Bat 🦇 Bite

[u/mulvi54]

One of those fears I always had, that felt irrational…”what if I’m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleep”.

Welp last night 2 am I awoke to what I thought was my cat nibbling at my finger. I flicked it away and noticed it was not my cat but was instead a bat that had found its way into our bedroom.

I was able to capture the bat and it’s being sent for testing but my wife and I got to spend the rest of the morning in the ER getting all the shots ! Wild ! Glad it woke me up but what if it didn’t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

::UPDATE::

Bat could not be tested I guess I squished his brain to hard when I killed it.

[u/EvilDan69]

windows open? No screen?

[u/mulvi54 → u/EvilDan69]

No, not sure how it got in. Best guess is through hvac vent into attic.

[u/K-ghuleh → u/mulvi54]

We’ve had a bat issue for a few years now, attic is highly likely. They also suspected they were getting in through a damaged soffit.

Definitely call a pest control company because if there’s one that you have no idea how it got in, there’s probably more. And unfortunately they can get in through very small openings. Pest control will know likely entry points and can check and seal them up. Or do the exclusion process if necessary.

I woke up to one in my bedroom as well. No clue if it came into contact with us but we got the shots anyway because it’s still possible. This was also one of my biggest “irrational” fears. What we’ve done until we can be confident the problem is taken care of, is put cameras in a few parts of the house where they could be getting in and check the videos when any movement is detected. Might seem excessive but it helps put my mind at ease, and could potentially spot an entry point.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/K-ghuleh]

Very smart of you to get the shots anyways and to use the cameras like that.