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If your home has bats, please
be aware that it is imperative that you have them excluded properly and have the home cleaned properly. Bat exclusion involves sealing your entire home, top to bottom, except for one exit point. If the bats leave and can
not get back in the way they normally do, they will instantly search for a new way into your home. Since bats only need a tiny
opening to enter a home,( A Quarter OF An Inch Or More) if there is one, they will find it. Bats locate these places by the airflow,
not by sight. We (humans) locate them mostly by sight (although some airflow is able to be seen with
proper equipment). If bats are excluded from your home, and can find their way back in, they will. It is their home too (even
though they don't pay rent), and they will not leave it unless they must..THAT IS OUR JOB, to force them to leave. Giving them no choice in the matter !!!
 
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Sometimes the only evidence of the presence of bats in a building will be an accumulation of droppings in one area
of the attic, or droppings and rubmarks on siding at the bat entry opening. To confirm their presence and locate the openings
used by bats’ in the warmer months, observe from the outside for bats leaving in the evening, from one-half hour before
untill one-half hour after sundown. Once you have determined the principal entry points, you may seal all of the openings
and crevices of over 3/8” not used by bats. Because bats cannot gnaw to enlarge an opening, a variety of materials can
be used to seal an opening, including: l/4” hardware cloth, fly screen, sheet metal, wood, caulking, expandable polyurethane
foam, or fiberglass insulation, (But not in June or July when the young are likely to be inside).Bats are susceptible to rabies,
a serious viral disease that results in death if untreated. If you are bitten by a possibly rabid animal, you must
immediately consult a doctor for a series of injections; there is no cure once symptoms emerge
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