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Does anyone out there know anything about bats?
Yesterday I noticed a Pipistrelle clinging to the north side of our house. Unfortunately the poor thing is still there this morning. It is breathing, but it's in reach of the farm cats and I'm afraid if it rains it'll get wet!
Should I move it? If so, where would be the best place?
I remember that a former colleague had to get a licence to handle pipistrelles - they're a protected species. It may be a good idea to contact the RSPCA and see what they have to say.
The Bat Conservation Trust have a helpline on their website:
0845 1300 228
They would probably be better first port of call than the RSPCA as they specifically deal with bats.
http://www.bats.org.uk/
There is also a forum you can join
http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/forum.html
(all new to me, haven't been on their webpage for a while!)
Good luck, off the top of my head I'd say don't worry about it getting wet, but if there is any way you can keep the cats away from it for a while, to give it a chance to recover, that would be a better option than moving it.
Jeremy Vine did a whole programe about bats once and you can't do anything to them at all, it's illegal, you can't move them, touch them or interfere in anyway with them.
There was a man who lived in a really old farmhouse and bats took over his entire loft to the point they were making his house unsafe and HE had to move out not the bats and obviously he couldn't sell his house either it was basically given over to the bats.
Quote: What sort of country do we live in ??? A man is oisted from his home because of flying mice ??
Preposterous to say the least
Lee
His wife had a complete break down, very sad. I just can't believe bats have such a right over people when it comes to people's houses!
Just as an addendum to this. Bats carry Rabes. If you do have to handle one make sure you wear leather gloves to avoid the risk of being bitten.
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