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: Bats Main Page: : Bat Facts : :Bat Links: LOUISIANA BAT FACTS Bats in the New Orleans, Hammond, Baton Rouge, Amite, Mandeville, Covington, and Slidell area are typically the free-tailed variety, and are most often found 10' or higher however they can be found lower when they invade a single story home. If left in a home long enough your home could become uninhabitable! Your health could become in danger, especially for the young and or elderly! You can learn more about the health hazards from The U.S. Center for Disease Control online at Histoplasmosis Dangers Free tailed bats are not that big, people tell me they found a baby bat in their home when in fact they discovered an adult bat. Heres an excellent example of a baby bat PHOTO If you do have bats there will almost certainly be a very unique odor ! There will also be often be strange noises and shuffling in the wall. Have a look around outside your home, you should see a hole with a dirty spot. This would be the main entrance but often times your home will have more than one possible entry point. This is where a professional comes in handy. Prior to excluding the colony we will go around and find all of the possible entry points and seal them up that way when the exclusion is properly done the bats will exit and have no way of re-entering the building. Bats are nocturnal and eat a variety of insects. Free tailed bats  |
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