Anyone know how to get rid of bats?

[BabaBooey]

Moved into a new house. Tonight we notice a few bats hanging above the front door area. There's been alot of animal droppings outside our front door every morning and we've thought these were from the lizards that were hiding under the edges of the stucco walls.


Well since we now know it's from the bats, is their anyway to get rid of them?

 

[Paratus]

Very interested in this thread:

 

[IronWing]

Turn off the porch light. The light attracts bugs which attract the bats.

 

[Fritzo]

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Damn it...beat me to it 🙁

 

[shortylickens]

You are looking to find the best way to get rid of bats from your home. I know that bats are very dangerous. So, i give you an advice to call professional services that will help to set them free and keep them out of your home without hurting or killing them.

Do you get a free iPod with service?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

What is it with the huge number of noobs necroing threads lately? They can't all be searching Google for topics, getting hits to ancient posts on AT, and then registering to post, can they?

 

[kage69]

Yeah, keep'em! One bat will mow through about 100 mosquitoes in one night.

Put bat houses out on your property facing southwest, use a moth ball or two at the base of your windows, walls, whatever. They will flee from the smell, hopefully see the bat houses.

 

[olds]

Don't get rid of them, they eats lots of insects. Move them.
Build them a new house then at night, when they are out, cover up whatever they are getting into.

http://www.eparks.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/bats/bat_house.asp