Quote Originally Posted by FlyingScot View Post
I am FlyingScot Queen of the bat catchers. We've had six so far. They scare the you know what out of me. They scare my brother even more. So much for manliness. I have perfected bat catching to near professional level. If any of you want to know how I do it just let me know.

ps. no bats die in the process.
We have had 5-6 in our house in the last 3-4 years. Our biggest fear is that one of our 4 cats will mortally wound them. We have 7 foot ceilings in much or our house and our youngest cat appears to have a 5 foot vertical leap (he's like Michael Jordan). He's jumped and smacked one out of the air, before.

Our method is to corral the cats into one room, then open the front door. I hold up a blanket and try to drive the bat towards the open door. Sometimes the bat will land somewhere and DH has been able to grab the little bugger with gloves on and/or capture it in a mesh delicates bag and return him to the outdoors. We really need to build some bat houses, too. We have an old house that the little guys have an easy time finding entry to.