I’m very excited!
I hear they’re quite tasty.
How do you let the bats no where it is?? I don’t suppose there are flying mammals posting on the boards. When I buy a house, I’m going to turn my entire garage into a bat house that looks like a huge cave. But I have no idea how to tell the bats to come live there.
What are you going to do to promote bats to live in your new bat house?
Enjoy, Genghis. Bats are faboo at pest control (assuming you’re not the sort of person who considers bats a pest.)
My 'rents got one to provide an alternate roosting spot; the bats had taken to hanging out under their louvre windows, which led to much high-pitched complaint and chiropteran crankyness when the humans wanted to close the windows during the day time and turn on the AC.
Bear_Nenno, bat houses are designed to provide the exact sort of little cozy place that bats like to squeeze into. No advertising is necessary when such prime real estate is up for grabs!
Adam West becomes tiresome over time.
Nah, they taste like Ash.
Like everything else… they taste like chicken.
I have a bat house like this one except mine is black. It’s cut down on the bugs around our house and we haven’t had any problems with the bats at all.
HOLY HABITATION, Genghis Bob!
Good for you!
Bats are one of my favorite critters. I’m in love with our little Jackie the Fruit Bat at work.
Now though, I guess I better put on my teaching hat.
Bat Rule #1 - If you see a bat on the ground or out during the day DO NOT PICK IT UP!!! They can carry rabies and you can get it from contact. I’ve even heard that if the bat has a heavy enough load you can actually breath it in. I’m not too sure about that but I’d go for a mask, very long handled shovel and disposal by the authorities. Better yet, let them pick it up. They’d probably want to test it anyway.
Bat Rule #2 - Watch your cats. See above.
Bat Rule #3 - This is just IMHO but I’d watch the Raid around the bathouse. I wouldn’t think poisoned bugs would do a bat much good.
Otherwise, enjoy your guests!
Happy Bats! They are just great at controlling mosquitoes. But if your bat house is made out of new sealed wood, it may take them awhile to move in. They don’t like how it smells. After a couple of months of weathering they’ll start trickling in.
Kiki, that’s the exact one I just ordered! And I’m planning on painting it black on the outside, to keep the little ones warmer.
Podkayne, I’m glad to hear the little guys will be able to find it on their own, 'cause I hadn’t figured out how one advertises “space to let” for flying rodents.
My wife is terribly excited – we’ve been talking about building a bat house for a long time. I finally admitted to myself that I was never gonna get around to doing it. I’m more a credit-card kind of guy than hammer-and-nails.
I expect my twelve-year-old will name them all, once they move in and start flitting (or whatever it is they do – it looks more like tumbling to me).
I can’t wait to get my house now. My garage will be the biggest bat house ever!
:eek: A bat house? Why on Earth would you…Ah, yes. I suppose having them all in one place does make it easier to destroy them. A cunning plan, very cunning.
FYI, bats are not rodents, but are of the order chiroptera (Latin for hand-wing)
Brian
Brian, thanks for the information. It’s nice to know I’ll end this day a little smarter than I started it!
Is there a site that will tell you if there are bats in your area? I’ve always wanted a bat house but if it’s not going to be used there’s no point.
I see them frequently when I’m closer to the mountains but I’ve yet to see one here. (I’m in south eastern WA.)
My dad but my mom a bathouse for Christmas a few years back, they call it Wayne Manor.
For some reason I just love that they call it that. 
So, where are you going to keep the giant penny?