BAT REMOVAL
BAT REMOVAL EXLUSION & TRAPPING - MA & RI
Precision Wildlife specializes in the removal of bats and bat colonies from residential homes and commercial buildings. Our technicians are trained to humanely remove bat colonies (large or small) from any type of home or structure where they may be unwanted. Under no circumstances are poisons or chemicals ever used or needed to properly eliminate a bat colony.
WHAT IS A BAT EXCLUSION?
A bat exclusion is a service provided to allow bat colonies to safely vacate a structure with no means of entering at secondary entry points.
This is done by installing custom one-way exclusion doors at precise locations on a structure, allowing the bat colony to leave with minimal alterations to their previous path. One-way exclusion doors are installed at what are called the active areas of entry, of which multiple locations are normally determined.
BAT PREVENTION
Just as important as exclusion doors, is the proper sealing of all possible secondary
entryways. Bats can have the ability to fit into 1/4" gaps in any particular structure and
the avoidance of properly sealing these areas will lead to a failed or pointless exclusion.
We do not offer partial exclusions on any particular structure just to get our foot in the
door. We take great pride in the fact that we help our potential customers understand
the process of bat exclusion and why it is important to do it right the first time.
BAT REMOVAL AND EXCLUSION PROCESS
First, one of our bat specialists must inspect the structure in question to understand the magnitude of the bat problem and the extent of its solution. Upon this inspection, customers can ask about the bat exclusion process used by Precision and any other aspect of our bat removal and exclusion process. You will also be presented with a complete description of our services including costs and warranty lengths.
PRECISION BAT REMOVAL
Day one of our exclusion process involves the installation of our custom one-way exclusionary doors made specifically for certain areas of the bats' entry. We also seal all possible secondary entryways and inspect the entire structure to be certain no further infestations can take place. Bat exclusions are the most detail-oriented aspect of nuisance wildlife control because of the small gaps that colonies can enter.
*During the active months a bat colony will normally exit the structure within the first or second night after our service is performed. Active months run from mid to late spring into the early to mid fall but changes in our inconsistent transfer from season to season play a role in their activity and birthing season.
*During the inactive months mainly big brown bats will hibernate in attics, but it is not uncommon to come across little browns as well. Exclusion work can be performed during inactive months but the bats will not exit until mid to late spring.
Day two of our exclusion process involves the removal of all one-way exclusion doors and the sealing of those areas, sealing will remain similar to previously repaired secondary entryways that were sealed on day one. Our technicians will use a combination of materials on a bat exclusion normally including hardware screen, caulking, flashing, and foam. We decide on these materials by understanding what will last the longest under normal weather conditions. Our workmanship is discreet and professional, we also offer more extensive repairs to residential homes if needed to help maintain a bat-free environment and help validate warranties.
BATS
LITTLE BROWN BAT
Description
The little brown bat is a small mammal with a body length of 3 - 31/2" and weighing approximately 1/8 to 1/2 an ounce. The wingspan of little brown bats range from 6 - 8". Bats are the only mammals that engage in truly active flight. As their name suggests they are glossy brown above with a light buff color below. These bats can live 20 to 30 years.
Range and Distribution
The Little Brown Bat is found from Labrador west to central Alaska and south to the Appalachians in Georgia and Arkansas. Located in most states except Florida, Texas, and southern California. The little brown bat is found abundantly throughout New Hampshire.
Habits and Habitats
Little brown bats are insectivorous, eating a variety of insects including some agricultural pests. They can eat 50% of their own body weight each evening. During gestation and lactation, even more insects are consumed. These nocturnal mammals use echolocation to navigate and locate prey.
Bats hear high frequency sounds emitted by their prey enabling them to distinguish contracting a muscle in the ear, these bats can block out their own sounds while still detecting prey. Little brown bats feed primarily over wetlands and other still water where insects are abundant. They use rivers, streams, and trails as travel corridors to navigate across the landscape. Bats will occasionally swoop down close to mammals to indulge on the insects that swarm around them, not to make a nest in the hair.
Little brown bats hibernate in clusters during the winter months. House attics and walls, caves or mines are preferred but large tree cavities with favorable microclimates may be used. In order to minimize evaporative losses the humidity in these hibernation areas must be high, preferably over 90%. A constant temperature of 40 degrees F is desirable for hibernation.
Sexual maturity is reached in 6 to 9 months for females and a year for males. Breeding occurs from September to October but the female stores the sperm for fertilization in the spring. The young are born from mid-June to early July. Little brown bats generally have one offspring per year, occasionally two. The young become self-supporting within a month.
Little brown bats seek cavities for shelter, roosting and brooding. In summer females brood their young in dark, warm sites such as barns, attics, caves, hollow tree cavities and other protected areas. Little brown bat roost sites are highly variable and not well known. In temperate regions, they often use cavities along forest edges with high sun exposure.
Precision Wildlife specializes in the removal of bats and bat colonies from residential homes and commercial buildings. Our technicians are trained to humanely remove bat colonies (large or small) from any type of home or structure where they may be unwanted. Under no circumstances are poisons or chemicals ever used or needed to properly eliminate a bat colony.
BIG BROWN BAT
Description
A medium-sized bat with upper parts rich chestnut brown; ears relatively small, thick, leathery, and black; membranes blackish; under-parts paler than back; ears and membranes devoid of hair, or nearly so; wing short and broad, length of fifth metacarpal almost equal to that of third.
Habits
Big brown bats are one of the most widely distributed of America's bats, ranging from Canada to northern South America and the Caribbean Islands.
Big brown bats are most often found in trees, attics, and bat houses in the summer. Maternity colonies can consist of hundreds of females, although smaller colonies are more common. Big browns usually enter caves or buildings where they will hibernate safely throughout the winter months or they will migrate.
Young ones (called pups) are born in nursery colonies where females congregate together. The usual litter size is two bats in the eastern United States, and one pup in the western U.S. Pups are born without any fur and with their eyes closed. Immediately after the pups are born, they begin to squeak, and within 24 hours their eyes are open. For the first two weeks of life, while the mother bat is at rest, the young stay nestled under her wing. During the third week they are able to fly, and practice until they can negotiate their own turns, land, and hang well. Pups completely stop nursing from their mothers at about 9 weeks old, and at this time are able to eat insects on their own.
Of all the North American species of bats, this is the one most closely associated with humans because of its year-round use of buildings. Big brown bats are highly beneficial to humans because they consume extremely high numbers of insects.
Even though big brown bats are abundant throughout the United States, their populations are decreasing every year. The population is lowing because of human disturbance (the bats are especially vulnerable when hibernating), people killing bats (especially when bats accidentally fly into people's houses), and loss of habitat.
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