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Eeyore
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 Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 09:56:32 AM
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Not the mother in law 
Last night we were just relaxing on the sofa when the dog started looking at something. It turns out it was a bat! Luckily Rab was too fascinated to do anything to it but it was just lying on the carpet looking dead so we caught it and put it outside. It started squeaking frantically at that stage and was definitely not dead or injured.
The question is, how did it get in the house? I've heard scuffling in the roof before now but didn't expect the bats to come into the lounge.
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rosie
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 11:19:54 AM
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Had to laugh about the mother-in-law!
We had a bat in the house a few years ago, & like you hadn't a clue how it got in.
Luckily, it hung on to the curtain, so we managed to catch it & put it out. We have loads flying about near us, & our neighbour had them in his garge when he had just built it, so he can't put a door on the garage - you're probably aware they are a protected species. |
     
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Dot
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 11:36:27 AM
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we had one flying round the lounge one evening in November. We are assuming it 'fell' down the chimney and they are living in the roof. You would be amazed how small a gap they can get through. When we released our visitor be crawled into a gap in our dry stone walls no wider then my little finger.
This is the third time since moving tot he midlands I have seen a bat in very close proximity, I think they are really great creatures and feel privileged to have seen so many recently.
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carole ferguson
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 12:49:44 PM
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One of my cats regularly catches bats - don't know how - then she lets them go in the house - and we spend the next hour or so catching them to put them outside again. She catches birds, voles, mice , rabbits - anything - and brings them through the cat door and lets them go. She hardly ever kills anything - but we are often chasing around the house after some poor animal or bird to set it free. |
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Eeyore
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Posted - 18 Mar 2009 : 1:37:23 PM
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I didn't know they were protected but anything that gets rid of insects is fine by me 
Maybe it did fall down the chimney, presumably before we lit the log burner. 
I hope it doesn't make it a regular habit, Rab might be a bit quicker next time. Luckily he is a rescued city dog so any type of wildlife just bewilders him for a while.
We seem to be having an increase in wildlife round here, I saw a barn owl the other week and I've never seen one of those before. |
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Judith S
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Posted - 19 Mar 2009 : 7:15:53 PM
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At our previous farm - I would in the summer often be sitting in bed reading with the sash windows down & bats flying in & out & round the bedroom |
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dreammagic
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Posted - 19 Mar 2009 : 10:04:58 PM
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I had bats in my attic a couple of years ago, they were using it as a maternal roost, so i was told.
Didnt notice them last year though, probably moved away to avoid the rain we had all summer.
I used to sit out at dusk and watch them all come out, amazing how small a space they squeeze out off. |
    
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