There is a big bat in my apartment

[Danger]

You are doomed.

No, scouts don't count. The master still has to be invited into the house before he can enter.

 

[Nikitin]

Keep it. This constant exposure to fear will make you stronger.

 

[jim hardy]

Hmmm ...

Were it trained to sit on your shoulder it'd make a fine accessory for a "Goth" outfit.

Where's that thread on 'stunts to attract girls' ?

 

[Tsu]

My cat, Jack, brings me bats all of the time. I start by turning out all of the lights and opening a door. Then I go to the farthest room from the door and start slowly turning on the lights in each room until you reach the open door room which is my kitchen. Once I turn on the kitchen light, out the door he goes. It's called Bat Herding. I'm also a Skunk Whisperer.

 

[wukunlin]

reminds me of a poor sparrow that flew into my house some years ago, kept slamming its head at a window that no one can reach. When it finally came down it was barely breathing, soon after we discovered it was probably scared to death or from dehydration :(

 

[Tosh5457]

Haha where do you live OP, USA? I wish there were bats where I live, I never saw one. I think little bats don't attack people

 

[lisab]

Haha where do you live OP, USA? I wish there were bats where I live, I never saw one. I think little bats don't attack people

Wow, I thought bats were just about everywhere. Do you live at the South Pole ?

 

[Bacle2]

Haha where do you live OP, USA? I wish there were bats where I live, I never saw one. I think little bats don't attack people

Little bats don't attack people; people with little bats attack people.

 

[DrDu]

Just get a paper and pick it up by hand. That is how I catch every living things that invades my house.

Not a good idea. Never touch it! It could bite you when scared and transmit bat rabies.

 

[Danger]

reminds me of a poor sparrow that flew into my house some years ago, kept slamming its head at a window that no one can reach.

Same problem from the inside as from the outside; birds can't see glass. To them, it's open space or in some cases a reflection of what's on the same side as themselves. I'm not sure why, since they have such incredible visual acuity, but it might have to do with their sensitivity extending into UV or perhaps something about polarization.

 

[OCR]

Same problem from the outside; birds can't see glass. To them, it's open space or in some cases a reflection

Yeah, my wife and I were talking about that very problem yesterday... right after a little bird

thunked our living room picture window. It's a BIG window, too.

She's done considerable research on birds hitting windows and the consensus is... reflection, mostly.

The solution seems to be an outside screen , or fine netting of some kind... diminishes the reflection,

and provides some impact cushioning if they do hit.OCR

 

[PhysicsGente]

Haha where do you live OP, USA? I wish there were bats where I live, I never saw one. I think little bats don't attack people

Be careful what you wish for.
I'm currently living in the US, somewhere in Virginia.

Keep it. This constant exposure to fear will make you stronger.

Not really. It was here for two days and now I'm traumatized for life.

 

[Danger]

The solution seems to be an outside screen , or fine netting of some kind... diminishes the reflection,

and provides some impact cushioning if they do hit.

That sounds like a really good idea. Implementation, however, might prove problematic. It wouldn't be either hard or expensive to do, but convincing people won't be easy. It did bring a minor idea to my mind, though; perhaps some sort of fast-scanning laser sweeping windows to make the glass visible to birds without the light being annoying to humans.
I really like the nylon net idea, but it would be a big problem for high-rises or even my two-story house with 40 windows.