I had a sick bat on my deck and NO one could tell me what to do...

[samnsara]

.. I thought we were supposed to report sick bats! I'm in Central Wash state on 5 acres of forest and we have always had bats live in the small part of the roof..way up at the point. They are small fruit bats and we would watch them fly back in their little hidey hole in the mornings at sunrise. When we first noticed them years ago we contacted a bat group who suggested we build a bat house but that they aren't really a problem. There only seemed to be a few living there at a time.


Well....my deck is right under their entry way and last week we found a dead one out there...so we scooped it up with a shovel and tossed it into the woods.

Yesterday afternoon I went on the deck to take some photos and there was another one..i tried to scoop it up with a dust pan and it was alive..and obviously ill...and scary! I called 911...asked WHO do I call and what do i do? ummmmmm we dunno.....maybe call the state patrol? So they connected me...ummmmmm we dunno...maybe call fish and wild life? They connected me.....ummmm we dunno. Maybe call bat rescue?..

wtf?

by this time hubby (who was at work) contacted our neighbor who came over with a shovel and kinda took care of it. I couldn't watch..but I heard a cpl small thunks and when I looked it was still alive and he scooped it up and tossed it into the woods.

I guess I will call the health dept today and see if they have any suggestions. I thought for sure when I called 911 they would send folks out here in hazmat suits.

also I will call the bat ppl as i need to redirect the bat colony now.. but humanely. Any suggestions? at this point anything would be better than what I've got so far.