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TheBlackAdder

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46. The risk is slight, just don't mount on a tree or against the house. Use a pole mount in the open.

Mon Aug 27, 2018, 03:01 PM

Aug 2018

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Tree mount allows squirrels and rats/mice to attract them, as well as tree-born pests.

Guano is guano, after all, and you don't want that dropping by the side of the house.

I sunk 2 posts into the ground with long schedule 40 PVC 4-inch pipe in between. One bolt acts as a pivot rod, another acts as a removable linchpin so when it's time to clean it, I pull the pin out and lower the pole down gradually.

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Is this an omen of how the week is going to go? [View all] Vinca Aug 2018 OP

It will definitely get better the week TEB Aug 2018 #1

Do You Have A Stove Vent? JimGinPA Aug 2018 #2

Our house was built in the late 1700's so we've got nooks and crannies everywhere. Vinca Aug 2018 #4

Well,... that is the deciding factor,.. there is no escaping it,... magicarpet Aug 2018 #15

I plan to buy a lottery ticket. If I win I'll build a bat-proof house. Vinca Aug 2018 #21

OMG, I'd be terrified janterry Aug 2018 #3

He's usually the bat remover, but I didn't have the heart to wake him up. Vinca Aug 2018 #5

When there's something strange on the bathroom sink.......who ya gonna call? leftofcool Aug 2018 #6

This is event #1. By #3 a pattern for your week should emerge. Hortensis Aug 2018 #7

I hope the pattern involves watching Junior enter a court house to enter a plea. Vinca Aug 2018 #11

Oh, bring that on! :) Hortensis Aug 2018 #13

In the old farmhouse we used to live in... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2018 #8

Thanks for the info. I don't think we have a big problem, but it's disconcerting when the odd Vinca Aug 2018 #9

This might be helpful... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #10

I don't think the center chimney has a screen and there are 3 flues on it. Vinca Aug 2018 #12

Suggestion: Be careful if you place screen over a chimney. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #14

Good advice. Thanks. Vinca Aug 2018 #19

Just think how HIS/HER week began. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2018 #16

They're important little creatures. I'd just like them to be important outdoors. LOL. Vinca Aug 2018 #20

Our Eastern Seaboard bats are our best insecticide. Duppers Aug 2018 #17

Guess I should have given him the spa treatment before I ejected him. Cute video. Vinca Aug 2018 #22

Had a bat in the basement DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #18

If you can, go into your attic on a bright day... LuckyCharms Aug 2018 #23

Bats used to fly into my house when I was a kid Le Gaucher Aug 2018 #24

Jan and Dean explain everything Kaleva Aug 2018 #25

I don't think I could recover from something like that ecstatic Aug 2018 #26

I'm with you lillypaddle Aug 2018 #30

On the other hand, in Asian cultures a bat Zoonart Aug 2018 #27

Sorry to say with catch an release there is a good chance he will be back. gordianot Aug 2018 #28

Bet that got your blood going lillypaddle Aug 2018 #29

Damn malaise Aug 2018 #31

It took me a few minutes to regroup after I shut him in the bathroom. Vinca Aug 2018 #44

Many years ago I found a bat in my toilet PatSeg Aug 2018 #32

Twice I battled with bats. Alwaysna Aug 2018 #33

Thank you for not hurting the little bat! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #34

Nah! Bats are cool. We went to BatCon.org and purchased a 100 bat home to control bugs at farm. TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #35

Do you think if I bought a bat house they'd stay out of the human's house??? Vinca Aug 2018 #43

The risk is slight, just don't mount on a tree or against the house. Use a pole mount in the open. TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #46

Thanks. I hadn't thought about guano, but my garden would love it. Vinca Aug 2018 #47

I lived in a house on lake Winnipesaukee in NH LittleGirl Aug 2018 #36

I wish the squirrels that occasionally get in my attic would consider suicide. LOL. Vinca Aug 2018 #42

No kidding! LOL eom LittleGirl Aug 2018 #45

Plug the holes Richluu Aug 2018 #37

Obviously it was Guliani doing his rounds, just wait for sun up. n/t Brogrizzly Aug 2018 #38

ROFL - my favorite response! Vinca Aug 2018 #41

I always thought if a bat was down, it could not secondwind Aug 2018 #39

My wife is terrified of bats -- and mice -- but especially bats. rsdsharp Aug 2018 #40