Jan 18 2010
Bat
Maria, our housekeeper, often leaves helpful notes for us. We found this one Friday evening. It was offputting, although we were reassured by Maria’s use of the past tense.
Out of an abundance of caution, I checked the sink, and found this:
For the record, it was about the same size as every other bat I’ve seen. It seemed to be dead. But when I tried to scoop it into a bag with a piece of cardboard, I found it oddly pliant, possibly reactive. I told Jen I could not assure her that the bat was dead. (Jen: “Why not just say that it moved?!”)
Fortunately, Jen knows a special trick, effective against large spiders — and, it turns out, bats — using only a piece of cardboard and a plastic container.
The bat was miffed.
Jen spirited the bat outside, and, on Saturday morning when I sent her to check, was able to report that it was gone.
2 responses so far
That’s really batty!
Sounds like a better technique than chasing it all over the house with a pool net.