Bats in chimney

[SpatiallyAware]

We get quite a bit of the chirping right at dusk, but it really doesn't bother the wifey so I'm inclined to just leave them be.

The front is sealed so they can't get inside.

 

[Mixolydian]

OK.

 

[MrScott81]

Cool story.

 

[almightyobo]

strong user name to post content ratio

 

[Iron Woode]

We get quite a bit of the chirping right at dusk, but it really doesn't bother the wifey so I'm inclined to just leave them be.

The front is sealed so they can't get inside.

are you positive its bats?

you should really call an exterminator. bats can cause serious issues especially when they start bringing their friends over.

 

[dud]

Light a fire?

Put a screen on the top of the chimney?

Why?

 

[dank69]

Better than having them in the belfry.

 

[lxskllr]

are you positive its bats?

you should really call an exterminator. bats can cause serious issues especially when they start bringing their friends over.

What serious issues? Loss of the mosquitoes he's been ranching in the clogged gutters?

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I don't believe they will cause any issues.... My only real concern is possibly due to the feces at the bottom.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

paging chiropteran

 

[Markbnj]

We have a screen on top, so generally don't get this problem. But one year a bat managed to get through somehow. He made it all the way down to the insert so I just put on some work gloves and grabbed him, then tossed him out back. When my Dad gets critters in the chimney he puts a saucer of ammonia in the fireplace and shuts the doors. He claims they clear out pretty fast.

 

[boomerang]

I don't believe they will cause any issues.... My only real concern is possibly due to the feces at the bottom.

And for that reason alone you should probably take steps to keep them out. It's springtime and forcing them to move to new digs is not going to harm them.

 

[Colt45]

So many bat haters

leave them alone, they're going to be extinct soon anyway.

 

[datalink7]

Yeah feces probably wouldn't be good.

However, bats are awesome. They eat a ton of mosquitoes. I might consider buying a couple of bat homes and putting them in nearby trees, and then chasing them out.

 

[Puppies04]

I don't believe they will cause any issues.... My only real concern is possibly due to the feces at the bottom.

Do you get faeces any other place?