- Line the attic with fiberglass insulation where needed to prevent bats from nesting. BATS HATE FIBERGLASS!
- 23" x 94" x 3-1/2"
- 135.13 sq. ft.
- R11
- Kraft face
Get Rid of Bats
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Most bats that get into homes are just looking for a place to stay during the day. Bats don't like the light and prefer the darkness and coolness of an attic. They usually leave at night to hunt for food. |
| The way to keep bats out of your home is to make sure that they cannot enter your home. You should check around your roof area for holes or spaces where they could get in and seal them off. Also check your chimney to make sure it has no holes or openings and that your chimney trap is working properly. You can seal the holes with the material of your choice. Bats can not chew through materials to get in. Before sealing you should make sure all the bats that are inside have left. The best time to do this is at night when they will leave to hunt. |
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If you have a bat in your house it's a good idea to get all of the family into one room, close the door, and then open every window and door in the rest of the house to allow the bat to escape on its own. Don't worry too much about the family part; they tend to do this themselves albeit with a lot of shrieking and commentary about the location of the bat. If this doesn't solve matters, keep reading. |
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| If the bat doesn't leave your house under its own power, it's time for you to help the bat out. Get a pair of thick leather gloves and a fishing net. I think you know what to do next, so once you capture the bat, bring it outside and be very careful when removing it from the net. Bats, like the cowards who've holed themselves up in the other room, are very delicate creatures. |  |
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If your bat problem is more serious than just one bat flying around in the attic, finding the bats where they're entering your house is my next suggestion. Once you've found where they sleep, what you'll want to do is wait until late evening when all the bats are out feeding and plug that hole up real good. Chances are you'll have solved your bat problem with that simple task, but just in case there's a couple stragglers, unplug the hole again at dusk to let them out and replug it after a couple of hours or so. Note that you will want to do this in the spring because bats have pups in the fall, and you don't want to trap baby bats in your house. First they will die, and then they will stink.
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If bats are roosting outside of your house in a place you'd rather they didn't, then a bottle of dog/cat repellent is a good thing to buy. Wait to apply the repellent to the area until all of the bats are out feeding, and spray all of the immediate surfaces generously. Whatever you do, don't spray the bats directly with the repellent, because that will make the bats very aggressive and they will attack you. (I hope you would win that battle, but there's your warning anyway.) You can also try bat repellent tablets that you will place in the area that you want to keep bats out of. |
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| If cat/dog repellent doesn't solve your bat problem, you should consider buying some fiberglass insulation because bats HATE it. Fiberglass doesn't just irritate our skin, it also irritates bats' skin to no end. A thin layer of insulation should keep the bats away. You can also leave on the lights or use a fan in the area as this will deter bats also. Some bird repellents will also work to keep bats away when it is applied to the area around entrances. |
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