A calm, step-by-step response that protects your family and keeps your legal options open.
Close interior doors to isolate the bat in one room, open an exterior window or door, turn off ceiling fans, and keep the room lights low. Most healthy bats will find the opening.
If contact occurred, or the bat was in a room with a sleeping person, small child or a pet, do not release it. Contain it under a container and contact your county health department about rabies testing.
A single bat in a living space in summer is very often a juvenile from a maternity colony in the attic or wall that took a wrong turn. Get an exclusion inspection.
Exclusion during maternity season can seal flightless pups inside. A licensed technician will schedule the work according to your state guidelines.