tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158148757409012812.post3248048301898059323..comments2011-01-06T11:44:08.525-05:00Comments on Seamstress of Blackstone: My Bats have come HomeBlackstone Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13204173757351972638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158148757409012812.post-8466040334964730912011-01-06T00:16:49.152-05:002011-01-06T00:16:49.152-05:00Oh the memories! Our last house got bats a lot. We...Oh the memories! Our last house got bats a lot. We dealt with that for 16 long long years. I have had them land on me in bed and get into my daughter's hair. I know what yyou mean about diving combat style. I was always diving under the diningroom table (like a fox hole). Afraid to say, hubby caught ours with a bad mitton racket. We bought a bunch at a garage sale and kept one in every room. They would show up on all three floors of the house. No place was safe. They would get stuck in the walls and floors and scratch and screech all night long. Horrible! Then we were finally able to re-side the house and had 4 wonderfully peaceful years before we moved. I have even sprained an ankle thanks to a bat. Ewwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955935771163692938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158148757409012812.post-53973165410168966612010-04-18T19:48:39.888-04:002010-04-18T19:48:39.888-04:00Gosh Teresa...if they only weren't so dang ugl...Gosh Teresa...if they only weren't so dang ugly...came face to face with one long ago when we first moved into our home. It came into the bathroom window and as our house has two levels (1828)the bat was clinging to a doorway (you have to take two steps down to get in the bathroom) - we were eye level with each other --- I have to say it freaked me out! (shivering with memories)...The Cinnamon Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16370605275437745372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158148757409012812.post-53432404952250480752010-04-18T12:28:41.947-04:002010-04-18T12:28:41.947-04:00Funny story but I must add I HATE bats..Funny story but I must add I HATE bats..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5158148757409012812.post-35541967847037940572010-04-18T12:13:46.226-04:002010-04-18T12:13:46.226-04:00These bats have come for generations to our chimne...These bats have come for generations to our chimney. We, by law cannot close it to keep them out. If we did we would have to hang a huge bat house on the side of the chimney to provide an alternative. So we have come to look at it as a summer ritual. There is a disease called white nose infecting bats in our area and the colonies have very depleted but the Durham mine bats faired better than other colonies. I believe they used an essential oil to keep down the fungal infection....Yea for natural common sense remedies.<br />We know of a bat rehab center up here where,if we find stranded babies or hurt adult bats, we would transport them there for recovery. And Rabies is very low in bats, lower than in other mammels. Bats also cannot bite you, their jaws are not strong enough to pierce your skin. Their mouths are only used for scouping up insects, but they can scratch you with their teeth or claws. They always seem so scared when caught in our house, after I get over the ick factor I feel so sorry for them.Blackstone Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13204173757351972638noreply@blogger.com