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[quote=Anonymous]Two nights ago I had the doors open so maybe that's why, but a bat started flying around the house. I have a roommate (male but just a roommate) who when the bat rested on a wall put on a glove, picked it up, and took it outside (not before pretending to shove it in my face--I approve of bats in principle, I' totally fine with spiders and snakes, but still. . . ).

Early yesterday evening the cat was on the dining table and I heard a tiny chattering noise, thought the cat had found a bug, but there was a bat tucked under a metal basket I put mail in. Caught the bat in a plastic container and put outside. Not an hour later bat #3 ( or the same bat 3x) is flying around the house again. Roommate not home. Bat eventually settled down on the same wall as the night before. Thing is there is a radiator pipe in that area so I couldn't just pop a container over the bat and I did not want to wake him up, much less pick him up with or without a glove. He was still there when I got home from work tonight so I told the roommate who took the bat out again.

Only bat(s) in the house since 2x last summer a month or so apart, in a room where a screen was missing.

Roof was completely redone 5 years ago including replacing wood that was bad, replaced the vent turbine (whatever it's called, there's just one), soffit, fascia, so I don't want to think the attice is a secret bat hideaway, but I also don't want to find out (there's a third floor finished room that is just storage, with attic around and on top of that, so I would have to go to the third floor and then go into the attic and crawl around the whole damn thing).

Do I need to have someone check things out to make sure there's no bat colony? No indication of odors and other than the 1 bat 3x or else 3 bats this week no bats for a year. I do have a lot of big trees around my house and adjoining houses are very close (one 20 feet away, the other more like 10), so there are plenty of other places bats could live.

Also, do bats care if there is light? I know moths are attracted to light (which makes little sense, since a biologist told me moths tend to be nocturnal) and bats like to eat moths. The dog does like to wander in and out before bed and no doggie door, if I keep lights out by the door will that reduce the odds of bat entry? [/quote]

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