Bat removal
 

Well, we got a bat in the office. We've tried to catch it as it flitted about in a box, but no luck. One co-worker even tried to swat it down with a broom, but kept missing. Any advice as to how to get it out? Our office has no windows, and one door, if that helps. The bat itself is about the size of a small mouse when tucked away.

Bats are really sensitive to noise, especially really high or low pitched noises. Take a radio and like, turn it up all the way with static or some screechy guitar playing.

That's how we got the bat out of my basement. Rage Against the Machine.

Might try the loud noise thing, though the office is right next to the office where we're pretty much running everything....so we'll save that as a last resort.

And it just started flying again, and they tried to toss a sealed-up poncho on it...no luck. Fast little sucker.

Tennis Racket. That's how I handled the bat on the 7th floor of our dorm. A Tennis Racket and a baseball glove. Granted, that's for if you don't mind the bat dying.

If i recall, there was something about swing a Yet towell in circles overhead, like it messes with their sonars or something.. but i'm not sure really

We do mind. We're trying to keep it alive. And they don't sell tennis rackets out here.

Oh, if you have like one of those dog whistles that causes dogs pain, that would probably work really good. Because bats use ultrasonic waves necessarily to see in the dark and stuff, so they would hear the ultrasonic waves and be hurt by them just like the dogs.

you could try having a couple people hold up a bedsheet to basically create a moving wall and just sort of direct the bat towards the open door.

What kind does it look like? If it's a fruit bat, put some apple slices or something outside the door. He's probably starving, and would love an excuse to get out, anyway. If it's a bug-eater, things are going to be more difficult. You'll have to get meal worms or something and put them outside the door.

We got it out using what Mannix suggested. And we can't buy mealworms...and there's plenty of bugs and whatnot around here. It is Iraq after all.


Anyway, problem solved, thread can be locked if deemed nessessary.

Wow, I guess if it works in Black Sheep, it works in real life too. Interesting.

And here I was going to suggest some Bat-bat repellent from Wayne enterprises.

Bat-dammit, you bat-beat me to the bat-joke.

I was going to suggest a fishing net or stalkings or possibly some sonar disruption by putting a microphone near some speakers to cause feedback.

nobody did the bat jokes because it was too obvious...

Wow, you didn't even bat an eyelash with that suggestion...
That would have been too cruel trying to bat him out of the air with an object...
I once caught a bat when I was 4 or 5, in a shoe box. I couldn't find a lid for the box so I used a baseball...... jersey to cover it.




Ok, I'm done now... lol

just nobody say batman, or you could attract Adam West to this thread..
You know how crafty he is, I've seen it on family guy, he even knows his name is Adam We.