I've got a bat ...

[shotglass]

Banish said bat to the belfry!

 

[Buck]

http://www.fundwildlife.org/coexist/bats.html

Sack up, you wuss.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Call Bruce Wayne.

 

[joe]

I'm telling you, open the window as wide as you can, then go after the thing with a heavy blanket. You'll either catch it or chase it out the window.
It's not that complicated.

There are a couple of Web sites that describe how to sneak up on a roosting bat and catch it in a coffee can or a cardboard box. That's doable, I guess. I'll just have to suck it up and do it. <shudder>

Go for it, Cujo.

 

[John]

I'm telling you, open the window as wide as you can, then go after the thing with a heavy blanket. You'll either catch it or chase it out the window.
It's not that complicated.

There are a couple of Web sites that describe how to sneak up on a roosting bat and catch it in a coffee can or a cardboard box. That's doable, I guess. I'll just have to suck it up and do it. <shudder>

Please take pictures or keep a running journal and report back to us.

Record it and put it on YouTube.

 

[beanpole]

OK, I've had a beer. Armed with liquid courage and SportsJournalists.com encouragement, I'm off to evict Radar from my home.

I canNOT believe I'm going to try this.

 

[John]

You're crazy.

 

[Mark McGwire]

Swing the lumber, *****.

 

[The Big Ragu]

I'd rather give up my bedroom and live with the thing. But that's just me.

 

[spup1122]

I am shuddering just thinking of him trying to get rid of that thing.

 

[beanpole]

OK, that did NOT end well. I put on a hooded sweatshirt, heavy gloves and waded in, trying to trap him in a small wastebasket. But the damed thing was perched on the curtain rod, so I couldn't get seal him in the can quick enough and out he came, scared and pissed.

Flew a couple of laps around the room, avoiding my towel, and then squeezed through the closet door, where I'm sure he's happily ****ting all over my stuff.

Damn, damn, damn.

 

[zeke12]

Man up and shopvac that ****er.

 

[beanpole]

no shopvacs in the house. Tomorrow morning I'll open the windows to that room and see if I can get him to fly out, I guess. Maybe bring a frying pan with me, since I can't find the wife's tennis racket.

 

[Angola!]

Couldn't you shine a really bright light at it? I thought I heard somewhere bats are like deer and they freeze in "headlights." Maybe open the closet, shine a light at it and then try to capture it. Or sleep in the living room and wait for the professional - though that won't be nearly as much fun for the rest of us.

P.S. You definitely need to drink more than one beer to reach the optimal liquid courage stage required.

 

[zeke12]

I'm with Angola.

You drink until one of you has left the house. That's an order.

 

[SoSueMe]

If its any consolation bean, I just found three silverfish in the bathroom of our new apartment.

I Raided that whole ****ing floor and the baseboards.

 

[Angola!]

If its any consolation bean, I just found three silverfish in the bathroom of our new apartment.

I Raided that whole ****ing floor and the baseboards.

What are silverfish?

 

[SoSueMe]

If its any consolation bean, I just found three silverfish in the bathroom of our new apartment.

I Raided that whole ****ing floor and the baseboards.

What are silverfish?

A distgusting, but harmless, little silver insect.

I don't know how to upload pics, but here's a link to see one:
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/images/howtogetridofsilverfish/firebrat.jpg

I ****ing hate them.

They live in humid environments, hence the bathroom habitat.

 

[Cadet]

Wow, highly entertaining. If the exterminator doesn't call back tomorrow, call your county's cooperative extension office and ask for a critter specialist.

And in the meantime, he won't hurt you. I promise.

 

[Peg McNichol]

Shut the door and sleep on the couch.

ding!