Bat help needed

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:12am #1

A bat has just flew in my window and I can't get it out again. Any tips on how to (humanely) get rid of it?

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:13am

Throw a sod of turf at it.

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:17am

http://imgur.com/Mj73afV

Settled in the spare room now.

Should I leave it be or what?

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! · 31-07-2014 1:17am

Get the local priest on the howler , banish that demon.

Edit: Ah he's so cute and tiny! Maybe try coax him into a lunchbox or something and set him free

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:18am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

http://imgur.com/Mj73afV

Settled in the spare room now.

Should I leave it be or what?

All depends what the pull cord switch does?

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:20am

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

All depends what the pull cord switch does?

What normally happens when you pull one?

MS.ing · 31-07-2014 1:21am

turn out the lights so it cant see you

djerk · 31-07-2014 1:21am

you could try throwing something light like bed linen over him.. thats what we used to do anyway

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:22am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What normally happens when you pull one?

http://02varvara.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/01-kaboom.jpg

How Soon Is Now · 31-07-2014 1:22am

First it was big spiders now its ****ing bats.........

Jaysus come back Spanish students all is forgiven!!!

daviecronin · 31-07-2014 1:23am

Hahhah crazy! Happened us once couldn't believe my eyes when it happened! I thought bats were hardly in Ireland! The minute my mother saw it she nearly collapsed and ran into a different room with a tea towel on here head cos she had some weird notion the bat was going to grab onto her hair! The one we had was A LOT bigger than that! We eventually got it out! It was in the living room so we left all the windows open and a tea towel to ease it out or did we get it into a box of some type! Not sure but good luck!

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:25am

He's flying mad round the place again now.

Don't want to hurt it but don't want it messing my hair in my smell either

Is there someone I could call?

MadYaker · 31-07-2014 1:27am

Not at half 2 in the morning. Leave all the windows open and close the door so it can't move to other parts of the house. It will leave eventually.

How Soon Is Now · 31-07-2014 1:28am

Dont lie this is what really happened right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK0BGSii4fo

NightOfTheHunt · 31-07-2014 1:28am

"spare room" aka underground s&m dungeon

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:29am

Are you really having a bat problem or is it horrors op?

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:31am

MadYaker wrote: »

Not at half 2 in the morning. Leave all the windows open and close the door so it can't move to other parts of the house. It will leave eventually.

It's disappeared downstairs now. Bastard is probably eating my fruit

petes · 31-07-2014 1:32am

Batbusters!

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:32am

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Are you really having a bat problem or is it horrors op?

Na, it's as real as me.

petes · 31-07-2014 1:33am

Towel over the ****er and let it out... Unless you want a new pet?

31-07-2014 1:34am

throw a light cloth or tea towel on him when he stops just to stop him flying away and just grab in your hands.

He wont fly into your hair or anything

FloatingVoter · 31-07-2014 1:34am

Kiss it. It may turn into a princess.

petes · 31-07-2014 1:34am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Na, it's as real as me.

Maybe it's in the horrors!!

deco nate · 31-07-2014 1:34am

Just grab him lightly bring him outside and let him go.

(Btw, that is one well hung bat)

FAILSAFE 00 · 31-07-2014 1:35am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Is there someone I could call?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL3PgFBXioU

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:35am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Na, it's as real as me.

Ok lets get you through this, turn on some music.

Now get that bat.

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:36am

petes wrote: »

Maybe it's in the horrors!!

He's probably posting on batboards.ie about being stuck in a house with a near six foot 14 stone ogre in stripey boxers

Czarcasm · 31-07-2014 1:39am

djerk wrote: »

you could try throwing something light like bed linen over him.. thats what we used to do anyway

This. If you have a jacket handy just, well, fire it in his general direction! I caught one in mid-flight once as he was flying over my head, just threw the jacket up in the air and the bat flew into it, let him off outside.

Oh, if you have any open saucepans of boiling water, best put a lid on them...

It didn't work out so well for the crow I tried to catch flying around the kitchen when he landed in a pot of boiling hot bacon water. Scalded his chest and it took him two weeks to recover before I was able to release him.

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:43am

Czarcasm wrote: »

This. If you have a jacket handy just, well, fire it in his general direction! I caught one in mid-flight once as he was flying over my head, just threw the jacket up in the air and the bat flew into it, let him off outside.

Oh, if you have any open saucepans of boiling water, best put a lid on them...

It didn't work out so well for the crow I tried to catch flying around the kitchen when he landed in a pot of boiling hot bacon water. Scalded his chest and it took him two weeks to recover before I was able to release him.

I have two towels, a scarf and a facecloth in the bed with me now. Just waiting for him to return.

Androidable · 31-07-2014 1:43am

Ask batman to come over and take him home

How Soon Is Now · 31-07-2014 1:44am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have two towels, a scarf and a facecloth in the bed with me now. Just waiting for him to return.

At least u won't get cold.

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:46am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have two towels, a scarf and a facecloth in the bed with me now. Just waiting for him to return.

Make sure you turn on the light he cant see in the dark :pac:

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:47am

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Make sure you turn on the light he cant see in the dark :pac:

Are they not like moths and think the light is the moon? Thought I read that somewhere.

Son Of A Vidic · 31-07-2014 1:49am

On a serious note, be careful. Bats can carry EBL (European Bat Lyssavirus) which is a form of Rabies. It is very, very rare but a Bat bite can transmit it to humans. But on a positive note, if you survive the rabies you'll probably mutate into Batman.

How Soon Is Now · 31-07-2014 1:51am

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

On a serious note, be careful. Bats can carry EBL (European Bat Lyssavirus) which is a form of Rabies. It is very, very rare but a Bat bite can transmit it to humans. But on a positive note, if you survive the rabies you'll probably mutate into Batman.

He's grand the bat more then likely just has Ebola.

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 1:52am

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

On a serious note, be careful. Bats can carry EBL (European Bat Lyssavirus) which is a form of Rabies. It is very, very rare but a Bat bite can transmit it to humans. But on a positive note, if you survive the rabies you'll probably mutate into Batman.

Just as I was drifting off too. . .:(

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 1:54am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Are they not like moths and think the light is the moon? Thought I read that somewhere.

I have never seen a moth, are they the animals that eat clothes?

FunLover18 · 31-07-2014 1:59am

Has anyone suggested a net yet?

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2014 2:06am

I've locked it in the spare room for now, ain't got time for jumping about after it. Now there's a bloody cricket in my bedroom somewhere. Am I Dr fcuckin Dolittle or something?

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 2:09am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Has anyone suggested a net yet?

He is not doing illegal salmon fishing

House of Blaze · 31-07-2014 2:10am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Are they not like moths and think the light is the moon? Thought I read that somewhere.

If you don't move they can't see you..

No wait that's T-Rexes... nevermind...

FunLover18 · 31-07-2014 2:11am

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

He is not doing illegal salmon fishing

I'm speaking from experience. The bat will eventually settle on a curtain or something. A butterfly net will do, and something flat to ensure he doesn't fly out of the net

Sir Arthur Daley · 31-07-2014 2:15am

FunLover18 wrote: »

I'm speaking from experience. The bat will eventually settle on a curtain or something. A butterfly net will do, and something flat to ensure he doesn't fly out of the net

The bwm has vaulted ceilings in his spare room so the net might not work, is the pink a distraction?

kowloon · 31-07-2014 3:03am

If it's a really small bat it's probably a Pipistrelle. I used to catch them in a lunchbox and bring them outside and let them stick onto a rough wall surface, they sort themselves out after that. I've never been bitten, but I wore garden gloves just in case.

Insidious · 31-07-2014 3:10am

This happens sometimes... Just let it settle down in the spare room and go in and find it in the morning... Wear some gardening gloves and put it in a cardboard box with a towel in it until this evening and let it out.. Job done.. ;-)

Chattastrophe! · 31-07-2014 3:10am

FunLover18 wrote: »

I'm speaking from experience. The bat will eventually settle on a curtain or something. A butterfly net will do, and something flat to ensure he doesn't fly out of the net

Who the feck just happens to have a butterfly net just lying about the house?!

kowloon · 31-07-2014 3:14am

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Who the feck just happens to have a butterfly net just lying about the house?!

I had one for catching ducklings.

Kermit.de.frog · 31-07-2014 3:18am

It's a sign. You are the chosen one................Batman.

FunLover18 · 31-07-2014 3:27am

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Who the feck just happens to have a butterfly net just lying about the house?!

… How do you catch butterflies?

I think ours was more of the fishing net, one for catching shrimp in rock pools etc.

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! · 31-07-2014 5:15am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

He's probably posting on batboards.ie about being stuck in a house with a near six foot 14 stone ogre in stripey boxers

Go on....

RobbingBandit · 31-07-2014 5:26am

I would have caught it and called it Will Arnett myself.

Bat help needed

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