Bat Control Solutions

Bats are vital to the ecosystem! Fruit bats bring us over 450 commercial products, including 80 medicines. The seed dispersal and pollination activities of fruit and nectar eating bats are vital to the survival of rain forests. Seeds dropped by tropical bats account for up to 95% of forest re-growth on cleared land. Night blooming plants and trees depend on nectar eating bats for pollination. An excellent example is the baobab tree of eastern Africa that is so important to the survival of other kinds of wildlife it is referred to as the "Tree of Life." Bats in the United States eat millions of tons of insects annually, especially mosquitos.

Bat Nuisance Concerns: The bats that roost inside buildings, often in large numbers, can cause a number of problems. Some are merely psychological: some people are uncomfortable living with many of these creatures of the night. Even though bats are gentle animals, they do unfortunately carry diseases, and like all animals, produce waste. Many buildings are befouled with the very strong odor of bat droppings (guano) and urine. Worse than the odor, these droppings are a biohazard to the building they are in.

Fungus often grows on the droppings the spores of which can cause lung diseases in people. The name of the lung disease contracted by humans is called histoplasmosis. Bats can also carry a number of parasites, and of course are one of the animals known to carry and transmit rabies.

Please do not touch any bat that you should find, and if you are bitten, please call your local Health Department immediately! The bat should be tested for rabies. If you cannot immediately take the bat into your Health Department, you should store the bat in your refrigerator, NOT your freezer for future rabies testing. Call your doctor. If you wait for symptoms, rabies is 100% fatal. Bats in your Home or Building should be removed. A call to your ocal pest control company may not provide little solution you seek.

But a call to a Professional Animal Trapping and Removal Expert is a guarantee that your unwanted bats will be gone safely. One way netting is an effective method of excluding bats from a building or home. May thru August is nesting season and care must be taken in the event that there are young bats unable to yet fly.
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