Bats

Bat control procedures

1. Identify all areas currently being used as well as areas that may be
vulnerable to future use by bats

2. Set up one way doors to exclude all bats. The one way doors allow
the bats to leave naturally at night to feed yet do not allow them to get
back in.

3. Return a few days later, remove all one way doors and seal off ALL
openings

4. Remove accessible droppings. Bat droppings pose a very real
possibility of transmitting diseases to humans. When practical, AWC
will remove any accessible clusters of bat droppings from solid
surfaces using a high-powered vacuum equipped with a Hepa filter.
Some reasons why this step may be skipped are, for instance, if the
attic is inaccessible or if you have blown in or cellulose insulation. In
either case, we strongly recommend that you always have AWC
perform step 5. If this step is practical according to the conditions
present in your attic, AWC will include this item in your estimate.

5. Decontaminate, disinfect and deodorize attic with BioShield. Please
do not overlook or underestimate the importance of this step. Bat
droppings are biohazardous waste and could pose a health risk! AWC
uses a high tech fine mist electronic atomizer to dispense BioShield
into your attic to minimize this risk. BioShield is a revolutionary product
that serves two very important purposes. It neutralizes odors created
by bat droppings and, more importantly, it kills dangerous bacteria
associated with their droppings, or any other biohazardous waste left
behind by bats, on contact! BioShield also prevents and eliminates
odors produced from Biodeterioration. Though BioShield comes in
liquid form, the electronic atomizer converts it to a fine mist or fog. The
atomized fog works perfectly to permeate hard to reach areas of your
attic, ensuring thorough coverage. BioShield is nontoxic, safe and
almost odorless. AWC will supply you with an estimate for this service.
Additional information on BioShield is available upon request.

Bat Facts

There are 18 species of bats in Florida, all insectivores.

A single gray bat can eat 3,000 insects in one night.

There are 39 bat species in the United States (36 of them eat
insects, 3 are nectar lovers).

40% of bats in the U.S. are endangered, threatened, or
species of special concern. There are about 1,000 species of
bats worldwide (70% of them are the bug-chasing kind).

Bats can live up to 20 years.

Bats are the only mammals that truly fly.

Their fastest recorded speed is a big brown bat flying at
40mph.

Their order name, Chiroptera, means "flying hand".

Unlike birds, which flap their wings up and down, bats "swim"
through the air.

Their wing beats may be as rapid as 20 per second.

Bats use their ecolocation, or sonar, to find insects and avoid
obstacles at night.

The tiniest mammal of all is a bat the size of a bumble bee.

The big fruit bats, called flying foxes, don't have sonar, and
may have wing spans of up to six feet.

There are no fruit bats or vampire bats in the United States.

Vampire bats live only in Latin America. They feed entirely on
blood, mostly from chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese, and
sometimes from pigs, cattle, and horses. Most bats have one
pup per year, sometimes two.

Red bats have 3 to 4 offspring at a time. They are the only
bats with 4 nipples.

Bat pups are born feet first (unique among mammals) in the
spring, and can fly within 6 to 8 weeks.