Bat Control Services Provided:

*BATPROOFING  *ONE WAY VALVES  * CLEANING (SANATIZE & STERILIZE)

*BAT HOUSE INSTALLATION 

Little Brown Bat:

Approx. 4 inches in size with a wingpand of approx 10inches

Lifespan : can live up to 25 years

Bats are mammals NOT rodents

Food source: insects

TEETH: Very small sharp little teeth, they are capable of biting mammals and transmitting rabies if infected with the virus.

Females mature sexually in approx. 8 months, males usually thier second summer.

Females usually reinfest the same roosting sights year after year, coming in late april. They will produce a single baby, which is fully grown and capable of flight in approx 4 weeks. Our phones really start ringing in July when the babies start flyng and get lost on the way back in or out of an attic area, ending up in somebody's home. This is usually how people know they have a problem. This occurs through September and usually by late October the bats leave for hibernation in a nearby cave.

IF YOU NOTICE BATS FLYING IN & OUT OF A PORTION OF YOUR HOME YOU SHOULD CALL US FOR A BAT EVOLUATION

BATS ARE USUALLY NON AGGRESIVE!

WHAT IF YOU ARE BITTEN, SCRATCHED OR MAY HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH A BAT?

Bats are not normally aggressive animals. However, caution should be used to avoid direct contact, even with apparently healthy bats. Unusual behavior, such as a bat fluttering on the floor, or a bat flying in midday, is reason for particular care to avoid all human or animal contact with the bat.

In recent years, bat associated strains of rabies have been the causative agent for the majority of the few human rabies cases in the United States. In some of these cases, rabies transmission occurred even after apparently limited contact with a bat. Because bat bites may be less severe, heal rapidly, and therefore, be more difficult to find or recognize than bites inflicted by larger mammals, rabies postexposure treatment should be considered for any physical contact with bats when bites, scratches, or mucous membrane contact with saliva cannot be excluded.

If you are bitten, or scratched or the possibility of contact can not be excluded, try to confine or kill the bat without damage to its head, to prevent additional exposures. Immediately cleanse the wound thoroughly with soap and water, and seek prompt medical attention from a physician or hospital emergency room. Report the bite or other exposure to your local health department as soon as possible. Using heavy protective gloves, tongs, or a shovel, place the bat in a coffee can or other securely covered container and arrange with your local health department for immediate delivery and testing at the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Rabies Laboratory.

If your dog or cat is exposed to a bat, follow similar procedures in capturing the bat and contacting your local health department to report the incident and arrange for the testing of the bat. The greatest preventive measure is to have your dog or cat vaccinated against rabies before any exposure to a rabid animal.