Description
Bat Damage Management
Course Description
The site of a bat hanging around a structure can be unnerving to most clients. Finding one inside a home is even more unsettling and can send the homeowner into a panic. This course will talk about the identification of bat issues, fundamentals of bat control, and a few health issues that can be quite costly for wildlife control operators and clients.
After completing this course participants will be able to:
- Effectively pre-qualify a client to determine the potential presence of bats.
- Outline to the client the necessity to capture the bat alive.
- Describe the common signs found when bats are present.
- Describe the common diseases and ectoparasites associated with bats.
Chapter 1
Lesson 1
- Bat Identification
- Ears
- Tail
- Feet
- Coloration
- Forearm
- Bat Abilities
- Rabies in Bats
- Bat Capture
- ?Tube Method
- Hand Method
- Elevated Bat Capture
Lesson 2
- Rabies in Bats (cont.)
- Finding Lone Bats
- Disease Management
- Bats and the Law
- Pre-Qualifying Clients
- Bats Inside Homes
- Locating Bat Exits
- ?Droppings
- Rub marks
- Urine
- Smell
- ?Mouse Droppings vs Bat Droppings
- Where Bats Roost
- Bat Signs
- Inspection
- ?Bat urine
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Bat Guano
Lesson 3
- Histoplasmosis
- Disease Prevention – Respirators
- Histoplasmosis
- How Much Protection?
- Disease Management
- Bat Traps
- Roosting Bats
- Eviction of Colonies
- Bat-Proofing Buildings
- Materials for Bat-Proofing
- Excluding Bats – Net Method
- Excluding Bats – Tube Method
- Cautions
- ?White-nose Syndrome
- Ectoparasites
- ?Bat bugs
- Bat ticks
- Fleas
- ?Building Bat Houses
- Marketing
- Discussing Bats with Clients
Final Assessment
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