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Hello, all. I'm about 14.5 hours into battle with this bat. Food and water beginning to run low. Staying off the boneyard in order to conserve battery on electronics. Will log in if necessary to say my final farewell
 
Just kidding, we opened up a couple of slider doors--the bat was perched high up in the corner of a cathedral ceiling. Left the slider open for a couple of hours, bat was no longer there when we returned, and animal control came out and did a thorough sweep of the house. They were fairly certain the bat did make it out the door. We'll have someone coming by this week to check out the bats near the chimney--we do have a good deal of guano near the chimney, and we never really thought anything of it because the bats never bothered us.
 
huskymedic said:
AMHERST COLLEGE - BAT RESPONSE PROTOCOLS

Bat Capture Procedures
- Both primary response police cars are now equipped with bat protective gloves and containers, and one is fitted with an extendable net for bats in flight.

o Bat on Ceiling/Wall – with bat gloves donned,

§ clear the area or room and close the doors and windows
§ slowly (because bats are sensitive to movement) place a large open mouth container over the bat
§ slide a piece of cardboard between the wall and the container relocating the bat to the inside of the can/container.
§ place appropriate cover over top of can/container while simultaneously removing the cardboard.
§ screw on or tape down the cover to prevent bat from escaping, and
§ label lid of container BAT – Do Not Open

o CO2 Fire Extinguisher (option 2)
§ If the bat is in a bad location, such as a corner of the area or room, spray the bat with CO2 from a CO2 fire extinguisher.
· the bat will drop to the floor into a pre-placed container that you can place a cover on, or
· pick the bat up with either the bat gloves, kitchen tongs or forceps and place it into a container with securable cap or cover
§ label lid of container BAT – Do Not Open

o Bat in Flight – with bat gloves donned
§ With the net, you need to capture the bat from behind.
· Once the bat is in the net pull and secure the draw string to keep the bat from escaping
§ To transfer the bat from the net, freeze the bat with a CO2 extinguisher and transfer with either the bat gloves or large kitchen tongs/forceps


I wouldn't go w/ the extinguisher option. No net use a bed sheet.

Have to admit - I saw the headline and checked Twitter to see if Randy lit the bat signal again.
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Do you think I can use the fire extinguisher on chipmunks?
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Eating all those Black Widows. Let it be.
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I agree--I'd like to keep the bats around. I just don't want 'em getting into my house. We've got a place with a lot of woods around us and there are tons of critters and I really love it. I'd like to coexist with the creatures if I can.
 
UCYamsMD said:
this bat gave me a wicked hangover... was out drinking when this episode occurred and it was a prime reason to stay out all night
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You're a doctor. You know that drinking is not good for you! ;)
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Just kidding, we opened up a couple of slider doors--the bat was perched high up in the corner of a cathedral ceiling. Left the slider open for a couple of hours, bat was no longer there when we returned, and animal control came out and did a thorough sweep of the house. They were fairly certain the bat did make it out the door. We'll have someone coming by this week to check out the bats near the chimney--we do have a good deal of guano near the chimney, and we never really thought anything of it because the bats never bothered us.
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Careful with the bat poop. If inhaled it can get you sick supposedly. Was reading up on that when we had our bat. I don't mind them either but ever since that one got in my house on Friday I've been jumpy as hell at any wildlife. Should have seen me mowing the yard yesterday. Freaking bunnies jumping out of the way of the mower made me scream! Lol! A bird flew out of nowhere and I almost had a heart attack. I hate wildlife sometimes!

Glad you got the bat out though.
 
UCFBfan said:
Should have seen me mowing the yard yesterday. Freaking bunnies jumping out of the way of the mower made me scream! Lol!
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Almost had Rabbit Cacciatore the other evening... whole nest of the little batsards.

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huskymedic said:
Almost had Rabbit Cacciatore the other evening... whole nest of the little batsards.

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Yep - seen that baby rabbit hole before - then my neighbor's cat found it and that was that. For bats, I'm a tennis racket guy rather than philosophy.
 
huskymedic said:
Lol. Hot pepper flakes down the chipmunk holes solve that problem...
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Whole chili peppers and a complementary 4' long black rat snake appear to contain a previously sizeable chipmunk colony; not so effective on Spartacus sh|tloads of squirrels.
 
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Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Whole chili peppers and a complementary 4' long black rat snake appear to contain a previously sizeable chipmunk colony; not so effective on Spartacus sh|tloads of squirrels.
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In about month a Red Tailed Hawk will begin a two week residence on the grounds of Casa CL82. Two weeks later all the chipmunks will be gone and he'll move on. I look forward to it. They are beautiful birds.

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Stinger92860 said:
Do you think I can use the fire extinguisher on chipmunks?
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A rat trap baited with peanut butter will handle it, albeit one chipmunk at a time.

If you're looking to street-sweep an entire population, get a five-gallon bucket. Fill it halfway with water.

Get some of those black sunflower seeds. Pour a bunch of them onto the surface of the water. They float, so pour enough in so that it looks like the bucket is actually filled with the seeds.

Put the bucket near where the chipmunks frequent. Make a little ramp to the top of the bucket - paint-stirring sticks work well.

Leave the bucket. Go inside and wonder if what you've just done has put your soul at hazard.

Check back in a day.
 
A brown bat can eat 1000 mosquitoes an hour. Consider yourself lucky.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Do you think I can use the fire extinguisher on chipmunks?
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They make life like statues of owls and hawks to scare away rodents and snakes. Get one of these, position it properly and the Chipmunks will quickly find a new home.
 
Fishy said:
A rat trap baited with peanut butter will handle it, albeit one chipmunk at a time.

If you're looking to street-sweep an entire population, get a five-gallon bucket. Fill it halfway with water.

Get some of those black sunflower seeds. Pour a bunch of them onto the surface of the water. They float, so pour enough in so that it looks like the bucket is actually filled with the seeds.

Put the bucket near where the chipmunks frequent. Make a little ramp to the top of the bucket - paint-stirring sticks work well.

Leave the bucket. Go inside and wonder if what you've just done has put your soul at hazard.

Check back in a day.
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I tried both methods. I have watched chipmunks deftly scoop the peanut butter off of the rat trap without setting it off and I have even super glued a nut to the trap with no luck. They learn quick. I have also done the black stripped sunflower seeds( because they are the floating type, NOT) in a 5 gal bucket of 1/2 water trap with only a 1st night success. 1 chipmunk that night and then nothing and then the seeds were scooped up by ingenious squirrels. After a couple of days the seeds sank to the bottom of the pail and stunk to high heaven. We live right next to a farm so there are red tail hawks always flying and still the local chipmunk population is up. They have been undermining my rock walls for years. On a good note just yesterday I caught a woodchuck, who was living under my shed, in a Havahart trap using cantalope and water melon as bait. I should have cleaned the trap before we started using it. After a couple of weeks of frustration(watching the varmit munch clover and not pay attention to the trap. I power washed the trap as it was borrowed and had skunk smell on it. Then I wore rubber gloves so as not to leave my scent on it. Then covered the bottom with weeds and grass before I threw the bait in. I called my buddy and told him I was returning his useless trap when we went to visit him and his wife at the beach on Sunday. Went to church and when we returned home I saw that the trap was sprung. The woodchuck was then deported to the next town over. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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uconnphil2016 said:
I agree--I'd like to keep the bats around. I just don't want 'em getting into my house. We've got a place with a lot of woods around us and there are tons of critters and I really love it. I'd like to coexist with the creatures if I can.
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Fishy said:
A rat trap baited with peanut butter will handle it, albeit one chipmunk at a time.

If you're looking to street-sweep an entire population, get a five-gallon bucket. Fill it halfway with water.

Get some of those black sunflower seeds. Pour a bunch of them onto the surface of the water. They float, so pour enough in so that it looks like the bucket is actually filled with the seeds.

Put the bucket near where the chipmunks frequent. Make a little ramp to the top of the bucket - paint-stirring sticks work well.

Leave the bucket. Go inside and wonder if what you've just done has put your soul at hazard.

Check back in a day.
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Bats = good. Chipmunks = bad. I didn't go the bucket route (Defcon 4). I'd heard it works. Instead, I got several bags of pea gravel, and a solar powered noise emitting critter annoying spike. I also have a cat, which is not quite as good as that Hawk.

Fill chipmunk holes with pea gravel. Check the next day, fill again. Stuff cat hair in there or the litter box specials. Repeat until the little buggers tire of digging themselves out. I think I had a few hundred of them, now I don't see any. Easier for them to just move to the neighbors' houses. I'm surprised it worked really, I was ready to go with the bucket.
 
Use a shopvac with a long hose. It's (usually) harm the bat.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bats = good. Chipmunks = bad. I didn't go the bucket route (Defcon 4). I'd heard it works. Instead, I got several bags of pea gravel, and a solar powered noise emitting critter annoying spike. I also have a cat, which is not quite as good as that Hawk.

Fill chipmunk holes with pea gravel. Check the next day, fill again. Stuff cat hair in there or the litter box specials. Repeat until the little buggers tire of digging themselves out. I think I had a few hundred of them, now I don't see any. Easier for them to just move to the neighbors' houses. I'm surprised it worked really, I was ready to go with the bucket.
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What's the big problem with chipmunks?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
They make life like statues of owls and hawks to scare away rodents and snakes. Get one of these, position it properly and the Chipmunks will quickly find a new home.
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Puh-lease. I had one of those and birds and small rodents came from miles around to take selfies on it.
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#onanowl
 
uconnphil2016 said:
What's the big problem with chipmunks?
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They burrow against fixed objects. For example, my bulkhead, and the concrete front steps of my house. They can do structural damage by creating these massive burrows. I read somewhere that if you see one, you have 20. The vast majority of them stay underground reproducing.

Where they built burrows out on the edges of my property near the woods, I leave them alone. Up against my foundation? I go into Elmer Fudd mode.
 
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