5 Methods to Repel Bats
Bats are a tremendous nuisance - and it is in
your best interest to find a way to repel bats. They can carry
disease and drop guano all around your house. They die and
start to smell as their bodies rot. And if they get out of the
attic and inside one of the rooms in your house they can easily
become a frightening hassle.
When you find bats in your home, you want to
find some way to remove them safely, so that you do not
have to hire someone to kill the animals which are such
an important part of the ecosystem.
How to Repel Bats – Five Common Methods and their
Effectiveness
Repelling Bats with Ammonia
Ammonia has been used for years as a way to both
remove bats and keep them away. The vapors of ammonia are
toxic, and it isn’t safe for the bats to stick around as
the vapors fill the air. Unfortunately, ammonia is not an
effective enough form of bat repellent for anything other
than a temporary solution. Bats tend to move to a corner
of the attic or room in order to avoid the vapors, rather
than leave, and the ammonia needs to be constantly
refilled as the vapors are used up.
High Frequency Bat
Repellents
This bat repellent method uses a machine that
emits a high frequency noise that is able to scare away
most bats and other small creatures. By placing one of
these in our attic, basement, and anywhere else you
expect the animals to live, you can keep away any of
these pests that are looking to move into your home. All
animals that are affected by high frequency noises can be
repelled using these bat repellents, so they are ideal
for families that live in high risk areas for animal
inhabitants.
Sealing Bats
Entrance
Another common form of bat removal is to plug up
the entrance. This is a great way to prevent bats from
entering the household – take the time to find areas of
the house that bats can enter and seal them up. Once bats
have already entered your home, this method becomes more
dangerous because you would be forced to scare them away
(which may cause them to bite you from fear), but if you
seal up the entrances before they have a chance to move
in, you can keep bats away.
Irritate Bats’ skin with
Fiberglass
Putting fiberglass insulation on the ceiling of
your attic can irritate the skin of the bats, encouraging
them to find a new home. While adding fiberglass to the
room can be costly, difficult and time consuming, if the
attic is small it can discourage bats from
roosting.
Bat
Exclusion
One of the most effective bat repellents is to
pay for an expert to come into your home and perform bat
exclusion. Bat exclusion is the creation of a house for
bats somewhere away from your home, such as the furthest
portion of your lawn, and slowly moving the bats to their
new home so that they are safely distanced from you and
your family. Bat exclusion is an expensive but effective
form of bat removal.
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