bad here. Ideally I’d prefer the bats around to help with the insect population, but grabbing them by the scruff of their neck and rubbing their little noses in the shit & piss they leave on the house is proving to be beyond my abilities.

 

[Ovrez]

Screen in your porch

 

[WaterH]

As kids, we use to have marbles in socks. Throw them up in the air around bats. The bats would grab the sock and get stuck and be brought down.

I know, no help.

 

[Honky Lips]

Ill just start by saying this is what i do for a living. lets begin now.

Why not put up some bat houses. Bats are amazing for bug control, I wouldn't want them gone. Give them a good place to setup shop and they should leave the house alone I would think.

Just go on Amazon and look at the designs. No need to spend those prices on some wooden boxes, but easy to make

#1 most bat houses never get used. and #2 the bat is using the entryway for a day roost to digest. like we would use a hammock. bat house wont fix nothing and at best case youll have a house siding covered in piss and shit.

Do you like mosquitos? Killing bats is how you increase mosquitos.

100 percent wrong. bats mostly eat moths or other larger flying insects, will they eat a mosquito? sure. but are we walking around eating grains of rice one by one all day? no, we eat a steak or some other filling item.

learned a lot in this thread.

a lot of bullshit. lol.

Hang some fine mesh netting designed to keep birds off of fruit trees. In going past 6 years now with an empty bat house. There are very few in my area due to the white nose whatever fungus but they are slowly coming back. Plenty of skeeterz to eat here too.

this, this is actually a way that may work. not 100 percent but easy enough to try out.


now. for real answers.
1. buy slick paint like is used on airboat hulls. paint the corners about 4" down and out, maybe 1-2" of the soffit/ceiling
2. do similar with either plexiglass or gutter/flashing coil. youre essentially making it too slick for the bat to grab onto it.
3. lights and fans can help deter them but you have to keep it going forever usually.
4. where you live and have you had an actual wildlife company come out to look? usually a bat on the side of the house is there day roosting because he lives in the attic/wall voids. been hearing scratching in the ceiling/walls? guess what its not mice.

 

[Honky Lips]

As kids, we use to have marbles in socks. Throw them up in the air around bats. The bats would grab the sock and get stuck and be brought down.

I know, no help.

shut the fuck up. why do people tell this lie and act like its been done?

bats are the size of your thumb. they arent grabbing a fucking sock full of rocks. they arent an eagle for fucks sake. nor a hawk.

 

[Honky Lips]

also, bats are protected. but its not "illegal" to kill one. how you think they test em for rabies if it gets inside a home? i know a pest company that used 50 glueboards to trap/kill bats in an apartment complex. never got so much as a fine. even after being reported.

theres no bat police. its bad practice to kill em, but you arent going to jail or getting fined, maybe a scolding and finger pointed at you in a waving motion from the game and parks guy.