Thank you so much for some phone numbers for me to try. I do not want to kill them, just funnel their "energy" to somewhere other than my siding!

If an old bat answers, hang up.

Gmaof3, you might try contacting David Redell. He works for the DNR and his phone number is 608-261-8450

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Does anyone know what part of Rock County the bats were in?
+ yes on the west side must be 5 or 6 old bats on my street .

localboy: Bats are actually very low on the list of animals likely to have rabies, they just get a lot of bad press. I would be much more careful around (just one example) raccoons, which people usually like because they're just so darn "cute". And bats generally avoid people, they're more interested in eating mosquitoes and the like.

gmaof3, this is Bat Conservation International, which is the same group that sponsored the presentation at UW-Rock earlier this year. There are articles on the site regarding humane bat exclusion. (We need bats -- they control the insect population. But we don't need them in our homes.)
http://www.batcon.org/

Probably MY neighborhood! My neighbors and I have been dealing with bats for years! They get under the vinyl siding! While my population of mosquitoes is virtually NONE, the bats make a mess on everything. Bat droppings on the cars, the picnic table, the stuff running down the siding. Its disgusting! Anybody know a "Bat Exterminator"? Nothing seems to get rid of them.
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The neighbor tacked up mesh from the top of their house and it stopped them THAT season. Bats need an easy access up high, to get in. They can get out of the dormers under the mesh with no problem, but can't get under the mesh to get back in.
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Yuck!
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Does anyone know what part of Rock County the bats were in?

Bats with rabies? Who would have thought?

I had post-exposure protocol treatment last year. There may have been two bats, but the one I caught (er ... that my cat caught) tested negative, fortunately. Anyway, I'm still here.
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I'll throw this advice in. At least one of these bats may have gotten in through a window where I had an air conditioner, but nothing blocking the gap up above between the two sashes. I had a foam piece, I just couldn't find it when I did the installation. Another gap I discovered was a not-quite secure attic door. And on the outside of the house, a piece of trim was rotted out, but you couldn't see it unless you were right up there because it was behind the gutter.
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Bats don't WANT to be inside your house, at least the part you use, so if you are in a situation where there has been no contact, you should just leave a door or window open and light off so it can get out. If there is any possibility of contact with a child or sleeping person (or pet), though, see your doctor right away so you can get the shots.
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Oh, and of course, get your pets vaccinated. Control of rabies in domestic animals is extremely effective in reducing human exposure to almost nil. That's why most exposures nowadays are due to casual contact with wild animals, even though 97% of bats test negative for exposure.