How To Humanely Remove Bats From Your Home
Bats are the only mammal species that are capable of true flight. Their wings are an evolutionary adaptation of the same bones that make up our hands. The wing is made up of long, flat, and flexible finger bones providing the structure over which elastic skin stretches. Because their wings are so thin and flexible, the flight of bats is more controlled than that of birds. Maneuvering swiftly during flight allows the bat to easily catch prey or even drink while in flight.
An important and beneficial species, bats are often feared and maligned by humans. With over one thousand species around the globe, bats play a major role in controlling insect populations. About forty species live in the United States and Canada, most of them insectivorous. Bats use echolocation, like sonar, to find insects as they fly. Bats emit high frequency sounds that bounce back to their sensitive ears. They use this to navigate at night or in a dark cave, catch flying insects, and avoid obstacles. Prodigious eaters, one bat can consume six hundred to one thousand insects per hour, an amazing number.
Their service of ridding the environment of harmful insects is often overlooked as people pass along negative myths about bats. Beliefs that bats will intentionally tangle in hair or are all bloodsuckers are erroneous. The old phrase, blind as a bat, is also incorrect. Studies have shown that bat vision is similar to that of humans. These little mammals are an integral part of the environment. In locations where their numbers have declined dramatically, an accompanying increase in insects that cause disease in humans or crop loss usually occurs. Seven species in the United States are close to extinction. In the winter months when food is unavailable, bats migrate or find warm spots to hibernate. Normally they choose old trees or caves for roosts. Due to habitat losses, many are now spending the winter months in attics of homes. Here they hang by their feet, upside down, and wrap their wings around for warmth. Bats breed in the fall, gestate over the winter months, and give birth to live young in the spring.
Breeding colonies can also take up residence in attics. Prior to the increased awareness of the beneficial role bats play, bat roosts in homes were eradicated with extermination. New techniques have been developed that save the bats, but remove them from the home. Exterminators and homeowners alike can use these methods to humanely remove bats. There are serious health concerns if a bat colony resides in a home, so using the bat exclusion process rids the home of the bats humanely and permanently.
A pest control company will observe the home over several evenings, watching for exiting bats. Once holes are located they are covered with one-way devices, allowing remaining bats to leave but none can return. After several days all holes are plugged, and the bats are now gone from the attic. Providing a nearby bat house gives them an alternate roosting site.
AAA Pest Management LLC in Wisconsin offers the best pest control Milwaukee and pest extermination in the Milwaukee and Waukesha area. AAA Pest Management offers green and organic pest solutions and has been recognized as an elite ‘QualityPro’ company by the National Pest Management Association.
Be the first to comment - What do you think?
Posted by Cheryl Hanson -
July 13, 2011 at 7:59 am
Categories: Bats And Mice Tags: Attics, bats, Beneficial Species, Blind As A Bat, Bloodsuckers, Crop Loss, Dark Cave, Elastic Skin, Evolutionary Adaptation, Finger Bones, Flying Insects, from, Habitat Losses, Harmful Insects, High Frequency Sounds, home, Humanely, Insect Populations, Insectivorous Bats, Mammal Species, Negative Myths, Old Trees, remove, Sensitive Ears, True Flight
How to remove a mouse infestation from your home
Mouse Traps
Two types of mouse traps have dominated the market for years – the traditional spring snap trap and the glue board. The spring snap is generally considered to be more humane because death is instantaneous. The glue board, on the other hand, will hold the mouse to its sticky surface and keep it there until it starves to death.
Keeping Mice Out
A mouse will find its way into your home through an opening the width of a pencil. It is recommended that you to seek out cracks and crevices throughout your house and seal them up quickly with a good caulking compound. Not only will you deter mice, but other bugs and insects will find it hard to find their way in. Plus, your heating and air conditioning bills will go down.
Clean Up
Mice love to feast on the same things as teenagers and college students. Junk food left lying around on tables, rugs, counters and under furniture. Mice will be less likely to pay you a visit if you make your home a bit less hospitable by cleaning up all crumbs and foodstuffs. It’s time to say good bye to the stray Crunchie and the half-eaten Mars bar.
Mouse Poison
There are certainly a number of poisons on the market to bring get rid of your mice. Poison is not only harmful to mice, but pets and humans can become seriously ill when exposed to the toxins. Poisons should only be used in extreme cases of mouse infestation.
Plug Their Holes
In cartoons, mice usually enter and exit a room from a neatly rounded hole in the skirting board. In real life, their doorways are not too different and are pretty easy to spot if you are actively looking for them. You can make life difficult for your mice by tightly plugging the entryways with steel wool, which they can not gnaw through.
Always More than One
Do not be fooled by a single, solitary mouse. If you have one mouse in your house, you can be sure that there are several others in there too. House mice live in family units, often grooming their mates and offspring. Getting rid of mice quickly is crucial because they start breeding at three months, give birth to litters of 4-6 babies and have a life expectancy of four years.
Is There a More Humane Trap?
There certainly are traps that do not kill mice and simply imprison them in a cage until you come along to free them. However, mice tend to return to their home so you must drive miles and miles before releasing them into the wild, where they will most likely die a horrid death anyway (remember that these are house mice you are introducing to the great outdoors). So don’t fool yourself by using these expensive “humane” traps.
Do Mice Really Like Cheese?
Actually, no! Research has shown that mice do not prefer cheese to other foods. Use peanut butter as bait if you want to lure mice with food they will be tempted by.
You Can Get Rid of Mice
Mice are one of the most common of household rodents and they are not the easiest animals to get rid of. The two prong strategy should be employed to effectively rid your home of mice. First, traps should be used to catch mice already in your house. Secondly, every effort should be made to seal off and plug all mice entryways. Thoroughly cleaning your house and removing stray foodstuffs will also deter mice from making their way into your home.
This article was created by David Etherington for more information on pest control please visit his website leeds Pest control.
Article from articlesbase.com
Related Mouse Infestation Articles
Be the first to comment - What do you think?
Posted by Cheryl Hanson -
March 29, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Categories: Nature Mice Tags: Crevices, Crumbs, Crunchie, Doorways, Extreme Cases, Foodstuffs, from, Glue Board, Heating And Air, Heating And Air Conditioning, home, House Mice, infestation, Insects, Junk Food, Mars Bar, mouse, Mouse Infestation, mouse traps, Poisons, remove, Skirting Board, Snap Trap, Steel Wool, Time To Say Good Bye