How do you trap bats? You don't! That's not how bat control works. In most of nuisance wildlife control, trapping is the prescribed means of removing the animals. For example, if you've got raccoons in the attic, the
best way to get rid of them is to trap and remove them. However this does not apply to bat control. You do not trap and remove bats. You exclude them. The bats are living in the attic or somewhere in the building. The
have inhabited every little nook and cranny. They have crawled down the walls, in between gaps in the wood, and so on. You can't just go into the attic and "get them". You have to let the bats come out to you. At dusk,
bats crawl out of their little crevices and out to their exit holes and then fly away into the night. You exclude them at that point. Now, it's true that some bat control companies will use traps. Bat traps do exist.
However, they're a ridiculous means of bat control. They're totally unnecessary, harmful to the bats, and not as effective as a proper professional exclusion. Here are some photos of various types of bat exclusions
that I've done:
Learn more about bats:
Can bats walk on the ground?
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| Bats coming out of a fascia at an apartment, three stories high. |
A large colony of bats flying out of every gap in a barrel tile roof. |
Removal of a colony of bats coming out of the attic of a house. |
These bats were living in the roof, but they can't get back in now. |
In these photos you see that the bats are flying away. They are all excluded from the building, and none of them are hurt. When all of the bats are out, it's imperative that all of the entry points are permanently
sealed in order to keep the bats out for good, because they will want to try to get back in.
Find out more:
Do bats hibernate?
Here's the thing about bat trapping: first of all, bats are fragile animals, and second of all, it's illegal to kill a group of them. Bats are small and light, and sensitive to temperature and sunlight and other
factors. If you trap them in a trap, you could expose them to conditions that they cannot survive. If you kill bats, you've broken the law. And even if you do trap them, then what? As stated, you cannot and definitely
should not kill bats. They're wonderful creatures, and each bat usually lives over 10 years in the wild. They should not be treated nonchalantly, like rats. So if you catch them, you've got to let them free. You
can't relocate them to a new area. Bats don't work that way. Their behavior is such that they'll return to their original home. Even if you bring them 500 miles away, they'll migrate right back to the exact same
building within days. There's no point in catching bats in a trap, none at all. Plus it's harder to do than just a regular bat exclusion. Any real professional, anyone certified in bat control from BCI (Bat Conservation
International) or anyone who does it right will never trap the bats.
For more bat control information, go back to the
Florida bat control page.
If you don't live in Florida, click here for the
National Directory of Wildlife Trappers.
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animals like bats. We are fully licensed and insured, and dedicated to the highest quality of work. We guarantee all of our services, and not only do we remove the problem wildlife and bats
from your home or business, but we make sure to repair any damage that they cause, clean up the biohazardous waste that they leave behind, and seal all entry points so that no
animals can ever enter your house again. We make sure to
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