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08-05-2009, 11:40

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Bats in Barn Robin Batman help

We used to have a problem with bats in the hangars at our airport, they would crap all over the planes, but it was heaven for the little buggers, lots of open space and insects.

At the suggestion of our local Natural Resources (our version of Fish & Wildlife) we bought some realistic rubber snakes from a novelty store and laid them out one on each airplane, up as high as we could reach on the roof.

Sure enough, the bats didn't fancy becoming Hors D'oeuvres for a snake and beat a hasty retreat.

It also worked remarkably well at keeping the pigeons and other birds away too.

The trick we were told though is to get thick rubber ones, not plastic, during the day they absorb a lot of heat and the bats can sense when they wake up at dusk that it's a warm object, they then think it's alive.

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Bats in Barn Robin Batman help

Kenny beat me to it.

Years ago I was visiting an Uncle who lived in the Florida panhandle in my Dad's Cessna 185 amphib as a stop-over between south Florida and Toronto. He lived on the edge of a large lake just west of Tallahassee with a concrete ramp into the lake. It was pretty warm and had left the door open to prevent it getting too hot inside the cabin.

He informed me that unless I liked having snakes for passengers that wasn't a good idea!

It seems the area had a fair population of Cotton Mouth's that would climb up into anything like that in order to be able to drop onto and ambush any food passing beneath it.

Let me tell you, that was the most thorough pre-flight check I've ever done, before or since!!!

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Murf those Cotton Mouths have a bad attitude.

I wasn't exactly planning on patting it on the head and saying "nice snake" if I found one either.

On the other hand I'm told they're good eating.

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I wasn't exactly planning on patting it on the head and saying "nice snake" if I found one either. On the other hand I'm told they're good eating. Best of luck.

I wasn't exactly planning on patting it on the head and saying "nice snake" if I found one either.

On the other hand I'm told they're good eating.

Best of luck.