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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:05 PM
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Bats are buzzing me! Every time I go outside.
And I am in Transylvania County. Should I worry?
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Lady Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:15 PM
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1. Bats are fine!
We have them all over my neighborhood. They do keep the bugs down and are fun to watch!

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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:17 PM
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2. Good god tex
Edited on Sun Mar-28-04 11:17 PM by Catch22Dem
You shoulda seen the fruit bats when we lived in Okinawa. They were HUGE. Very cool though. At least I thought so.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:18 PM
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3. Just don't let them infest your attic. Seriously, bat poop is toxic.
As an appraiser, I once did a house that had a bat poop problem and they had to tear down the walls from the inside to the brick. The house was only 15 years old.


Oh, and wear a hat. ;)
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:54 PM
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9. No attic, open timber post and beam.
Thanks, but next!
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:05 AM
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17. Hey I've never appraised a house with a bat poop problem
but I've been in lots of houses with a dog poop problem, and I've even valued foreclosures where the people left behind human poop.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:18 PM
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4. I never had a bat buzz me even in a cave.
But you can freak your freeper friends out at sundown by informing them that what they think are birds flying around at that time are bats. Hehe, it's fun. :-)
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put out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:21 PM
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5. No do not worry, my sweet, blood-filled precious!
Um, how I do love the bats! I mean, the bugs that the bats eat! Yes, it it true, that I hate the bugs, and love the bats.

Attempt to not smell so good, thus they shall not bother you. Also, you should try not to grow more blood.

Does not work for me so well, this not smelling good. The bats, they continue to love me more.

Advice you have, we all will like.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:27 PM
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6. They're blessing you
Accept their mojo.
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mmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:50 PM
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7. bats are fun
they have great eyesight

the odds of getting disease from a bat
are almost zero

bats are awesome
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:52 PM
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8. Not only that they love mosquito pate. They are my friends.
eom
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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:57 PM
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10. We have a bat house in our backyard
Don't think i'ts been used. Don't see any droppings under it
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:58 PM
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11. I do have caves on my property.
And bats galore.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:00 AM
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14. Texas hill country, eh?
I am familiar with the aquifer.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:03 AM
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15. North Carolina mountains (south western)
Near Brevard.
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:59 PM
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12. ohhh, sorry for all the bloodsucking...
I really must be going now:hi:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 11:59 PM
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13. Insert HST qoute here
:-) hope they don't get ya!
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:03 AM
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16. Bats are so cool
I live near a park/forest and there are bats in the forest. One musty have gotten lost last summer and spent a whole day under the roof above my front door. It was about two inches long and so cute. They are so beneficial. But jeez living in Transylvania County would have me a little worried. Keep your windows closed.
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gyopsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:05 AM
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18. I hate bats!
When I went to visit my aunt and uncle in upstate NY, they would get stuck inside the house all the time and fly around the living room. It was pretty creepy. I was always afraid they'd get stuck in my hair.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-04 12:22 AM
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19. They are protecting you from West Nile Fever
I hope my bat friends come back again this summer. They keep my garden area pretty comfy druing the skitter season.

Havocdad wanted to hang the new wind chimes on the garage but I nixed the idea. The chimes might annoy the bats napping in the afternoon.
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