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qmdv 08-02-2019 12:05 PM

Bat piss
 

I have some bats flying around in my shop at night. As they fly they dribble piss. I hate that it gets on my roadster, tools and whatever I have going on. I was wondering if anybody else has had to deal with this. I was thinking that maybe some loud obnoxious music might drive them batty and they will find someplace else to piss.

I remember watching a corny movie called Mars Attacks. Well the Mars guys were even kicking Jim Browns but then somebody played Slim Whitman song and their heads exploded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FhQxZnSqc0 Maybe this will work on bats

ford38v8 08-02-2019 12:12 PM

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There are high pitch noise emitters that work very well to evict most unwanted creatures. I would think that bats would be top of that list due to their navigation system relying unsound waves. Check at garden supplies, maybe even Home Depot.

Charlie Stephens 08-02-2019 12:15 PM

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You should do a little research on this, I think you are headed in the right direction. If I remember correctly bats use a high pitched frequency (outside of what humans can hear) for navigation in the dark. Flooding the garage with this frequency might solve the problem.

Charlie Stephens

richard crow 08-02-2019 12:28 PM

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if your shop has doors would not closing them keep them out

deuce_roadster 08-02-2019 12:38 PM

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Bats are like mice, they can get in quite small holes. I would investigate around the eaves and vents to make sure screening has not rotted or been chewed through. Bats like the peak of the gables to hang so start looking there. You could build bat houses, and put the around, quite simple to build. I agree, that Slim Whitman songs could make their heads explode however, but at what cost? You would have to hear it too.

qmdv 08-02-2019 12:47 PM

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Doors etc are just a small challenge to them. This ought to work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbigjiKLoU

34pickup 08-02-2019 02:04 PM

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What if you installed a bat urinal?

qmdv 08-02-2019 02:10 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 34pickup (Post 1783370)
What if you installed a bat urinal?

Probably miss the bowl

FortyNiner 08-02-2019 02:18 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by qmdv (Post 1783374)
Probably miss the bowl

Lack of focus, presumably.

Graeme / New Zealand 08-02-2019 02:33 PM

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Wonder what a bat fart sounds like?

GB

FortyNiner 08-02-2019 02:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand (Post 1783383)
Wonder what a bat fart sounds like?

GB

Pull my wing...

daltonathomas94 08-02-2019 02:44 PM

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Probably too high pitch to hear, but you can tell when they fly straight for a sec

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BUBBAS IGNITION 08-02-2019 02:48 PM

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Back on the farm we would have one person throw rocks in the air after dark and then blow them up with a 12 gauge when their radar folowed the rock... Good thing shells was cheap.

tubman 08-02-2019 03:05 PM

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Pretty destructive inside the shop!:D

qmdv 08-02-2019 03:22 PM

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They just dribble like some I know

4dFord/SC 08-02-2019 03:38 PM

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Garlic and a wooden stake is supposed to work on bats, at least some of them.

fourfords 08-02-2019 03:48 PM

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Maybe they think your vintage car is the Batmobile?

5851a 08-02-2019 03:57 PM

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Worked for a guy fixing up house full of bats, not legal to kill here. The guy came in a truck that said Batman on the side. Must have known his trade well. He found a few holes in attic, put up some nylon mesh funnel shapes so they could get out but not in. After a few days came back, took mesh down and filled holes. They never came back. They can get into the smallest spaces, found a whole row of them once when taking off clapboard siding. They love heat and dark.

Seth Swoboda 08-02-2019 04:08 PM

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I had two bats in my garage years ago. I left the door open one night and they came in and would not leave. They were in the corner of the garage. I shot them with a pellet gun. Problem solved.

Charlie ny 08-02-2019 04:08 PM

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The high pitch noise devices work wonderfully. Two big ones in the attic and smaller
ones in each vehicle .
Charlie ny


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