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The Exclusion Process
The Little Brown and Big Brown bats roost usually in homes and structures where they can enter through areas as small as a quarter of an inch. These small little animals live in colonies, sometimes small, five to ten bats, and sometimes large, ranging from several hundred to several thousands. A bat proofing process is needed to resolve any situation where a building, home, or structure is infested with this type of animal. Most homeowners make the mistake of sealing entrances and openings to prevent bats from gaining access into their structure, but in a many cases, seal areas that the bats are using to go out of the structure. When this is done it will force the entire colony of bats down through the living quarters of the house, which can be a very messy and dangerous situation.
Bat exclusions are needed to remove bats from buildings and structures. All of the cracks, holes, crevices, anything the size of a quarter inch or more are sealed, and then bats are funneled through one-way doors or tubes out of the structure. After this process is complete (a week to ten days) the whole colony has been removed.
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Bat Guano
Bats live in colonies and, as you can see in the photos, they can sometimes leave behind large quantities of feces or droppings called guano.
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These droppings, like pigeon droppings, in large accumulations can cause respiratory illness in human beings from spores called Histoplasmosis. The droppings, if distributed, will turn to dust and spread throughout the structure in the air causing severe problems in humans who are especially susceptible to respiratory problems. Great care should be taken when handling and removing these droppings as the Christman's Wildlife Service staff can and will provide these services with the proper protective equipment. The odor from the urine and the droppings is very distinct, as it has high concentrations of ammonia. You can read more about the disease Histoplasmosis on our site here as well as the Center for Disease Control.
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 Bat Facts
Rabies testing was done by the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Department of Public Health diagnostic laboratories in 2003. 3,776 animals were submitted for rabies testing, and out of all the species of animals tested, bats were the only ones that reported positive for the florescent antibody. Of all the animals tested, 2.7% tested positive, which were all bats.
The rabies rate in this species of wildlife has increased over the past few years. Persons who find bats in the living quarters of their home should call an experienced professional to remove the animal, if at all possible, and search the structure for evidence of a colony living within it. Small children, elderly people, and mentally challenged individuals who have been known to be in the same room as a bat should be taken to the hospital for shots to prevent the rabies virus since bites from a bat are extremely small in this species of animal. Sometimes these categories of people can not always alert someone that they have been bitten. Rabies is a treatable disease if caught in time. If a bat has been captured in a home with any of these categories of people, or any persons known to have been bitten by the animal, they should be immediately taken to their local health department for rabies testing. Do not smash the animal or damage its head since this is the area that is needed to be tested for the rabies virus. People will generally encounter a bat in the middle of the night flying overhead of their bed or find it hiding in their shoe or in clothes, thus indicating that they do have bats living within the structure of the home. Scratching and high pitch squeaking noises can sometimes be heard in the walls or floors of a structure indicating the main roosting spot of a colony of bats.
Christman's Wildlife Service provides free estimates, in most cases, and can identify in any structure whether or not a colony of bats exists
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