This one really gave me a bit of a fright, even though I was looking for it. Our cellar is open for air flow most of the year, but we close it up when it gets too cold. I remembered seeing a bat flying around the entrance, so we wanted to make sure we won't trap it there. It was just sleeping, hanging down from a brick, which I have no idea how it got a grip on. Look at those little feetsies 🥹
(Don't worry, we left a small opening for it to fly out.)
@EntangledPear 😎 Oh, those little critters can get in and out using the slenderest of cracks.
Nice old house!
@EntangledPear Our attic gets bats. I don't know how they are getting in and out, but I can't stop them, so I just keep a pail under where they roost to catch their droppings to keep the place tidier. 😂 Thankfully, they roost in only one spot.
Our basement has a dirt floor and is damp and cold, so I don't think even the bats would like it. 😂 I should get into calling it the cellar—sounds more dramatic.
@ColesStreetPothole I don't think we have them in the attic, although it's hard to tell (no droppings that we can see - can they be used as fertilizer?). They eat mosquitoes, so we'd welcome them☺️
And dirt floor, damp, cold - definitely a cellar! 😉
@EntangledPear For the longest time—years—I thought the droppings were from rats. 😱 But I could never find or even hear rats. So then one day, I put a chair where the droppings were located and, sure enough, next time, the dropping were *on the seat*—and at the very time I said "Oh, it's a bat!" a bat took off and started circling my head. 😂 I screamed a bit.
There's not a lot of droppings, but I do just dump them in the garden.
EntangledPear
Coles Street Pothole