We had a guest yesterday morning in our kitchen.
Our KITCHEN! Yikes!
Focus. Not on the spider webs unnoticeable to the naked eye, but still picked up by my camera, but on the bat. (I actually considered for a split second brushing the cobwebs off with a broom so I didn’t have to admit they were there, but didn’t want to spook our friend.)
No idea how it got in. Just know it was here. Perched high on the transom windows.
I don’t mind bats…. as long as they’re outside eating mosquitoes and not inside pooping on my floor. So far I haven’t found any guano.
Does the word guano remind anyone else of Ace Ventura?
Hoping we don’t have any more visitors like this anytime soon. Anything strange happen to you this week?
Update: My goodness! You guys really want to know how we got rid of it don’t you. Well, we noticed it at about 9:30 a.m. when Ryan’s speech therapist walked into the kitchen and said, “What is that on your window?” I fuh-reeked. Not in a bad way. Just in a “oh crap how am I going to get that biting, bacteria-ridden rodent off my window and outside without it hurting or contaminating my children” kind of way. I like bats. I really do… I find them fascinating and totally under-appreciated. I just like them better when they’re outside. Know what I mean?
Okay, so while I was freaking, Ryan’s therapist said, “Hey, you have roofers here. They’re men. We’ll ask them to get it out.” She’s so smart! So I corralled the children to safety while she rallied the knights. They came in, wrapped a piece of plastic sheathing around it, balloon said plastic sheathing around the bat’s body so it was trapped in a bubble and then released it outside. Done. Whew! No one was bitten or contaminated. All in a day’s work, I tell ya.
And Kendra, thanks for the heads up. I called our pediatrician to see what course of action we should take.
(c) 2016 Leighann Marquiss
Comments (17)
ahh!! that thing looks huge!! I live in Northern Michigan and I don’t think our bats are that big!! they’re always teeny tiny. How did you get it out??
It does look big. I would like to know how you got it out too! Yikes! And guano remins me of Ace Ventura. I haven’t watched that in a really long time!
That does seem like a pretty big bat! Very cool though! So…how did you get it out??
Leighann,
That reminds me of the bat that got into Nana and Papa’s house when I still lived at home. Remind me to tell you that story the next time we are together. I ended up flushing the thing down the toilet!!! That was where he was found.
Aunt Karen
Nope you win for strangeness! 🙂
Hope your contract on your house is still working out. How was the house hunting in PA?
Jennifer
It does look HUGE!! I had one in my small gallery kitchen in our first home and it flew around like like a caged animal. Needless to say I was screaming. HOW DID you get it OUT!!!!!!!
Seems like the consensus is that we all want to know the rest of the story….how did you get it out? Or are you waiting for Henry to get home this weekend and take care of it? I would have been tempted to do that myself except for having him fly around the house at night. Now I can handle the everyday spider, but I’m not so sure WHAT I would do with a bat in the house!
The part that I want to know is: where is your husband? I suppose you are alone dealing with the unwelcome guest, at least that is how it works in our home….just when you need them most, duty calls them away 🙂
This will make a great tale for years to come, and maybe you can get a guilt gift out of it too 🙂
MJ
Looks like you handled it pretty well. I on the other hand would have been freaking out! to see this creeter in my kitchen.
Just be careful when you find a bat in the house. They can bite you when you are sleeping and you will never know it. Sometimes when they find a bat in the house, doctors want to treat for rabies because of the risk of being bitten without knowing it. Sorry!!! Hope your friend is gone!
OMG, I would have DIED!!! I would have had to leave for the day or week or whatever until my husband got home to get it out. I am terrified of rodents or anything like that! How did you get it out?
Oh my goodness! I would have absolutely lost my mind! And, like everyone else before me…you must tell us how you got rid of that thing! Ick!
Wow so crazy. I’m glad you got it out!!
btw, when i was doing research for a project a couple years back, i found out the same thing as kendra. Rabies is easy (but expensive) to treat before the symptoms appear but fatal once the symptoms appear….yikes, i know that sounds morbid but a lot of information out there says that you can be bitten by a bat in your sleep without your knowledge…let me know how what the pediatrician says.
Oh my goodness I would have screamed and ran out the house with or with out the kids..I remeber in Ca they had black widows in the garage a lot and I would not go in there with out looking all around looking like a nut half the time…
Bubble wrap and Knights are a good combo in my book…3 cheers for the roofing knights…
This made me itch and almost pee my pants. I am so glad he is gone!!!!!!!!!!!
there shoulda been a warning before the picture. lol. I was almost spiting out my drink.
I thought of you the other night because my friend texted me and said OMG I HAVE A BAT IN MY HOUSE. and then proceeded to pick me up to help her..ugh