Not every home has smooth exterior surfaces. Some have vinyl siding, others have cedar shakes, and still others might have stucco or another type of surface. When you need to exclude wildlife from your home –which means that you have some animals living in your house, whether they are in the attic, a crawl space, or the walls, and you want them out without having to call an exterminator- the Batcone exclusion system is the most effective and safest way to achieve this goal.

While the Batcones are effective –with a patented design system that allows animals such as bats, sparrows, starlings, squirrels, chipmunks, and other small rodents to exit the home but not get back in- they are only effective when they form a close bond to the surface of the home. If you close off access to an animals lair and watch them try to get back in, they will circle around the area that they know was once their ‘front door’, so to speak. If there is any way for them to get back in, they will find it and exploit it.

This means that if the Batcone is not flush to the wood, siding, or other area of the house where it is placed, then there will likely be a small gap between the house and the Batcone. While this gap may seem far too small for an animal to squeeze through, it is quite amazing to see how these creatures can force themselves through those narrow passages. That is why using the vinyl flange is the best answer for those uneven surfaces.

There is absolutely no point in purchasing a set of Batcones, going through the effort to install them, but approaching the whole task with a ‘good enough’ attitude. When it comes to wildlife exclusion, there is no such thing as ‘good enough’ if it doesn’t keep the animals out. The only proper technique is to ensure that there is no possible way, no gaps left behind, that the animals can gain entry back into your home.

Those animals found your home appealing and in the outdoors, especially in developed areas where open space is hard to find, many animals find themselves exposed to the elements, predators, and other dangers and will be determined to find a way back into your home. If there is one, and even if it’s narrow, they will likely find a way to get back inside.

Using the vinyl flange wherever you place a Batcone along your home’s exterior, where the animals are currently gaining entry, will ensure a tight seal to the house, thus eliminating the possibility for those animals to get back inside.

Wildlife exclusion is the humane and effective way to get rid of animals from your home, but it will only be effective as long as you understand that any and all gaps that exist into the home must be closed off and that includes those surrounding the Batcone on an uneven surface. Use the vinyl flange if you have any doubts and you will ensure successful exclusion.

Getting rid of animals, such as bats or squirrels or even birds, from your attic, crawl space, or other location within your home is possible with the Batcone system. There is no longer any need to have the animals killed in order to keep your home safe and pest free. However, there are a couple of different exclusion cones that you can use for your home and one of them is the Pro-cone Corner.

Some homes are designed in such a way that a traditional bat removal devices that one might find in the marketplace could be an eyesore, especially if it is placed in the middle of the home’s siding or other obvious structure. The Pro-cone is made of a clear material so it almost disappears when mounted on a structure. It also looks professional when using them.

The Pro-cone wildlife excluder by Westchester Wildlife is a multi-use, reusable, exclusion cone that can be used for bats, birds, and flying squirrels. Made of durable CLEAR polycarbonate these cones can be used over and over for exclusion work. In addition to being mostly unnoticeable on your house, is quite effective. Where you place the Batcone exclusion system will depend largely on where your uninvited guests decide to enter and exit the home.

Available in three different shapes to fit any situation.

The Pro-cone is a quick and humane method of bat removal. The most common locations for these small animals to nest within homes in the Northeast United States are the attic. They can also find some comfort and shelter in crawl spaces that go largely forgotten. However, inside of the walls of the home are also potential nesting grounds for mice and other rodents.

Bats and birds will generally prefer the warm comfort of the attics, especially given the relatively easy access they have to the space. In many homes, construction doesn’t consider the future potential for these animals to get into the home and there are many gaps in the eves and around ventilation structures. There are also gaps along the corners of the homes, near the roof and this is where a Batcone Pro Corner system will come in handy.

When to use a Pro-cone Corner

The Pro-cone Corner addresses the common entry and exit points that are created by these overlooked construction points. If the bats or birds or other creatures are finding access to the home in the corner near the roof, closing it off (sealing it up) and installing a Corner, Round or Square Pro-cone along another portion of the house may create the desired effect. You want animals to find alternate exits or they could die within your home, which is precisely what exclusion aims to prevent.

The Pro-corner is a ruggedly designed exclusion tool that is ideal for those homes in which the animals are entering and exiting through these particular sections of the house. Birds and bats are creatures of habit and will likely seek out the same section to enter and exit. If you are trying to decide on whether to use a straight or corner Batcone exclusion system, first study the animals to determine where they are gaining access to your home.

There could be two points of entry or more. If they are using a corner of the home, then this is certainly a reason to use the Pro-corner in your exclusion efforts.

When you have wildlife invading your home, you want the best method to eliminate them. Bats, sparrows, flying squirrels, starlings, red squirrels and other small rodents commonly seek out local homes in the Northeast for shelter and warmth through the winter months, and protection from the elements and other predators during the summer months. These animals might not seem like a major nuisance to homeowners at first, but through time, they can create health problems for the home’s occupants and cause damage to the structure.

The Batcone exclusion system was designed to eliminate these animals from your home in a safe and harmless manner, yet there are different choices in the kind of Batcone systems that you use. While hiring a professional wildlife exclusion expert to come into your home, evaluate the situation, and install the exclusion system is the best option for any homeowner, there are quite a few do-it-yourselfers when it comes to their homes.

The economy is also a factor at this time when it comes to these kinds of issues. Too many homeowners are struggling to get through the months and keeping up with their mortgage. They may have lost work or had their pay or hours reduced and are trying to avoid any unnecessary expenses, which often includes dealing with these uninvited guests.

So they are forced to handle the situation on their own. Which leads us to deciding whether to use a Batcone or Pro-cone Round, Square or Corner cone.

Analyzing the situation

The first thing that you need to do when you realize that you have wildlife living in your home, whether they are in the attic, the walls, a crawl space, or some other place within the structure, is to determine where these animals are gaining access to your home. Many homes have a number of access points, but this doesn’t mean that the animals are using them all. In fact, many of these small creatures will only use one or two points of entry.

Some will be near an attic vent or through a gap in the eves under the roof, while others might be along the corner of the house. You may have to wait until the animals are on the move to find out where they climb in an out. But you will likely be able to see there entry point from claw marks around wood or droppings left behind.

These entry points will determine what kind of Batcone system you will need. When you locate the common points of entry, then seal off all other possible points of entry and use either the straight or corner Batcone exclusion systems that allow the animals to exit the home, but will not permit them re-entry.

While the Batcone system can be left in place after you have removed the creatures from your home, it’s recommended to remove them and seal up the entryway completely. This will ensure that you won’t have to deal with this problem again in the future. If you are unsure where the animals are entering the home, you can add several Batcones throughout the house, wherever there is a gap, and seal off all others. This will be quite effective as well.

No, this is not referring to the in-laws or the aunt who has overstayed her welcome after the long holiday season. Getting rid of those kinds of unwanted guests in your home is another topic for another business. What this article is referring to are the wildlife creatures who constantly seek out warm, dry, and safe environments in which to nest and hide from the elements outside.

These animals, such as bats, squirrels, birds, chipmunks and other critters can be cute in their own environment, but when they infiltrate your home, they can cause damage and even pose potential health risks to you and your family. It’s time to do something about those unwanted guests.

The strange noises at night

Many animals are nocturnal, meaning they come out at night to hunt for their food. The reason for this is basic survival. Through millions of years, these small creatures have learned that it is safest for them to hunt under the cover of darkness. For you, it means that you might hear increased activity and noises from certain parts of your home. Too many homeowners simply think that they hear more at night because the activity of the daytime is down to a minimum.

It’s not. What it is is an indication that you may have creatures making their home within your own. Too often, when homeowners realize that they have these uninvited and unwelcome guests in their home, they call and exterminator to get rid of them. That may seem like a reasonable solution, but exclusion using the Batcone system is a much more effective, sound, efficient, and environmentally conscious way.

What exterminators miss

While an exterminator will likely get rid of the problem pests for you, it doesn’t ensure that another group won’t find your home attractive and decide, since there’s no one occupying any longer, to make it their own. That means that the noises that you thought were gone for good may make a return, but from a different creature.

The Batcone exclusion system safely removes the unwanted animals from your home without causing them any harm, and ensures that they will not be able to return. It also ensures that there will be no other creatures, big or small, that will decide to set up shop in your home just because the previous residents are no longer there.

Exclusion protects the environment

While squirrels and many birds are not endangered species, bats are currently facing a serious health risk to their populations. Millions are dying off throughout the Northeast United States and experts still have no idea why. Since bats are crucial to the ecosystem, as well as their penchant for devouring some of the most annoying biting insects, it is important that we, as homeowners, consider the ramifications of killing them off when they are healthy.

Using the Batcone exclusion system helps protect bat populations as well as other species while ensuring that your home will no longer be a nesting ground for all types of creatures, big or small.

As a homeowner, you undoubtedly want to protect your home from invaders, such as wildlife. You wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be expected to let a person wander into your home, lay down his own belongings, and begin to treat your home as his own. Nor should you allow the same thing to happen just because that something happens to be wildlife.

Yet there are certain things that every homeowner should know when it comes to small wildlife that decides to make your home their own. The first, and possibly most important, thing to know is that there are options for getting rid of these pesky pests beside extermination. In fact, exterminators can actually create a greater mess, and more damage, to your home than by you not doing anything at all. How is this possible?

Know what you’re getting into

While this article isn’t meant to condone or condemn any other business or ideology, it is intended to share with you some important information about these unwanted animals living in your home. Yes, there are many qualified exterminators who can come in and get rid of the pests. What they may not tell you is that some could die in the walls of your home, requiring you to endure the rotting stench for weeks, or even months, or to cut open your walls to remove them.

There’s also the droppings or, in the case of bats, guano that will still be left behind even when the animals are killed. These ‘leavings’ can cause long-term health problems from children as well as adults.

But there is another option and even if you are struggling to make ends meet during this economy, it’s an option that has positive results. It’s called exclusion using the Batcone.

The Batcone DVD provides basic bat-proofing techniques as well as most effective cone installation methods.

Excluding animals from your home is a process in which a specially designed cone, known as the Batcone is placed in locations throughout the home where the bats or other animals are entering and exiting. It is basically a one way door and allows the animals to leave but won’t allow them to get back into the home.

Yet as simple as it sounds, there is a process to the exclusion that one should be familiar with before taking on this venture in order to ensure its success. There are also things, such as what is left behind by the animals that should be dealt with, even though it is something many homeowners would prefer to ignore.

The entire process of exclusion using the Batcone system is simple and environmentally friendly, and if you are a homeowner or small business owner who is ready to learn more about this important topic, then the Batcone DVD has all the information that you would need in one place. Don’t let another day go by listening to the patter of small animals in your attic keep you up at night, worrying about the damage they could be inflicting on your home.

Take charge and find out just how well the Batcone can work for you.

As you may have heard, there is a serious threat to the populations of common bat in the United States. White-nose syndrome, a fatal fungus in bats affecting hibernating bats, has been decimating bat populations, with some caves and mines losing 90 percent to 100 percent of their bat populations. The fungus is highly invasive, penetrating its victims’ top layer of skin, causing lesions. Theories suggest that the lesions cause the bat to wake up during hibernation. This forces the bat to use up the energy it has stored for its long sleep, exhausting the animal.

In light of a recent report that the most common bat species in North America, the little brown bat, could be facing extinction because of the fungus, avoiding the unnecessary slaughter of bats roosting in residential or commercial properties should be every wildlife company’s priority. When homeowners can’t afford to, or don’t have the knowledge or resources for effective bat removal, they may make a poor choice and kill the bats themselves.

Exclude Bats or eliminate them?

If exclusions practices are an option in your county, consider bat exclusion trainings by Westchester Wildlife. Westchester Wildlife promotes, practices, and teaches simple and effective bat exclusion practices to professional Bat removal companies throughout the United States . Every wildlife control company does not use exclusion practices. For some, it’s simply lack of knowledge; for others, it’s that they don’t have a distributor or resource to supply them with the products they need to do the job right. Enter the Batcone and Procone.

The Batcone Commercial Package was designed for small to mid-sized businesses as well as homeowners who understand the importance of bats to the ecology and want to help them thrive, just not within their homes.

Exclusion is the number one most effective way to remove wildlife from the home

Call almost any exterminator about wildlife in the home and the answer is usually the same: they need to be removed and they can take care of the ‘problem’ for you. Exterminators generally kill the invading animals and then remove the carcasses and any excrement of ‘leavings’ from the animals. While this practice has been far too commonly used through the years, exclusion has proven itself much more effective, safer, and environmentally sound.

Each small animal, whether it’s a bird, bat, squirrel, or other small creature, has an important job in the local environment. By killing them because they nest within the home, you change the structure and makeup of the local environment.

Exclusion using the Batcone or Procone is the most recommended option and is available to all companies that deal with removal or relocation of wildlife in homes. That’s why the commercial Batcone package has been made available at a great price for the companies that take on this great responsibility. The more homeowners know about the process and the more readily available the products are, the better the chances that they make the right decision and use exclusion techniques.

Since this is your new home, then you certainly want to protect it from an infestation of wildlife, whether it is bats, squirrels, birds, or other critters who decided that you new home is the perfect nesting place for them.

The economy has put pressure on many homeowners

Yet this economy has made previously easy choices more complicated. Many people have lost wages, jobs, and are trying to scrape by long enough until the economy improves and they do not feel that they can justify the expense of hiring a professional wildlife removal company to come in and remove the critters for them. These same homeowners also understand that bats, for example, though not a protected species, are important to the environment, and to the homeowner’s peace of mind because they feed on the biting insects that can be a nuisance to those warm summer nights when you want to spend it outside. What to do?

Boarding up all of the holes that you can see within the home may seem like the most reasonable and simple solution to the problem – if the animal wasn’t already inside your home. If the animals can’t get outside, then they will likely die, thus ending the problem. However, if you have never had the experience of living in a home in which an animal died in the walls or the attic, then just understand that the odor can be quite uncomfortable, and nauseating for some. Imagine not just one animal, then, but dozens or more.

If you do not hire a professional wildlife removal company to remove the animals for you, then you can certainly do the job yourself. Keep in mind that there are certain things to know and consider when taking on critter control and wildlife removal yourself.

What is a Batcone? What is a Procone?

First, depending the type and size of animal you wish to remove, the best item you could purchase is called a Batcone or Procone. Recommended and used by wildlife removal experts with much success, this specially designed item attaches to the house where the bats or squirrels or other wildlife enter and exit the home. It allows the animal to leave, but its scientific design prevents them from getting back in. It’s that easy.

Some people simply think that sealing the house off is the best answer, but with the Sample Batcone pack, which comes with an instructional DVD, you will soon realize how much safer, healthier, and better exclusion is for getting rid of unwanted wildlife in your home. The sample exclusion kit may be all that you need if you have a small house. If you are trying to save money, don’t make the mistake of killing them in your home or sealing them inside. The damage that could do could last for months, or longer, and could affect the health of you and your family . Try the Batcone Sample Kit for yourself and see why it is one of the best exclusion tools available to homeowners everywhere.

Bats don’t create their own homes the same way other animals in the wild do. They don’t curl up and sleep in a protected corner. They hang from any object, whether it’s nails in the roof boards in the attic or phone or electrical wire that runs throughout the house. As such, they often create a mess everywhere they hang. That mess is called guano and it shouldn’t be ignored.

However, if the homeowner knows that the bats have only recently begun to nest in their house, or they simply do not have the finances to hire a professional service to come in and take care of the problem for them, then there is an option available to them. It’s called the Batcone or and the Procone, designed by Jim Dreisacker, owner of Westchester Wildlife.

Safe and Effective Bat Removal

This Batcone was designed to be disposable, which means that getting rid of the bats will not require you to have an unsightly object sticking out from the exterior of the home. The Batcone is effective in every aspect in getting rid of bats from the home. Its simple design makes getting rid of bats (and other small animals) safe and environmentally conscious; there is no need to kill bats in your home and then have to remove them from the insulation or other places that they are occupying within the house.

Do It Yourself Bat Removal

While it is possible to use the Batcone yourself, if you have the opportunity to hire the best professionals in the area to come in and do it for you, then you will rest assured knowing that any and all possible entry points within your home are sealed off to eliminate any chance that they might return. Since bats need to eat every night, just as people need to eat every day, then they will need to leave the house at least once daily to search for insects that supplement their diet.

Installed properly in a bat-proofed home, the Batcone leaves one point of exit for the bats to head out into the night in search of their food, and its special design ensures that they cannot get back in. The Batcone’s special cone design forces the bats to crawl out, but will be unable to climb back in due to the smooth plastic and narrow opening.

Westchester Wildlife Bat Removal Service

When you hire a professional service to install the Batcone, you also get the peace of mind knowing that everything the bats left behind will be removed and cleaned up, ensuring that your family won’t suffer any health effects as a result of their invasion. When the bats are gone, simply remove the Batcone from the house, seal up the entry point, and if your house is properly bat proofed (all points of entry have been sealed up properly), you will not have to worry about this bat removal problem again.

If you have a Bat in Your Home — don’t panic.  Use caution around a bat, as any of them can carry parasites or rabies. When handled or harassed most bats will attempt to bite. If the bat has bitten someone (human or pet) it should be captured for rabies testing. If they have not been in contact with you or your pets, you can help the bat escape safely.

The easiest way to Help a Bat escape safely is by opening all outside leading doors and windows of the room it is in so it flies out. Do not try to capture or push it out. Turn off the TV, radio, etc to remain silent and calm. If you must capture it use a butterfly net. Capturing a bat with a tennis racket will most likely harm or kill it. A damp towel can be thrown onto a resting bat; scoop it up carefully and gently place the towel outside.

None of these native New York bats are vampire or blood-feeding bats.

Bats all over the world play an incredibly important roles in the ecosystems. Bats play an important role in the control of insects, particularly mosquitoes. A single bat can consume up to 1,000 insects in one night, and a family of bats can noticeably help control insect populations for a whole neighborhood.

As a result of widespread destruction of their habitat, misguided human activities, and white nose syndrome, many bat species are now considered endangered and others now classified as threatened.

With White Nose Syndrome recently killing millions of bats at a time, healthy bats are more precious than ever. White Nose Syndrome fungus only attacks bats when temperatures drop, and causes them to come out of hibernation at times they would not normally be awake. This causes the bats use stored fat cells eventually leading to death. Scientists are prediction that extinction for bats is likely in the next 16 years unless a solution can be found to cure this rapidly spreading fungus.