# Pet bats **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 28, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-bats/378214 "2006-10-28T06:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-bats/378214/21 "2006-10-29T14:37:03Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] Do you have some gaping holes in your walls that you need to close up or what? No screens on the windows? [/QUOTE] Indiana bats don’t don’t need much of a hole to get in, they’re really small. They get in to the attic and have some access point to the rest of the house that I haven’t found yet. I don’t really mind them living in the attic, they eat lots of mosquitos. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-bats/378214/22 "2006-10-30T01:26:17Z")
I think bats are quite cute, and incredibly interesting, and, I’d probably let one fly around my house given the chance. I really like them. But, that would be unfair to the bat, who deserves a life of high-flying bug eating joy. One of the batspects I love is their free flight, up and yond, darting and dashing, hell, I wish I could see or hear their sonar in all that action! Somehow, I can’t see reducing their incredible sonar skills to the confines of a mere room or two for life. Would that be crazy-making for them? Are there studies of bats in captivity where they go–literally–batshit crazy due to confined spaces? I know they roost in attics, but that’s their rest space. They get out and about during their active hours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-bats/378214.md?page=1)