Bat!

[gumbygaz]

Just had to clear out a classroom because we have a bat flying around in the main ICT room!

It's now locked waiting for the relevant people, however, the room connects to my server room and it's gone into the ceiling... It better not be chewing things

[Bedders]

This made my day, thanks gumby!! Please post pictures as soon as you can, and keep us updated on the bat's welfare

[Vasriel]

Alright mate.

 

Don't mind me, I'm just gonna have a wee chew on your cables.

 

Edited June 9, 2017 by Vasriel

[gumbygaz]

Certainly a new one on me, Caretaker was in there trying to scare it out of the window until warned that could actually be against it's protection... I'll have the camera ready if it appears from the ceiling!

[gumbygaz]

haha that's a cool pic! Maybe Bats in server rooms not so uncommon

[Jawloms]

What's with the soot on the rack?

[Vasriel]

What's with the soot on the rack?

 

No idea, I just googled bats chewing cables

[Theory]

Honestly thought this meant a .bat at first, but I do love Bats, they're so adorable and lovely.

[elsiegee40]

RSPCA job. You have to have a license to handle them

[southhamster]

RSPCA job. You have to have a license to handle them

But isn't that a job for Batman?

[3s-gtech]

Batman fears bats. So no.

 

A licence is only needed if there is a possibility of disturbing bats (e.g.by entering a roost).

 

Licensing - Bat Conservation Trust

[gumbygaz]

Awaiting them to turn up, but in the meantime got lights off and windows open now after looking at that advice. So hopefully just a stray one and not a roost in the ceiling.

[Bompalompalomp]

Bats are my favourite animals so this is killing me!

 

It shouldn't chew anything, UK bats eat insects mostly. It most likely just wants to chill out somewhere dark and warm.

 

I suggest your best option is to release a swarm of locusts into the ceilings so it doesn't get hungry...

[chinesewhispers]

Had one in our bedroom at home a few weeks ago. It was circling the room at a rapid rate, I had to very carefully (and bravely) walk in, across the room, open the blinds and windows walk back to the door to watch through a small opening and leave it for a while until if figured out an escape route. If you think moths/spiders are scary, this is terrifying! Just moved slow enough so I didn't get flown into!

 

Still no idea how it got in, or when! The windows and blinds had been closed for a few days.

[elsiegee40]

Don't get fear of bats.

 

When I was a teenager we had a bat expert that was a speaker at our local naturalist's society stop the night with us. He had a Daubenton's bat and a Pipistrelle that he was nursing with him.

 

He got them out to show us. The Daubenton's was about the size of a hamster and purred when stroked

 

The Pipistrelle flew and hung itself on our York stone fireplace.

[rich_tech]

Don't get fear of bats.

 

When I was a teenager we had a bat expert that was a speaker at our local naturalist's society stop the night with us. He had a Daubenton's bat and a Pipistrelle that he was nursing with him.

 

He got them out to show us. The Daubenton's was about the size of a hamster and purred when stroked

 

The Pipistrelle flew and hung itself on our York stone fireplace.

I agree there, they certainly aren't the worst animal around, though having taken my kids to bristol zoo and walked through the enclosure, the fruit bats are a size which would make it a bit worse to deal with if they were in the wild in our country, they were massive by comparison to the native ones.

 

I think its the leathery wings that frighten a lot of people.

[chinesewhispers]

Just to clarify, I wasn't scared of the bat, I was scared of it flying in to me and damaging itself! We know a bat man, so knew we couldn't 'handle' it to get it out!

[elsiegee40]

I agree there, they certainly aren't the worst animal around, though having taken my kids to bristol zoo and walked through the enclosure, the fruit bats are a size which would make it a bit worse to deal with if they were in the wild in our country, they were massive by comparison to the native ones.

 

I think its the leathery wings that frighten a lot of people.

 

When Mr gee40 was working in Sydney the fruit bats were everywhere. Very noisy and very smelly.

[synaesthesia]

I'm not superstitious or anything but always feels odd when something like this happens just at the right moment. Just as Batman passes away

[Snoochieboochies]

The Ghost of Adam West?

[6Foot2]

A former colleague has just sent a video showing a bat in none of their display cabinets.

 

I think it's out now. Don't know how it got in there to start with.

[6Foot2]

The Ghost of Adam West?

Adam West telephone listings:

 

 

[gumbygaz]

Well nobody knows what happened to our Bat either, no further sightings. Since it was flying around and healthy they wouldn't come out to catch it. So left windows open and not seen it again.... Perhaps it was indeed the Ghost of Adam West!