{"id":418,"date":"2019-10-29T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/?p=418"},"modified":"2019-10-29T20:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:28:50","slug":"how-to-protect-your-house-from-bats-this-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/how-to-protect-your-house-from-bats-this-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your House From Bats This Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Halloween is certainly a time for all things spooky<\/em>. Fortunately for us, the spookiness is pretend! But when it comes to bats, although a fun symbol for Halloween themes, they are a real-life seasonal threat to your house. Continue reading to why bats can be a hazard this time of year, how to identify a nuisance bat problem, and what you can do to protect your home from bats this season and every season that follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bats This Time of Year<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Here in Indiana, bats hibernate for the winter. Although\nmany species migrate toward warmer climates, several others remain locally, and\nfind winter dens that will keep them safe for the season. Generally, caves and\nunderground mines serve as winter bat roosts, but bats are also known to\nfrequently take shelter in man-made structures like barns, sheds, attics, and\nsimilar edifices. This is problematic because bats, while roosting, can cause\nan extreme amount of structural damage, and also pose several health and safety\nrisks for surrounding people and pets. Since bats look for suitable shelter for\nthe winter, they are often a problem for property owners this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signs of Nuisance Bat Activity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The signs of bat activity and bat infestations are quite\neasy to see once you are looking for them. One of the most common signs of\nexterior bat activity include bat droppings around window sills and door\nframes, where bats enjoying perching in between hunting. Also, spotting bats\nflying around your house at dusk is proof that a local colony resides nearby. Signs\nof bat infestations include chirping and fluttering noises coming from the\nattic or walls, strange odors coming from the inside of your house, yellow or\nbrown-like stains on your ceiling or walls, and oily black stains on your\nsiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What You Can Do<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The best strategy to protecting your home from nuisance bats is preventative maintenance. Contact a local bat removal and control company<\/a> for a full-property inspection. They will locate any openings or gaps capable of allowing bats access into your house, and then seal them up with specialized materials and equipment. You see, bats can squeeze through a hole as little as 3\/8ths of an inch, so there could be vulnerabilities in your house\u2019s exterior that you are unaware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who to Trust for Safe and Humane Bat Control<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Call 317-535-4605<\/strong> for prompt and professional Indianapolis bat removal services<\/a> you can trust. We are DNR licensed and insured wildlife control contractors that specialize is safe, non-lethal bat exclusion and extraction services. Whether commercial or residential, we are fully-equipped to extract from any property. We also provide 24 emergency bat removal, dead animal removal, bat proofing, attic restoration for bat damages, and more. Request a free estimate, anytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Halloween is certainly a time for all things spooky. Fortunately for us, the spookiness is pretend! But when it comes to bats, although a fun symbol for Halloween themes, they are a real-life seasonal threat to your house. Continue reading … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,5,1],"tags":[188,197,68,62,60,198],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bat-facts","category-bat-removal","category-bats","tag-bat-infestation-indianapolis","tag-bat-removal-halloween","tag-bat-removal-services-indianapolis","tag-get-rid-of-bats-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-bat-removal-and-control","tag-signs-of-bats-in-the-attic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batremovalindianapolis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}