On 2007-07-02 00:29:30 -0400, "Lilah Morgan" said:

Because I had been hearing noise in the 'green' room that was an add-on to
this place(mobile home) and I thought it was rats/mice(the walls on the
inside, when it was added on, they put insulation in, but nothing covering
it, and we've got stuff to fix that, but it's a 2person job, and mom's been
gone most of last few months staying in town), but tonight mom and I just
happened to be outside next to that room, and I heard the noises again, and
mentioned it to mom, and by the time we started counting all the bats that
flew out, we got to 215/216 before they stopped coming out and the noise
stopped as well. I was just...I couldn't believe it. I figure 2 or 3 dozen
at least flew out before we started counting, so that's probably at least
250 bats living in the walls. And I want them outside...I don't mind them
living on the property, just in their own houses, not OURS!

My wife and I had a brown bat colony in our attic. They are very
territorial, and dont want to leave their "home" and so will do
whatever they can to get back into the house.
We hired a "bat guy" (basically a carpenter who knows a little about bats)
he sealed up the house around the roof with mesh wire and installed a
one way door. Once the bat flies out, the door will not allow them in.
Once the bats were all out, he uninstalled the door and closed up the
house. He then cleaned up the attic for us, something we could have
done, but he explained that dried guano (bat poo) can get dusty and if
you breath it in can be very bad for you.

This was really the only method for removing the colony, and was over 6
years ago. No bats have returned.

hth

dvsjr