My tenant claims to have been bitten by a bat, late at night. Because of the timing, I thought perhaps he was drunk, and I have never seen a bat there. Heat was off until he moved in this winter. Its 8 degrees outside, and there is no obvious entry point for the bat on the inside of his apartment that I know of? Obviously this requires more investigation. What's other landlords experience with this, this time of year? --108.176.xxx.xxx

If I did, I'd read up on how to get rid of 'em. --99.110.xxx.xxx

If I did, I'd read up on how to get rid of 'em. --99.110.xxx.xxx

I saw the socks on Amazon near Thanksgiving, ask them if it sleeps on a clothes pole with Dracula, we have a Robin who posts here who might know the number to the commissioner at the Gotham crime fighting unit. --76.188.xxx.xx

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Tell him they are federally protected. --50.107.xxx.xxx

Bruce Wayne was here ! --47.35.xx.xx

It is highly suspect that a bat would attack a human. If it did attack. it was most likely rabid. --98.146.xxx.xxx

If you were bitten by a bat, wouldn't your first call be to a DOCTOR??? Yikes. --50.82.xxx.xx

No pets? Tell him he owns a pet fee and pet rent! --99.203.xx.xx

Are they in the belfry? --67.165.xx.xx

If there is a chimney they could be in that ... Or from.another building. --99.203.xx.xxx

Also not that they wouldn't or couldn't bite but I don't think that is too common ... it's not the bite from a bat that causes the rabies ... it's the contact with them. --69.201.xx.xxx

Get your answers before discussing it with your tenant again. --50.107.xxx.xxx

hahaha rentON ... lmao ... "I said NO PETS!!!" hahahahahaha love that movie. --69.201.xx.xxx

He does need to get to a doctor to see whether it is a bat bite and if he needs treatment. You are obligated to investigate, look for the bat, get professional help, etc. --96.236.xx.xx

It's very unlikely, for reasons already stated. But, if you feel you need to cover yourself, it might be worth a look by a wildlife pest professional. --68.105.xxx.xxx

Bats do hibernate but recently some bats have contracted a fungus that makes them lose calories while hibernating due to fever and they leave their caves to early to find insects and they freeze to death. So possibly there could be a bat out and about in a warm house this time of year. I would follow what the others said and get an exterminator into that attic to look for bat droppings and dead bats in case the guy sues you. Meanwhile he needs to go to a doctor who will give him a series of rabies shot treatments. When he finds out about that he may decide he was not bitten by a bat. --69.141.xxx.xxx

We had a bat problem in one of our properties at this time of year. I don't know how much climate has to do with them but since they are federally protected I sent a licensed wildlife inspector. He found several and removed them and then found areas where they entered and sealed them off so they couldn't renenter. --71.75.xx.xx

We had a bat problem in one of our properties at this time of year. I don't know how much climate has to do with them but since they are federally protected I sent a licensed wildlife inspector. He found several and removed them and then found areas where they entered and sealed them off so they couldn't renenter. --71.75.xx.xx

He claimed#it#landed on his shoulder while#he was asleep and was biting him. He said he gave the bat to the police, and was going to the hospital two hours later. Probably drunk cause he wanted to be picked up from the hospital later, but i couldnt understand why the people driving him couldnt do it. Sounded like a night out in the background. --108.176.xxx.xxx

Police said they captured and released bat outside alive, yet he claims to me to have been bit, went and got shots. Don't the police keep the bat for testing? --108.176.xxx.xxx

And this is your problem why?? --204.210.xxx.xxx

So what does he want you to do? If the bat was captured and released, it isn't a problem anymore. The "bite" is his to get checked --96.236.xx.xx

To seal some crack under the kitchen sink is what he asked, some spray foam should work. I worry about bats causing a place to be uninhabitable. Could be very expensive fix in some cases depending on how many gaps there are, and the construction. Some of the older homes like my own have a lot of gaps, and I did have a bat last year in October, but I got it with a broom before it could get me. --108.176.xxx.xxx

While you are at it, caulk, foam and seal any other openings you can easily get to... where heating and plumbing pipes come through the floor, inside of cabinets, around doors and windows. --96.236.xx.xx

John - NY now that I have read your response that you suspect some cracking walls I suggest you get this and any other unity you have in safer condition by sealing openings using drywall or metal plates with holes to snugly fit pipes, this will take a bit of time but will end up helping you not just about bats but a wide range of other pests, if the plates of drywall or metal are not totally snug against the pipes the spray foam or caulking will help you a lot, water pipes are a superhighway for all kinds of bugs to travel along, kitchen bugs like ants and roaches love unsealed pipes to get to every picnic area possible. --76.188.xxx.xx

Since you could be sued I might try to find out why the police released it instead of giving it to animal control for rabies testing. If it was a dog bite it would be under observation for ten days. Your cops are as dumb as our police despatchers. --69.141.xxx.xxx

This bat story is not so funny. Perhaps getting a copy of the police report will help. --71.175.xxx.xx

Hard to believe they release the bad bat. Odd story. Seal the cracks. --99.203.xx.xxx