$5k seems crazy high for bat mitigation. Unless it's like a colony or something. We had one (or maybe a few) in our old house and they put a one-way valve on the entry point and that was that. Pretty sure it was under $500.
What were you even raising on the farm then? Can't imagine having unchecked fox dens unless you don't raise chickens or other bird
The 5k is for the process of getting them out PLUS “airtighting” the home. They go around and find every little nook, cranny and crevice and fill it or cover it and then if something does come in by chance they come out and handle it.$5k seems crazy high for bat mitigation. Unless it's like a colony or something. We had one (or maybe a few) in our old house and they put a one-way valve on the entry point and that was that. Pretty sure it was under $500.
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A reason people say bat sheet crazy. Know a guy who was hired to wash and paint a house had one of those clay tile roofs. Someone counted like 80 bats flying out one night. The guy who painted the house nearly died and they linked it back to bat sheet from that job. He stirred up enough bat crap dust while doing it and breathed it in.$5k seems crazy high for bat mitigation. Unless it's like a colony or something. We had one (or maybe a few) in our old house and they put a one-way valve on the entry point and that was that. Pretty sure it was under $500.
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We had a fox den in our culvert under our driveway- my wife thought they were too cute and she didn't want me to dispose of them-
Yeah, even 1 den should be checked if you have chickens/turkey at your farm. I'd say even if you have small pets at your farm like cats you should always control and check if you get foxes on your land(coyotes kinda more prone to hunt home pets comparatively, but still know some folks(one of em sells me my range gear) who had lost their cat to foxes for example).
I put out a couple of trail cameras back by the chicken den.
Yep, they are quite smart, I think out of like 5 traps I've put 2 years ago I've only caught one in actual trap. Rest had to hunt with a dog pretty much. Thankfully we only get a few in our parts 'cause coyotes hunt 'em down pretty well... But then you gotta deal with coyotes in return...
It's a source for the histoplasmosis fungus as well (the fungal infection that one of Pollard's sons got...Thomas, I think?).
That's the word. Was going to reply and couldn't remember it. My dad had been working in an old house they bought and started feeling ill and losing weight. Eventually went to the then-new infectious diseases (I think) doctor at McFarland. Turns out it was something completely different, but opened my eyes to the histo- stuff.
Dr. Fulton. He's a really great guy. We spent 18 months visiting him when Lew got Histo.
Foxes and coyotes eat farm pets and game birds. Raccoons are just useless.
I hate it more when they dump their "used" pets. It's why we now have seven cats (I'm soft-hearted), and have TNR'd a number of them on our own dime to prevent having even MORE cats.Hate it when urban people trap and then release animals in the country. How would you like it if we live trap all the meth heads or other goobers and released them in the city?
