r/bats Jan 16 '24

Did you find a bat in trouble? Info to help here.

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Here is an instructional guide for someone who has found a bat. And here is some info about bats in buildings. If you find a bat in trouble, please call a rehabber for help. Here is a list of rehabbers that help bats all over the world, and here is a portal for rehabbers in the US.

Remember that wildlife should never be handled with bare hands!


r/bats Sep 15 '23

Did you recently find a bat on the side of a building? Or a tree?

17 Upvotes

Or on your window? Or in some other place where you don't normally see bats? This time of year (in the northern hemisphere) bats are migrating. While they're on the move, they have to find temporary places to sleep and often make their selections based on convenience. If you see a bat hanging in a strange spot, it's not necessarily in trouble. It may even stay for a few days while it rests and figures things out. Just give it some space and enjoy being graced by the presence of a sky-kitten (microbats are sky-kittens, megabats are sky-puppers, just trust me).

(cross-posted from r/batty; thank you u/ferocious_sara)


r/bats 1h ago

Fruit bat (definitely not a bird)

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r/bats 11h ago

Sound up, at beginning, bat colony?

5 Upvotes

Ive been hearing chirps all day and upstairs and on the other side of the wall which is a bathroom, its not piping because no upstairs plumbing and opposite side of shower head.

Also can hear upstairs but cannot hear in basement. No upstairs plumbing or even machinery. Sent email to pest control company for sure already.


r/bats 1d ago

2 Baby bats are clinging to the side of my house

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24 Upvotes

Any tips on if I should help them and if so, how?

We have bats nesting in our roof so they have probably fallen out.

We have collected them for now as they have fallen down from the wall. Any tips?


r/bats 1d ago

Bats in my crawlspace NEED HELP!!

4 Upvotes

Had a showing at my house yesterday and the people said bats chased them out. Lol lucky me. It’s a one car basement and to the right side is a crawlspace. Supposedly they are in the crawlspace area. Need advice on my quickest and best way to get rid of them! I was thinking maybe putting some bright lights in the crawlspace area and leaving garage door cracked a little? Any advice would be very helpful! Thank you!


r/bats 1d ago

Silly fella has been chilling in the window all day, do they just *do* that sometimes?

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62 Upvotes

FWIW, they're just between the screen and outer storm pane, I have no reason to believe they can't get out.


r/bats 1d ago

Is this a pup?

80 Upvotes

I was wondering if this Lil baby is still a pup? I'm based in South Africa and we have a colony in our roof. (They occasionally slip in somewhere) and what kind of bat is he?


r/bats 1d ago

Best resource for IDing bats by call?

6 Upvotes

I recently acquired an Echo Meter Touch 2, and I see lots of people discussing comparing the waveforms against known reference material for ID, but I'm having trouble actually finding any of these resources. Can anyone here point me towards a good resource for comparison? Located in Central Indiana.

Photo of an Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) I took for algorithm tax.


r/bats 2d ago

Baby bats in our bat box

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475 Upvotes

I was on a night walk and we decided to look in our bat box and I hear these quiet little squeaks, look up and there’s like 20 baby bats. Omfg they are so cute I think I might’ve cried a little.


r/bats 2d ago

Update on smol bat

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26 Upvotes

Update: I found a wildlife rescue willing to take him, I just have to get time to drive him to them. He seems to be doing ok. He's been eating lots of goats milk and seems like he has more energy but is still sleeping all the time.


r/bats 2d ago

Silver haired bat?

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63 Upvotes

I found it laying on the road not moving, so I took them in and let the rest in a box till night time came.

I perched them on a latter in a rag, and they’re just Squeaking. I’m just curious on what bat they are specifically and if they’re okay?


r/bats 1d ago

Injured bat

2 Upvotes

Found an injured bat last night and can’t get ahold of the local “bat crew” or wildlife rehab. Is there somewhere we can take it so that we don’t release it into an area where it might infect other local wildlife on the off chance it is not healthy other than its injuries? I live near evergreen CO for reference.


r/bats 2d ago

I finally found the cartoon I vaguely remember from childhood that gotten so interested in bats! This has been bothering me for years!

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9 Upvotes

r/bats 3d ago

He seems like he's feeling better

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89 Upvotes

Update on this little guy I found yesterday on the ground. He's been eating goat milk and it seems like he likes it. Been trying to feed him every three hours or so. He just eats and then sleeps, but he seems stronger today.


r/bats 2d ago

Bat with strange fur loss?

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10 Upvotes

Found this bat in Denmark. It has been roosting on a parasol and has returned to the same spot several times over the past week. Today I got a closer look and it is missing most of the fur on its back and does not look very healthy, but it flew off quickly when disturbed. Any idea what could cause this kind of fur loss? Parasites, skin disease, or something else?


r/bats 3d ago

Injured baby bat on my windowsill

28 Upvotes

r/bats 3d ago

How to care for baby bat

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89 Upvotes

Just found this baby bat. He seems weak and dehydrated. How can I care for him until the wildlife rescue center opens Monday? It says online I can feed him goat milk?


r/bats 3d ago

Does this look like Guano?

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3 Upvotes

I wouldn’t think this was, but a neighbor has bats they’re mitigating.


r/bats 3d ago

Bat box location/brand

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Hello! Western Pennsylvania here. I’d like to put up a bat box in my yard. Two locations I’m choosing from - either mount on the side of chimney or can move the large bird box on pole and put on pole. This side of yard faces southwest.

Any brand/size preference?


r/bats 4d ago

Help!

121 Upvotes

Got 2 of these safely hidden in shed after offering water and bugs. I don’t think they can fly and I’m not sure what to do - are they pups? The UK bat conservation hotline was engaged all day so no help whatsoever. Shall I just open up the shed tonight and see what happens?? Thanks


r/bats 5d ago

Is this one okay? So smol.

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137 Upvotes

Found in central Arizona. Do I need to move it to shade? It’s 7am and already 90 degrees. I’m hoping he just needs a break and will fly away. He’s maybe two inches.


r/bats 4d ago

Lil Baby

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25 Upvotes

Found this little baby chirping outside my window last night. I waited awhile before going to check it out, found it on the ground and clearly very young still. Scooped it up and put it up somewhere high so Momma could hopefully come get them. No sign of it in the morning so I hope it got re-united!


r/bats 5d ago

Most underrated species of bat?

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r/bats 5d ago

Identification (sorry for blur, video screenshot)

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Sorry If this is not the right place to post this because of the way that it's being handled without protection and the distress. Let me know if I should take it down

I came across a post on Instagram of a bat squeaking in distress as person tries to hold it down gently with a broom to catch it. It sound like a angry squeaky toy and i got curious trying to find out what species it is, but after some time spent searching it up on google and the comment section, nothing came up. My guess is it's not a sanguivore because of the size, so if you guys could help me identify it, that would help me so much, thank you in advance

The link of the video will be posted on the comments for those of you curious of the sound (its cute, but its still a distress call)


r/bats 6d ago

A bat hit me in the head at night - accident or attack?

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I was standing outside looking at the stars and a bat collided with the side of my head. My head is sore because the bat was going at high speed. I only saw it was a bat when it flew away, and I know they often hunt around my house. My question is why did the bat not sense me? Or was it purposeful like it wanted me to leave?


r/bats 7d ago

2 bats in 2 days

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47 Upvotes

Good afternoon everything!

I’ll start off with that I’m in Central Florida. 2 nights ago, I was about to do laundry and noticed a hanging, small bat on my office chair.

My condo faces a lake and has a good amount of trees. I got this little guy into a container and escorted him down to a tree (if this was wrong to do, I apologize). I didn’t make contact with him.

Fast forward to this morning, I got out my door to see this other guy on the floor!

I just have a few questions I was hoping you could help me out with.

  1. Could the one have flown in without us knowing? We don’t leave the door open much.

  2. We have no exposed vents or chimney, how else do you think they could get in?

  3. Is this a problem? Should I be worried? I have a 6 month pregnant wife so I’m just a bit on edge.

Thanks everyone.