Is this just a lost baby, or a rabid adult? Been sitting on our house all day. Didnt think they were supposed to be out in the open during daylight.
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What is this bat?
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Looks like either a little brown or a Mexican free-tailed.
Where are you?
Where are you?
OnlyForNow said:
Looks like either a little brown or a Mexican free-tailed.
Where are you?
Central texas
Lots of options then actually.
Want it gone and have very thick gloves? Stick it in a Tupperware container and freeze it, then call county health dept. and ask if they'll check it.
Want it gone and have very thick gloves? Stick it in a Tupperware container and freeze it, then call county health dept. and ask if they'll check it.
It is a bit early for babies, so probably an adult freetail. I would leave it be and see if it goes away on its own tonight. It may have been out feeding last night and got waylaid from returning to its normal roost by a thunderstorm. Or it may have been excluded from someplace it was roosting nearby. Keep kids and pets away from it for the day and see if it is there tomorrow. I would not try to go get it tested unless you think it has bitten somebody or one of your unvaccinated pets has been in contact with it. You are putting yourself in more danger trying to grab it and get it captured for testing than you would be just leaving it alone.
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We had one post up inside our court yard many years ago and it was gone the next day. Agree with giving it a wide berth and seeing what happens tonite.
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Is that your answer for everything? How big and how many freezers you got?OnlyForNow said:
Lots of options then actually.
Want it gone and have very thick gloves? Stick it in a Tupperware container and freeze it, then call county health dept. and ask if they'll check it.
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I had a bat inside my UPS Store and it was stuck to the ceiling - grabbed a piece of cardboard and a box that was taped on one end and open on other - Tupperware would be fine 
. Place the Tupperware over the bat and slide the cardboard under the bat detaching it from the wall in your case.
In the end you should have the bat in the box/ Tupperware with the cardboard over it. Move to a dark place and take off the "cover" of cardboard.
We put it in the corner of the alley behind the store - it was gone in hour.
. Place the Tupperware over the bat and slide the cardboard under the bat detaching it from the wall in your case. In the end you should have the bat in the box/ Tupperware with the cardboard over it. Move to a dark place and take off the "cover" of cardboard.
We put it in the corner of the alley behind the store - it was gone in hour.
You gotz the wuhan flu.
You can't catch a bat with a pot !
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Breast it, wrap meat in bacon with a Serrano pepper, and put it on a hot grill.
Tastes like chicken !
Tastes like chicken !
Any input on this little guy? Was under our patio shade umbrella. I'm sure it scared the absolute sheeeiit out of my wife when it decided to make itself known.
Mexican free tailed. Is my guess
I think it is a Big Brown Bat. Freetails have some exposed tail sticking out beyond the membrane between their rear feet, which is how they got their name.OnlyForNow said:
Mexican free tailed. Is my guess
Btw, it is very common for bats that would normally roost under palm fronds or loose bark to choose a folded up patio umbrella instead. No reason to see that as abnormal behavior. Just open the umbrella slowly and carefully in the future just in case there is one in there.
On a marketing call with a team in England. Woman spent 20+ hours of cancelled flights, layovers, and multiple stops before she made her way home from Chicago to Manchester. She gets home, turns off the light and then is awakened by something hitting her face. It was a bat. She spent the next hour capturing it. Showed the pic of it in a box and a towel. My wife would have burnt the house down....
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txags92 said:
Btw, it is very common for bats that would normally roost under palm fronds or loose bark to choose a folded up patio umbrella instead. No reason to see that as abnormal behavior. Just open the umbrella slowly and carefully in the future just in case there is one in there.
Yea I didn't think it was abnormal at all but told my wife to watch all the same. If I was a bat, a folded umbrella would be a perfect roost. She hasn't mentioned it again so I assume it is gone. Wish my kids would have seen it but they were at camp.
I was thinking I saw the tail but guess it's the wings crossing.
If she hasn't already, she needs to go talk to her doctor about rabies shots. Contact like that where she could have been bit or scratched without knowing about it is cause for concern.BlueSmoke said:
On a marketing call with a team in England. Woman spent 20+ hours of cancelled flights, layovers, and multiple stops before she made her way home from Chicago to Manchester. She gets home, turns off the light and then is awakened by something hitting her face. It was a bat. She spent the next hour capturing it. Showed the pic of it in a box and a towel. My wife would have burnt the house down....
No, that linear projection at the bottom is the tail. But it is captured within the membrane between the rear feet. On Mexican Freetailed bats, that tail extends well beyond the membrane so you can see the "free tail".OnlyForNow said:
I was thinking I saw the tail but guess it's the wings crossing.
Mexican Freetailed Bat
Big Brown Bat
This little guy decided to join us in our bedroom one night very late. Hit the ceiling fan and slammed into the wall. He was stunned long enough for me to pick him up with a towel and drop him on the back patio. He was gone the next day.
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