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[aroraborealis]

I woke up this morning to find the pocket doors to the living room closed. Normally, this indicates that someone has a guest sleeping on the couch. Today, there was a note on the door:

Fly problem:
SOLVED
[Beware of BAT]
-eveandodd

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[sconstant.livejournal.com]

Heh. A few years ago, I noticed that there was a wooden dowel on one of the valences that we inheirited from the previous owners of our house. Weird, I thought, since valances don't open or close. Also since it hadn't been there the day before. Also it was breathing. We panicked, then knocked it into a bucket, slipped some cardboard over it, took it outside and let it go. It was unhappy during the whole process. We still don't know how it got in, and we haven't seen any since.

I went to work and told a friend of mine who lives out in the boonies. You'll never believe what happened! A bat! In the house! She was very blase. "So what's the unbelievable part?" Apparently, it's not that big a deal for her. She had some sheet technique - you hold up a sheet, capture the bat in the sheet, and bring him outside. I can ask her if you need advice.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Yes, if you have any advice on finding the little guy, that would be good.

[sconstant.livejournal.com]

Well, for us he was hanging on a valence, and my understanding is that's not unusual. Curtains, backs of sofas, houseplants, on hanging clothes - they like places they can hang, not be exposed, and take a breather. So look carefully at such places.