Working as a Pest Control Technician, all of my literature on rats indicate that bats are a favored food of rats when they can get such. I know that rats can...
Gabriele, this is one of those, like a recipe, that you just "know" when to do somthing. if the sponge starts looking dirty or dark on the edges, or if not,...
Also, sponges with their many holes hold a lot of bacteria, one way in addition to bleach, to kill everything in the sponge is to place a damp sponge in a...
Thanks for pointing out Batnic, Joe Spencer's great bat house forum! Cynthia Myers Fallbrook CA ... Here is a link a very good bat house forum with lots of...
It is impossible for fallen pups to climb metal, so they cannot return to the roost. While moms can get pups if they can get partway up, moms cannot lift pups...
Rats in most of the U.S. are imports. The River rats, dump rats, sewer rats and lab rats are all Norwegan Rats although they usually vary in size. Most...
Oh dear-- I hope I'm reading your post incorrectly. I'm a professional naturalist with 15 years of training and experience in urban wildlife and ecology. I...
Here in NW PA I've never had a problem with rats bothering my bat houses. Most bat species prefer 3/4" crevices. However, I have had mice jam nesting material...
I've seen flying squirrels do the same to bat boxes that had a square profile. They stuff the bottom and chew a hole on the top side. Do you have porcupines?...
Leslie, about the zink discussion some time ago - how much zink can bats stand??? Or better how much percentage of zink has the liquid you mentioned - because...
I haven't found any baseline data for bats' zinc requirements, so I used requrements for cats. It's 50-75mg/kg of diet fed. I need to do some more research on...
Thanks Leslie ! We do have procupines here in NW PA but not many. The baffles were not chewed a lot. I haven't had any trouble with flying squirrels in bat...
"A colony of fruit bats at a wildlife park in Essex surprised their keepers with some unexpected deliveries. Staff at the Tropical Wings park in South Woodham...
My thoughts: blowzy, shallow, desinterested animal keepers... In such a "zoo" the bats, for which I take care now, were first transferred 3 years ago - donīt...
Does anyone have any suggestions for her? See below: ________________________________ From: Victoria [mailto:victoriaallen79@...] Sent: Sunday, March 02,...
Hi all-- just got a 3rd hand report that resorts in Belize throw firecrackers into bat caves to make the bats come out as a tourist attraction. Has anyone else...
I know it was discussed months ago but may I ask again? I would need some plastic bats to show the anatomy and so on or something like that. In two months we...
A caver friend of mine forwarded the following to me. Thought you all would be interested. (Laura, Philadelphia): From: ProMED-mail Subject: PRO/AH/EDR>...
There is an inaccuracy in that report--substantial mortality HAS been found--to the tune of 90-97%. Work is proceeeding at numerous labs and universities. ...
I have used black foamcore and white ink to draw a bat skeleton--it worls pretty well. I also have the real thing mounted, which makes a big impact. It takes a...
THANK YOU!! the black - and white - skeleton sounds good!! Carcasses have to be sent to the museum (the Ladies McBats there are very very fond of them....) but...
Interesting article about bat fossil discoveries - Cindy Myers Fallbrook CA www.BatWorld.org home.earthlink.net/~cmsquare ... Six New Prehistoric Bat Species...
Uhhh - nice and wonderful idea - whoever had it - will have to hunt down plastic insects! Thanks Gabriele Vienna ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
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