i'm so freaked out , theirs a bat in my house

i absolutely LOVE bats! THe only reason i would get a bat out of me house is that i have cats and i wouldn't want them to eat the poor creature. Otherwise, i would enjoy the company of the lovely little winged friend i had made at let it have its fun in my house until it was ready to fly out on its own. my aunt and uncle were building a house awhile back (they have since sold it and moved). While they were building, they constantly had bats in the house. i remember one in psrticuler...a cute little fruit bat in the kitchen. It was so litte and so pretty. i named it, buti don't remember the name. This was YEARS ago now...

haha! That happened to me when I was in Thailand. I was the personal nanny to two little girls in an orphanage. One day the older little girl came out to me and in broken English starts saying "POO!!! Big one!! Poo!! Butterfly!" She sometimes forgets to flush so I was assuming she was telling me about a giant poo she just took, haha! But eventually after he telling me those 3 words I realized it was something else. So I walk into the bathroom and see this huge bat hanging out on the toiler paper. I ushered the kids into their room and shut the door. In Thailand they have hoses next to the toilet to clean up after yourself. So I grabbed the hose and sprayed the bat until it eventually flew at me! I screamed and ducked, it barely knicked me and took off inside the bigger room of the house. I opened a door and it flew out. Whew!! Yeah...do you have a sprayer by your sink?? haha ;)

OMG I would call animal control and tell them to get their butts out here ASAP.LOL We had a couple of them in our basement before but not in the house. Geez I hope you get that creepy thing out soon. Lets us know.

I'd be out the door so fast it would be embarassing...those are the creepiest, freakiest looking animals out there. I freak out when there's a moth in the house for goodness sake. I don't handle creepy crawlies and that type of thing very well.

when a bat got into my house, I opened the window and tried to encourage it back out again, while trying to get photos and a good look at it. it was a lovely little pipistrelle, and it was adorable. I love bats. they're really cute.

i grew up with a bat flying over me, i guess its no big deal for me,...i remember in my parents house, there's one bat that love to stay in our bathroom, and would never leave, we just let it be, we say its our guard and keep our house safe when we leave

Right after we had moved into the house my mom lives in now we had the same thing. My brother went downstairs to go to bed and yells up "Hey, Mom, there's a bird on the door!" Well, it was a bat on the doorjamb! It came flying up the stairs, we're all screaming and hiding under the tables. It's all flying around bumping into the walls. We opened the doors up and tried to shoo it out of the house. Finally, after it stepped all over our cinnimon rolls we had just finished making, it went out the door. My mom did the same thing as you, she called our dad all frantic not knowing what to do. Now we laugh about it :)

I don't want to freak you out more but they are prone to carrying rabies and it can be transferred through the air not just from a bite. You might want to call the health department. Hopefully you killed it and have saved it, it should be tested.

I think I'd be scared but I'd also want the gross icky thing out of my house. I'd either call animal control and if they wouldn't come over right away, call an exterminator and if that cost too much or they wouldn't come right away. I guess it would be time for me to go into action. I'd get a broom and anything thing else that I think would help and whack it and kill it or chase it outside or probably just smash it really and then leave its body for my husband to dispose of [since he laughed, the turkey!]

I remember once we had a bat come down our chiminey when I was a kid and I tell you I was pretty freaked out I hate bats they just scare me I think there going to fly right on me and scratch me for somereason luckly when the bat came it fle out a door in less then an hour after it went upstairs to my sisters room but that was the only time a bad was ever in our house.

I think I would freak out too! Is it a small bat or a big one? The best thing to probably do would be to get a broom and try to shoo him out of the house, keep all windows and doors open until he is gone.

I wouldnt freak out over a bat. Or a mouse or a possum or a squirrel or any other animals. But if it is a cockroach, Id let it enjoy my premises while I run away till its gone. If itz a bat...hmmm...Id probably keep it as a pet. But I hear they poop a lot. :p

If my dad was still alive, I would send him over to help you, because he was always on bat patrol at someones house. We did have a bat about 2 months ago. I could hear this noise and I turned on the light and there was a bat going round and round with the ceiling fan..I pulled the blanket over my head. My husband put our dog out of the bedroom, then he grabs his blanket and finally captures it..I was flipping out. My husband was laughing at me also..not because I was afraid but because of the way I was acting..If I had been alone, I would have shut the door and when downstairs to sleep..

If it were me having a bat issue , lol ? I guess i had to go to the neighbours to get some help , i don't hate them but i don't like bats either ! Good thing is that they're not that hard to catch , kinda slow movers whilst inside a house ! Pretty sure my neighbour would sort the matter out in seconds , he's not afraid of any animal as far as i know , lucky huh !

If a bat was in my house, I would be finding some place else to stay until someone gets it out.

Wow! I never heard of a bat being in someones house, but I guess it happens. LOL! If it was me, I would probably call the animal control or something...

I think that you need to be carefull around bats. I know of someone who got a lung disease from bat droppings. The disease is called histoplasmosis and if gone untreated it can kill you. If you are not used to being around bats you have a greater chance of not being immune to it. Also if you think you might of been bit, get to a gospital ASAP.

Hi, I used to live on a farm and in the back shed that was attached to the house we basically had a bat infestation. They used to end up getting in the house all the time. I used to chase them out with a tennis racket. :) All kidding aside, if it is a single bat there is nothing to worry about. However, if it is a lot of them settin up residency around your house it will become a health concern. The droppings from bats can cause some serious problems. cheers,

first I would freak as you are and then I'd be on the phone calling the local animal control. They will come and remove the bat for you. And then i would laugh about it.

That has happened to me about 6 years ago. It just started flying around the house and my kids and I ran outside into the rain to get away. I called the police and they sent an animal catcher and he said that he was glad that I didn't kill it (like I was going anywhere near it) so that he could test for rabbies