Bats are flying nocturnal rodents that are not much bigger than your average house mouse. Bats can live up to 10 years old, especially in the safety of your home. Bats can be very beneficial to have on your property. A colony of bats can eat approximately 1 million insects in a night.
Having a bat in your house is another story altogether. When bats make a home of your attic or shed, they become a nuisance very quickly. Bats, the parasites they carry and the smell from their waste causes great concern for home owners with a bat infestation. Like other wildlife, bats do come with the chance of being infested with rabies. Approximately 75% of all rabies cases in Ontario have been caused by bats. Your beloved house pets have a greater chance of becoming infected with diseases carried by bats than your family.
Exposure and handling of bats is concerned very dangerous. People infected with rabies from a bat bite rarely notice the bite at all. If a bat if found in a room where someone has been sleeping or a young child has been left alone, it's extremely important to seek medical examination to ensure no diseases have been spread by the bat in your house.
Bats generally enter your home through cracks and holes in your house. Because bats are nocturnal, a bat colony can live in your home unnoticed for great lengths of time. They are not easily detected in a home until the bat infestation is very large. The most common ways people noticed a bat problem in their home are bats flying around their roofs or, in serious situations, the bats have made their way into your living space.
If you notice bats on your property or in your home it's very important to contact a bat removal company to help control the bat colony. The longer a bat colony the more damage they will cause to your attic, causing you to pay a lot of money in restoration and sanitation fees. If the bat colony in your attic is left untreated it has the potential of doubling in size each year.