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I'm the goddamn batman Anonymous
Sup, /an/. I discovered this bat in my dining room this morning. I have no idea how it got in, nor how to get rid of it.

What the hell do I do with it? It can't stay in the house. I've been told to knock it out with a tennis racket and toss it outside, but a) I don't want to hurt it and b) it's broad daylight out - won't that confuse it?
>> Anonymous
Yeah, it would probably die if it went outside, bats expend a lot of energy, which is why they sleep all day (On top of being nocturnal of course)

So if you don't want to hurt it, let it sleep till night, and they let it fly outside.
>> Anonymous
>>295345
I'm leaving the house this afternoon and nobody will be home after that. I feel terrible but I can't leave it inside...
>> Anonymous
you wont be back before dark?

the best way would be to catch it in a shirt or towel and take that outside and let it go in a hidden and high up area.
>> Anonymous
>>295349
Sadly, no. Otherwise I'd keep it around until then.

I'll do my best, I'm just a huge wuss when it comes to disturbing animals.
>> Anonymous
Aww. It's adorable. Kudos to OP for not wanting to disturb it. It won't hurt anything.
>> Anonymous
>>295350
I'd say entrust the task to a friend while you're out, but then again, they might just end up hurting it...
>> Anonymous
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>>295351
Here's another picture of it... I've tried tossing a soft sheet at it in the hopes of stirring him, but he's barely even stirred. He's really high up and I'm short. Argh.
>> Anonymous
>>295353
Get a chair?
>> Anonymous
I'm amazed it could manage to cling to a wall like that.
>> Anonymous
Move it into your garage or something if you can't have it in your house proper.
>> OP
Currently trying to disturb it by brushing a broom on the wall near it... it's finally woken up but it's just flashing its little teeth at me and moving across the wall.

I wish I wasn't such a wuss but I hate touching wild animals.
>> OP
Fuck. I did manage to wake it up but when it started flying around I flipped out. I have no idea where it is now.
>> Anonymous
Get someone who won't freak.
>> Anonymous
Aw, it's cute. Just leave it alone, it's not gonna hurt anything and it'll most likely leave on it's own the same way it came in.
>> Anonymous
>>295373
Bats carry rabies.
>> Anonymous
+1 internet to OP for having fruit bat in his dining room for over one hour
>> Anonymous
>>295373

Yes, it's adorable, but bat shit on walls and floor isn't that awesome.
>> Anonymous
>>295378
All mammals can carry rabies. Less than .5 percent of bats actually contract the disease.

Also, hi, Angy!
>> Anonymous
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Get out of my house, Batman!
>> Anonymous
Do what you gotta do. Google some stuff if nothing here is helping... call a vet or someone who deals with removing animals from areas they are not supposed to be in.
>> OP
>>295399
Ohshi-

Anyway, I still haven't found my little Zubat, so I'm not going to worry about him unless he turns up again. There was a bat in my house last week but I wasn't home (my brother shooed it out the window), so I'm starting to wonder if it's the same one, or if we've got a problem for animal control here.
>> Anonymous
>>295399
Haven't you ever read Cujo? Scary shit.
>> Anonymous
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>>295404
NO.
>> Anonymous
It's simple, we kill the bat, man.
>> Anonymous
the tennis racket is the best plan. put it in a box or something until night.
>> Anonymous
aw. we had a bat in our kitchen like a month ago.
of course it was after midnight,
so i woke up my dad and he knocked it down with a broom and picked it up with these heavy duty gloves on. it scared the little bat, but my dad took him outside.
it scared the crap out of me though .lol
>> Anonymous
Fuck I wish I had bats in my house.

Cut a large rectangle along the bottom edge of a cardboard box and bump the bat into the box with a broom or something. Put a rock in it then put the lid on and place it on a ledge outside somewhere, so that the hole in the bottom hangs over the edge. Just leave it out and the bat should leave on its own. Either that or you've now got a pet bat living in a cardboard box in your back yard.
>> Anonymous
>>295510
That's a good method, i guess.

Our neighbours have slate shingled walls. One shingle was off for some time, when they went to fix it, bats were behind it.

My father took them out, and put them in a bucket. In the evening, he let them go.
We also had tiny bats roosting in our attic for some time. My parents found one on the floor one day though, and brought it to the vet. There´s not much you can do for a little bugger smaller than a pinky.
>> KZN
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I used to have one of those bitchy women for a neighbor--you know the ones with the fucking yappy dogs and the shrill voices and extremely tidy houses? yeah--and she found a bat under her deck outside.

She had her husband drown the poor thing. What a bitch. Wasn't even in her goddamned house, wasn't bothering anyone. Some people have no conscience.

Anyways, I agree with>>295510's plan.
>> Anonymous
>>295344

why dont you talk to this guy>>295205
>> Anonymous
>>295524


I used to be pretty cool with live and let live,
>> Anonymous
>>295524

drown her dog in vengence
>> Anonymous
Just open a window and close all the doors and other exits. It'll find its way out.
>> Anonymous
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OP do this. TUPPERBAT!
>> Anonymous
>>295608
just be careful that you don't injure its wings.
>> Anonymous
I caught a brown bat with a blanket once - the sound of its keening made my eardrums feel like they were going to pop out of my head.
>> Anonymous
wear gloves, catch bat.
>> Anonymous
>>295524
If there was such a thing as a fair and just god, a nigger would jump out while she's walking her little faggot dog and suffocate her with his cock.
>> Anonymous
>>295708
Wear gloves, catch ball. Duuuh.
>> Frankengun !HgIdo42VU2
Use tennis racket, splatter bat.
>> Anonymous
wait until dusk. wear gloves. place large tupperware over it. lid tupperware. release outside.
>> Anonymous
one, me and my friends were getting drunk in a park. for some reason there was frisbee lying so we started playing it like the drunk teens we were. bats were flying around though and at some point one got hit by the fucking frisbee and fell on the ground (what wa the chance of this occuring ? like, 0,1% o_O)

anyway, i thought it was dead at first but after i took it into my hands it slowly became conscious, flipped out, and flew away

just thought id share the memory ._.
>> Anonymous
>>295942
Yea, I saw on TV how bats locate insects:
The insect's flapping wings reflect the bat's noise, kind like when you talk into a fan.

So I figured a flipped coin would have the same effect. On vacation in France, there were bats catching insects under a street light.
I flipped up a coin, and a bat went for it first time. I feel bad for having used a 3 Franc, those things were heavy. Anyway, the bat tried to catch it, causing the coin to be tossed against the wall underneath the street lamp. Luckily, without the bat.

On another occasion, a stupid friend tried to catch bats by throwing a sock filled with rocks into the air.

Please attempt neither.