This site is intended to provide bat education and information on how to trap a bat in your house or attic so that you can make an informed decision if you need to deal with a bat problem in your attic or house.
How to trap bat in attic.
There are many different varieties of bats.
Once the bats are gone finish the job by sealing your attic and making sure you clean up all materials once finished.
Sealing off the attic.
If it gets colder than that the bats in the attic will migrate out allowing you to seal up cracks and other entry points once they leave for the season.
The result of using a cage to trap bats will end up with many of the bats repeatedly flying into the walls of the cage which is really very harmful to the bats and can even kill them.
The only effective method is via a live exclusion.
If you live in an area with mild temperatures throughout the year the bats will stay year round.
If you drive off the mother after she s given birth her babies won t be able to survive.
Other bat trapping methods include homemade and commercial traps where the bat enters the trap and the door closes on it.
So some of these remedies such as moth balls chemicals ultrasonic sound and rapidly blinking lights simply won t be enough to convince the bats to leave their safe and comfortable nesting space.
Trapping them is illegal and it s a lot more work than simply doing a live exclusion.
Since there is a minimum of 40 bats in a colony you will need a lot of traps or you will need to reuse the few you may have many many times before trapping all of the bats.
Remember to use this wonderful device with a combination of scents and shiny objects to help drive the bats out quickly.
Bats will hibernate in the winter if the temperature stays at around 35 to 40 f.
The ultrasonic bat repeller offers you an affordable and humane way to get rid of the bats in your attic.
This site provides many bat control articles and strategies if you wish to attempt to solve the problem yourself.
This will leave you with an unbearable stench and an attic full of dead bats to dispose of.
Education bat trapping.
Bats tend to find a roosting spot and stick with it especially while raising their young.
You don t actually trap them.
Trapping bats may seem like the right approach but it s not.
Find out when maternity season begins for your local bat population.