Bracebridge Bat Control Specialists in Ontario

Bracebridge Bat Removal & Bat Control Experts

Bat problems can be confusing & there is a lot of bad information on the internet.  Much of it is designed to inspire fear and sell you something.

As a bat specialist its my job to help you understand the problem and make smart decisions.  Without the fear tactics and BS. If you want a clear understanding of why you want a Bat Specialist and Never a Wildlife Control company watch this video.

If you want to understand why you want a Bat Specialist & Never a Wildlife Control company then watch this video!

If You Currently Have A Bat In The House Watch This.

Over 30 Years Of Experience Removing Bats

We are not a wildlife control company. Bat control is all that we do and with over 30 years of specialized experience you can be guaranteed that the job will be done right the first time.

We do bat control work all around the area and no job is too big or too small.

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Bat Control Specialists Serves The Bracebridge Area

Take back your home

Winning Bat Control Explained:

1. We install clever devices called ‘exclusion vents’ that let bats out, but not back in.

2. We bat-proof the entire exterior of your home.

3. All the bats leave within a few days and cannot get back in.

 4. We give you our lifetime warranty and you live happily ever after.

Bracebridge Bat Control Service

I have been providing Bracebridge bat control services for 3 decades now. In that time I have seen a lot of companies come and go that offer Bracebridge bat control services. Unfortunately most of them were not specialists in bat control but were usually jack of all trades wildlife control companies that offered Bracebridge bat control services as well as all other types of urban pests. Usually they mostly did raccoons, squirrels and skunks and every time it seems they dabbled in bat control they would fail to do the job correctly. Usually it looked like they were trying to fix a bat control problem using raccoon and squirrel proofing methods.

My name is Benjamin Vaughan and I am a residential bat control specialist. If you haven’t already, I recommend that all my Bracebridge bat control clients watch my video on residential bat problems first. That video explains how and why bats get into our houses & living spaces.

BTW What I am about to tell you mostly only applies to Ontario bats and Bracebridge bat control problems. Many of my Bracebridge bat control customers tell me they encountered a bat inside their home and now cannot find it. Many have spent days turning over furniture and cleaning out closets in a desperate attempt to find the bat. And they naturally wonder where the heck did it go. Fortunately there is a simple explanation for all of this.

In the Bracebridge area we have 2 species of bats that get into houses Big brown bat and little brown bats. They are hard to tell apart except that big browns form smaller more transient colonies and move back and forth between several houses. Its possible to have them living in your walls and attics for years and not know they are there until they begin showing up inside. The big brown bat is the most abundant species of bat in North America and they live quietly in millions of Ontario houses, There are no know cases of rabies deaths attributed to bigs. Big browns typically enter and exit buildings high up and only need a tiny gap to squeeze into your roof. They are quiet, nocturnal and most of their colonies are small which makes it easy for homeowners to completely miss them. Little brown bats however form huge colonies and are a punch in the face. There is nothing subtle about a colony of little brown bats in your walls and attic. A colony may start small but can grow rapidly. We have had some rabies deaths attributed to them and they can absolutely destroy houses with their urine and poop production. Little browns were nearly wiped out around 2013 in Ontario by a European fungus which killed millions of North American bats. Called white nose syndrome it has now crossed the entire continent and devastated several species. Calls to us about little brown bat problems ceased entirely for almost a decade and there were concerns were that they would go extinct. However in the last five years we have noticed a steady increase in calls about little browns and by 2025 50% of our work involved little brown bats. Before 2013 around 75-80% of our jobs involved little browns. Their rebound has been staggering and is great news for the environment and lousy news for homeowners. They are currently on the endangered species list and there are rules about how and when you can exclude them from your home.

Unless you have a very large colony of bats Most of my Bracebridge bat control customers will discover the problem when they begin showing up inside and if you are reading this you may know that they can disappear just as quickly. Most of my Bracebridge bat control customers assume incorrectly that it came in a door or window, however bats actually show up inside because they live in the walls of houses and not attics, which are too hot in summer and too cold in winter. After entering the roof they use gaps beside plumbing pipes and chimneys to get into the walls and in some houses can travel all the way down to an unfinished space like a basement or furnace room, once inside they easily move from room to room by crawling under doors. Inexperienced immature bats born in the spring come inside most often especially in late summer when the populations are at their peak and hot weather drives overheating bats further down the walls into cool basements.

What my Bracebridge bat control customers also don’t realize is that the bats will often crawl back up into the walls they came out of and if they did all the searching in the world will not turn them up. If you look at the unfinished ceiling of a typical Bracebridge bat control customers basement you can see the gaps beside pipes and ducts that bats use to get out of the walls and into the basement. In many of my Bracebridge bat control client’s basements the bats can easily crawl back up into the walls.

Big browns also disappear from my Bracebridge bat control client’s homes because they sometimes dive down heat registers into the duct work especially if they are frightened or if they have been isolated in a room with no other way out. Sometimes they can get out of the ducts or will come out another heat register but many end up dying in duct work. The corpses of dead bats are frequently found by professional duct cleaners especially by the furnace filter.

Many of bats that come inside are genuinely lost and those usually turn up again as they must find a way out or will soon be dead from dehydration. In winter hibernating bats may come inside after waking up to clean themselves, mate or move to a better hibernation spot. If left alone most will go back inside the walls and into hibernation.

Bracebridge control guide.

How to get rid of bats that are flying in your living space. Step by step guide for Bracebridge bat control customers.

If you are certain that there has been no contact with the bat, here are the steps to follow to get it out of your home.

Step 1: Isolate the bat. Cover the heat registers, towels under doors.

I always recommend that my Bracebridge bat control customers close doors and the other parts of the house. Put a towel under any doors to prevent the bat from crawling under it and place heavy book over any heat register as many of my Bracebridge bat control customers lose track of the bat when they dive down the heat register and end up dead in your ductwork.

Step 2: Open doors and window as close to the bat as possible.

The bat is lost and wants to get out of your home where it can find food and water. I always tell my Bracebridge bat control customers that the bat wants to get away from all the scary humans. It will eventually (could take up to an hour sometimes) sense the fresh air movement and fly outside.

Step 3: Turn on lights. Turning off lights will make no difference to bats looking for a way out of the home but makes it hard for you to track their movements. Keep the lights on and verify that they have gotten out.

Step 4: Turn off anything that makes noise.

I also tell my Bracebridge bat control clients that loud noises often confuse bats’ echolocation systems. Turning off anything that makes noise will go a long way in helping the bat to find its way out.

Step 4: Keep an eye on the bat.

Many of our Bracebridge bat control customer spend hours searching in the house/room for the bat if it goes into hiding. When it does fly out, it will be sudden – and quiet. It may circle the room from time to time before it discovers the open window or door.

Step 5: Removing the bat.

If the bat does not seem to be exiting the room on its own or you are feeling impatient, you can attempt to capture the bat and release it outside. When we are at work on a Bracebridge bat control job, we always wear gloves and long pants when attempting to capture the bat. Here are a few methods.

Throw a towel over the bat. Once the bat is under the towel, scoop it up, making sure to wrap the bat inside. Be sure not to crush it!

Whenever we remove a bat for our Bracebridge bat control clients, we usually place an empty laundry basket or wastepaper basket over the bat. Then take a newspaper, magazine or other similar object and slide it between the wall/floor and the bat. Make sure not to pinch the bat.

Use a small-meshed net to capture the bat. Half inch mesh is perfect. Larger is not ideal (A large-meshed net may capture the bat as well but it may injure it as the bat will likely become entangled in the net and require you to use a more hands-on approach.)

Attention! to all my Bracebridge bat control clients. Please Do Not: Swing at the bat with a tennis racket or a baseball bat.

Step 6:

I warn all my Bracebridge bat control clients that you will hear a clicking noise which means that the bat is scared and may actually attempt to bite. Once you have the bat inside the towel or a container, bring it outside, some distance from the house. Make sure that any doors or windows are now closed. Remove the towel or newspaper and turn the container on its side. The bat should be able to get out and fly away.

I remind all my Bracebridge bat control customers that it is not easy for the bat to take off from the ground, so if possible, push the container or towel as close to a tree as possible.

Finally, I ask all my Bracebridge bat control clients, please do not to harm or kill the bat. The bat just got lost. It will not go after you. However as I tell all my Bracebridge bat control customers. We will need to bat-proof your home and exclude any other bats or this will happen again.

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