Bat Eviction and Exclusion

Bats have their babies in the early spring. At first, the babies are small enough for the mother to carry while she looks for food but soon enough, the babies become too large so the mother has to leave them behind in the roost while she looks for food. Since the mothers leave their babies in the roost during at least May, June, July, and most of August, it makes bat eviction very difficult. In fact, we don't evict bats until late August when the babies can fly. Once the babies can fly, a one-way door can be used to evict the bats. After eviction is complete, exclusion can begin.

Did you know that in the western part of the U.S., Big Brown bats have a single baby but in the eastern part of the U.s. Big Brown bats have twins? So, for every female Big Brown bat in the attic in Virginia and Maryland, there are likely two babies. Also, some bats actually live in maternity colonies.

Bats are a very valuable animal to humans. They eat at least two times their body weight in bugs every night. If the bats where not eating those bugs, those bugs would be eating us!!!