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Post by Centaur » Fri Jul 15, 2022 1:18 pm

My beagle was on the scent of something, and upon investigation I found not one, but two friggin bats, one behind my tv and a second one behind our china cabinet. The first one went to bat heaven via beating the crap out of him with a Kleenex box, and number two got skewered with a hand held arrow. Don’t like bats outside, let alone in the house. Hopefully that is the end of the bat story.

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Re: Bats!

Post by JEBar » Fri Jul 15, 2022 1:58 pm

Centaur wrote:
Fri Jul 15, 2022 1:18 pm
Hopefully that is the end of the bat story.
sure hope that's the case .... any clue how they got in :?:

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Post by Cofisher » Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:13 pm

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Post by Centaur » Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:47 pm

Don’t know how they got in, but the house was built in 1930, so it has its share of nooks and crannies.

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Post by Rifletom » Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:00 pm

Damn! Bats in the house!? I'm afraid I'd be calling a drywall guy to fix the shotgun damage. That must have been nuts!

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Post by DsGrouse » Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:02 pm

GO get rabies shots.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/10414572 ... lic-health
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/new ... t-bat-bite
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xp ... story.html
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... 126-6378r/
https://www.immunize.org/reports/report014.asp

Bats in homes don't always carry rabies, but more often than not they do. A bat bite is often not seen as an actual bite. The standing recommendation for DGIF is to receive the shots anytime a bat is found inside a house.

I can't find the news links, but we had two cases here in VA where the bats once caught tested positive and the people living there were given the vaccine. Take it seriously. If you capture a bat, get it tested, (though you have more than one, so, i'd still take the shots)

The shots are not like they used to be.

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Re: Bats!

Post by BigAl52 » Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:10 pm

What a way to treat a guy tryin to take a nap
Don't let the old man in


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Re: Bats!

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Jul 15, 2022 8:54 pm

If the bats were wearing masks you are safe. :)

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Post by RetiredSeabee » Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:21 am

Should we start referring to you as Batman? 8-)
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Re: Bats!

Post by cooperhawk » Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:54 am

Bats radar cannot see tennis rackets. You can swat them right out of the air with one.
It's lots of fun. :lol:
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Re: Bats!

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:20 am

That’s how Batminton was invented.

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Re: Bats!

Post by Dahliathemeh » Tue Jul 19, 2022 4:38 pm

Awww, I love bats! Poor little guys!
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