Bats

- Bats in the attic?

Although eight species of bats live in CT, only two species - the Big Brown Bat and the Little Brown Bat commonly live in manmade structures. Very similar in description, the Big Brown obviously is slightly larger than the latter. Colonizing animals and the only mammal to actually fly, they make their home in the warmth of a house attic or church steeple. They will also live under bridges, and inside caves during hibernation.

The usual complaints are bats flying around inside the living area, bats exiting a house or the accumulation of bat guano in the attic or outside underneath the entry hole. Any bats found inside the living area should be contained or killed without damage to the head, and submitted for rabies testing, especially if elderly, young children or handicapped persons are living in the building, or if found in the bedroom of a sleeping person. That said - In general, bats are not dangerous. Like any other mammal, they can carry rabies. Less than one percent of all bats are infected with the virus.

At least a few times per year, we find Bat Bugs living off of an active bat colony in a structure. If you are finding bat bugs in your home, please contact one of the pest control companies found here.

<-----Bats hanging on chimney in attic

                                           Guano in attic at bottom of 

                                                  chimney---->

 This Big Brown Bat landed on the ground after coming out of house

Bat Guano on floor of barn                                   

        This is a bat entry on a mobile home, notice the staining.  

                     Gaps between chimney and building are great entry points for bats

Call us at a number local to you.

860-774-2789 Windham County

860-887-1414 Norwich

860-437-0770 New London

401-331-9494 Providence

Thank you for coming so promptly, I'm going to build a storage shed in the spring - that storage area is too claustrophobic for me!

                                                          Thanks, Nancy T.

PS - The story about the bat that held my Christmas stuff hostage was good for a few laughs.

                                                                        NT