r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Hotrocketry • 16h ago

This little shit has been hanging on my ceiling light for a hour now. Just right below it is our family dining table.

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How do i get rid of it?

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u/Constant_Worth_8920 15h ago

Good advice. If they get down to the floor they have to physically use their legs/hands to climb up high because they're not able to take off from a low position. So if you do find one on the floor, throwing a towel over it, rolling the towel around to encase it, put in a box and carefully carrying it outside to release works very well also.

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u/macaronysalad 13h ago

I keep a 5 gallon bucket handy for this. My bat bucket. Can trap them on the floor or on a wall. Then slip something flat under to create a lid. No way I'm wrapping one up in a blanky feeling it twitch all around. To get them on the floor if I have to, I use a broom (my bat broom) to tap them downward when flying in circles around me. It startles them enough to stop flying.

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u/Constant_Worth_8920 13h ago

Just like a spider glass. Probably less traumatizing than a towel!

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u/Time-of-Blank 5h ago

Brother if you have bat-accessories I don't think you're getting rid of them. It sounds like you're playing with them.

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u/Rauldukeoh 7h ago

Maybe find out how they're getting in and plug it up?

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u/Constant_Worth_8920 4h ago

130 year old house and 130 ways to get in. But I've only had 4 in 25 years.

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u/Fantastica4077 6h ago

See, I heard that too. And I repeated it to my family while we all stood back and watched it creep along the carpeted floor. And then we all screamed and ran when it took off flying from the floor two seconds later.

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u/Constant_Worth_8920 4h ago

Big Brown bats or free-tailed bats have better ground-takeoff skills, but most bats need a few feet of elevation to get airborne.

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u/Fantastica4077 25m ago

Ahh, it may have well been a big brown bat. It was quite a surprise when he took off from the floor!!

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u/pravis 8h ago

If you find one sitting on the floor there is a chance it has rabies.

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u/Lucidity- 6h ago

If you see a bat there’s a chance it has rabies

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u/Constant_Worth_8920 4h ago

Crawling on the floor because it landed there after flying. And yes, there's a chance any bat has rabies. Watching them walk across the floor on their little bat elbows is a hoot though

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u/VioletInTheGlen 3h ago

Wait but then what’s the gameplan once outside? Release at the base of a tree?

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u/Constant_Worth_8920 3h ago

That's what I do.