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Flying mammals
Aug. 15th, 2007 09:21 amI just captured my second bat in two weeks. I don't know how they are getting in to this building, but it's clearly not a fluke.
Last week, my officemates spotted it early in the morning but waited for me to arrive to get it, because we've long had a fear that our landlords would kill or hurt any bat they had to capture (which is, I've found out, not true). As long as bats are just clinging to the wall, they're wicked easy to catch. This time the bat was spotted first by the people who work in the neighboring office. The guy there called the landlord first, and then came to alert us to the "menace," at which point I rolled my eyes, grabbed some tupperware and a file folder, and caught the damned thing in 90 seconds. I think he (our neighbor, not the bat) was embarrassed, because he's pretty big guy, close to seven feet tall . . . and there I was, some dumb broad in a skirt doing the thing without protective gear.
I'm pretty sure it was a different bat--bigger. The great thing about catching them in a clear tupperware container is that you can get a really good look at them while they glare at you. Christ do they have teeth galore, though.
The landlord just stopped by, and told me he uses his hands. No wonder they use gloves! I'm a tupperware girl. Put it over them, then slide a file folder up to dislodge their claws, voila, bat in a box.
Last week, my officemates spotted it early in the morning but waited for me to arrive to get it, because we've long had a fear that our landlords would kill or hurt any bat they had to capture (which is, I've found out, not true). As long as bats are just clinging to the wall, they're wicked easy to catch. This time the bat was spotted first by the people who work in the neighboring office. The guy there called the landlord first, and then came to alert us to the "menace," at which point I rolled my eyes, grabbed some tupperware and a file folder, and caught the damned thing in 90 seconds. I think he (our neighbor, not the bat) was embarrassed, because he's pretty big guy, close to seven feet tall . . . and there I was, some dumb broad in a skirt doing the thing without protective gear.
I'm pretty sure it was a different bat--bigger. The great thing about catching them in a clear tupperware container is that you can get a really good look at them while they glare at you. Christ do they have teeth galore, though.
The landlord just stopped by, and told me he uses his hands. No wonder they use gloves! I'm a tupperware girl. Put it over them, then slide a file folder up to dislodge their claws, voila, bat in a box.
