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<p>Well, WI have something weird going on...ha</p>
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<p>The neighbor to the east of us had them coming out at least the north side, the neighbor on the west on at least his east side, and I've seen them come out three side of my place. too funny. </p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Gordie Bird <mg_garage@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 6, 2016 9:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tim .; Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Shop-talk] What animal is in my ceiling?</font>
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Generally you will find bats entering and leaving in the east, south, or southeast of the structure. Any place I saw them entering my house was pretty protected, like a soffit, or the end of a ridge vent that was not sealed properly. Droppings can be noticed
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I got most of my education (and the bat houses that I built) from the Bat Conservancy…
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http://www.batcon.org/</a>, as well as the ‘bat man’ that I hired for the exclusion (after I tried unsuccessfully).</p>
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They are good to have around, just not in the attic!</p>
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<b>From: </b><a href="mailto:tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Tim .</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, April 6, 2016 9:11 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Shop-talk] What animal is in my ceiling?</p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">The timing leans towards bats coming and leaving. If you have enough, as one our neighbors did, you can definitely hear them going in and out. </span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">"</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Droppings will be at the entry points"...I sure hope this isn't accurate. I have bats
in my attic and there are droppings in many places.....places where, if they were getting in and out, water would be as well. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Gordie Bird <mg_garage@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 5, 2016 7:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jim Franklin; Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Sounds like bats to me. Only need a gap the size of a dime to get in. Droppings will be at the entry points. If it is warm where you are at, you may
be able to see them come or go after dusk or just before dawn. </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Since they are protected, you must exclude them rather than kill them.</span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Took nearly 2 yrs to get them out of my attic.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Good luck,</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="mailto:jamesf@groupwbench.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Jim Franklin</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, April 5, 2016 6:42 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Shop-talk] What animal is in my ceiling?</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">I've searched the Internet, but all answers seem to require that I actually see evidence, and I don't. It's in the ceiling between floors. No droppings
anywhere. I hear little feet like mice skittering across the ceiling, and a great big ruckus like two squirrels chasing each other, moving quickly in the 3/4" space created by the strapping between joists and sheetrock.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">They are loudly active mostly at night, almost always at 4:30am. Often in the evenings, but sometimes during the day too. However, I haven't heard them
in 2 days. Sometimes this happens.</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">I cannot find any entry points, so I can't observe how they are getting in. A lot of the roof trim is rotted at the ends, but there is no evidence of anything
in the attic, and I never hear anything in the walls. </span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">In the past, any mice have eventually made it to the basement traps, but not this time.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">thanks,</span></p>
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