Bat exclusion focuses on gaps in the home
Effective bat exclusion means experienced experts will go through the entire home looking for gaps that can allow bats to enter and they seal off those gaps. For anyone who has seen bats up close, they know how small they are; and for others who have chased bats around the inside of their home, they know how small a gap can be for the bats to get into. That means exclusion for bat removal has to consider any gap small enough and make sure that it is filled in.
Why exclusion for bat removal works
When a company like Westchester Wildlife uses exclusion for bat removal, it is not only humane but it also works. The reason that it works is because of the use of specially designed cones that allow the bats to leave the comfort of the home on their nightly excursions, but is won’t allow them to re-enter. The cones are designed in such a way that the bats simply cannot get back in. When this happens, they are forced to find more suitable shelter, such as that found in trees or other buildings, such as sheds, under rocks, or in caves.
When you are thinking about exclusion for bat removal, you are considering the most humane method and that is important, especially in this day and age of difficulty and challenges facing the entire bat population throughout the northeast. If bats are a problem in your home, don’t exterminate them; ask for exclusion for bat removal and you will still be able to enjoy fewer mosquitoes and other insects next summer.
Far too many amateur bat removal companies, especially new and inexperienced ones, gloss over certain parts of the home and while their exclusion efforts may remove the bats for the time being, too many homeowners end up having to call them back again a few months later with another infestation of bats in their home.
One thing that attracts bats is warmth, especially from cold nights. As warm-blooded animals, they rely on warmth to survive. That means that many attics in the northeast are attractive to bats. These gaps that bats get into also let cold air in, and heat out. When you hire the best exclusion for bat removal company, then you are also insulating your home a bit more against the cold of winter. Talk about a double win in one!
White Nose Syndrome
Exclusion for bat removal is a technique that is both humane and important in our modern society. Millions of people around the world revere bats because of their ability and tenacity in hunting and eating insects that generally are a nuisance to humans.
In the United States, and more importantly, in the northeast, bats are dying by the millions in a mass epidemic known as “White Nose Syndrome” (WNS) and the experts at the moment do not know why. That makes exclusion even more important than ever. When a species is facing dire survival conditions, any effort to exterminate them from a home or office building makes their chances of survival that much more difficult.
A study in 2008 determined that white nose syndrome is a fungus found on the muzzles, wings, ears and all exposed skin tissues of infected bats. This fungus grows at temperatures below 20 °C (68 °F) and grows on the bats when they are hibernating during winter. The fungus appears to disrupt the normal patterns of hibernation, causing bats to arouse from hibernation too early and starve to death. Symptoms associated with White Nose Syndrome include loss of body fat, unusual winter behavior (including flying), and death. No one yet knows how the condition spreads.
Bats can cause damage
Even though bats are small and generally do not disturb homeowners, they can cause a great deal of damage from their droppings, also known as guano. The odor that they leave behind is only one small facet of the damage that bats can cause to homes. When there are enough bats living in close quarters, the guano can build up and if they are living in the attic, for example, the guano can seep down through the insulation and infiltrate the sheet rock of most ceilings. Over time, this can bleed through the ceiling, causing stains and weakening the integrity of the sheet rock itself.
Does your bat removal services company also remove all of the guano, eliminate the odor left behind by them, and repair any damage caused by the bats living within the house? When you begin to ask questions, you will soon realize that no, not all bat removal services tend to these things as they should. Not all of them are capable of it.
Westchester Wildlife is one of those rare companies in the Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess County areas that has not only the expertise to call themselves one of the best and most efficient bat removal services companies in the region, but they also understand the damage that can be left behind and the importance of leaving the home free of any trace of the bats that once lived there.
Their experts will repair the damage caused by the bats, whether it includes exterior or interior, and will do so with a precision that cannot be matched by any other bat removal services company in the area.
Bat Removal Services
Winter is fast approaching and that means that the outdoor wildlife will be searching for warmer shelter and that also means that bat removal services are even more important now. When bats find a warm shelter, such as the eves of an attic in the home, they become more difficult to remove once the winter snows arrive. It is during these months in which the hibernate.
There is more than one way to remove bats from the home
When people tend to think of wildlife removal, they may initially think of extermination. While this may be the case for many creatures, for bats, live removal is the most ideal situation. One of the main reasons for this is because of their importance to combating insects that can carry diseases, such as mosquitoes. It is also important that bat removal services do so in a humane way because, currently, millions of bats are dying and there is no known reason at the moment; their numbers are rapidly depleting.
Exclusion is one of the most effective and humane bat removal services available. While there are many different companies that specialize in bat removal services, there is a great deal more that should be involved in bat removal than simply excluding them from the home.
When you need quality bat removal services, count on Westchester Wildlife. Experience matters.
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