Greater Dayton Ohio Bat Removal Service
Provided By Barnes Wildlife Control
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Bat Control Serving Montgomery County and Southwestern Ohio
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If You Have Bats In The Attic Barnes Wildlife Control Has You Covered: Dayton Ohio’s Leading Bat Removal Service. If you need a Bat Exterminator Near Me we Can Help Remove the Bats without Harming Them!
Barnes Wildlife Control is your local Ohio bat removal service company offering service in Southwest Ohio, including in Dayton, Beavercreek, Springfield, Kettering, Arcanum, Troy, Urbana, Oakwood, and surrounding Montgomery County Ohio area. We offer a large variety of pest services, with Ohio Bat Removal being our #1 specialty. We also offer attic inspections, insulation services, bat guano cleanup and sanitization, and even full attic restorations and deodorizing treatments. If bat bugs are present we can also treat for ecto-parasites using residual insecticides with insect growth regulators to keep you and your family safe from infestation once we remove the bats from your home.
Barnes Is Your Local Bat Removal Service Providcr Licensed & Insured For Both Pest & Wildlife Control
We finished the Bat Exclusion. Now that the bats have been removed from the attic, we are setting up for a bat waste removal project and insulation replacement.
2025 Ohio Bat Exclusion Dates & Guidelines
There are two non-restricted periods for Ohio Bat Removal from Structures in 2025. Between 04/01/2025 – 05/15/2025 & 08/01/2025 – 10/14/2025 bats living inside homes, churches, offices, and other buildings may be removed without a permit.
There are two restricted periods for bat exclusion in Ohio for 2025. The Maternal “Birthing” Season Restricted Period for Ohio Bat Exclusions is 05/16/2025 – 07/31/2025, when 5 or more bats are present and the Winter “Hibernation” Season Restricted Period for Ohio Bat Exclusions is 10/15/2025 – 03/31/2026, if any bats are present.
Permits may be requested for bat eviction during these restricted periods by using the online portal found HERE. Written authorization must be obtained from the Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODOW) to seal entry points and install bat valves for eviction.
- When nighttime temperatures are above 40° F when examining the 10-day forecast during the end of October 2025 restricted dates, bat eviction maybe granted by the ODOW.
- For Ohio bat removal during the maternal season restricted period, the property owner or designee must first inspect the structure for bats and perform two bat watches from ½ hour before until 1 hour after sunrise or from ½ hour before until ½ hour after sunset within seven days of the bat removal project.
- If greater than five bats are observed entering or exiting the structure during the first bat watch, additional watches are not required. Exclusion is not permitted without the Division’s authorization.
- If four or fewer bats are present or observed, bat exclusion can be performed without the Division’s authorization.
- It is illegal to kill a bat for any reason unless a bite or potential exposure has occurred then the bat can be euthanized and tested for the rabies virus.
How We Handle Bat Problems: Humane Bat Removal Service Using One-Way Doors
My name is Jacob Barnes and I’m the owner at Barnes Wildlife Control, LLC. Our top priority is offering satisfactory services to our customers. Bat removal is a very common service we offer to homeowners, church organizations, and commercial property owners alike.
A Bat removal service must be done humanely since all species of bats are protected under federal law. Due to the laws in place, bat problems must be handled very differently from your typical wildlife control service.
Instead of trapping, we offer a highly effective service known as “live bat exclusion.” This entails sealing the infested structure completely and hanging one-way doors over the bats’ primary entry points. This device will allow the bats to pass through it unharmed, but when they return to their entry point they cannot get back inside, hence “one-way door.” This process only works if every potential gap, crack, and crevice large enough for bats to squeeze inside is sealed off.
Having the rest of the building sealed-up properly is critical to complete the process successfully. Our bat removal service will do all that and more.
Our bat removal service experts found this bat hiding under a home’s roof shingle. You can depend on Barnes Wildlife Control’s bat removal service of Greater Dayton Ohio. We do what we say and say what we do!
Notable Points Of Our Bat Removal Service Include The Following
- All bat exclusion work is done from the outside. Many people assume we are going to seal-up from inside, but that is not the case.
- No bats will be harmed during this process. However, if you had a bat in your home, that bat may be euthanized and tested for rabies.
- During exclusion, we seal all gaps, EXCEPT the gaps where bats are entering. This is where our one-way doors known as a bat valve will be placed.
Ready to Schedule an On-Site Inspection?
We Provide Thorough Inspections to Solve your Bat Problems. We investigate the Attic, Roof, & Complete Exterior of your Home
Please contact our Barnes Wildlife Control team at 937- 340 -1867, to schedule your inspection.
Hazards Of Bat Infestation
Bats are a vital part of our local ecosystem. However, bats shouldn’t live in your attic. In fact, there are good reasons why. Bats pass on a particular disease to people or pets in the home. Your biggest concern should be disease transmission. This disease is called Zoonotic diseases.
Bats are vectors for rabies. Rabies can be transmitted when an infected bat bites or transmits saliva to the host. Young children and pets are the most susceptible and if an encounter occurs and marks are left on their skin, seek medical attention and try to trap the bat for testing.
Bat droppings can accumulate in the right environment. As a matter of fact, dangerous fungus, called Histoplasmosis, can grow in such environments. If the fungi are inhaled a hazardous respiratory’ disease may effect your eyes. If proper safety PPE isn’t used when cleaning the bat fecal matter, you may be exposed to the Histo fungal spores.
To the left is a Big Brown Bat, which our bat removal service pros removed from an attic. We discovered bats hiding between the boards in an attic which can be seen in the right photo.
Where Are Bats Typically Found?
Bats generally like to enter structures from the highest openings, but this is not always the case. While removing bats from a Miami Valley home, we found a major bat entry point between the brick of the house and the concrete foundation where a crack had formed. The bats were then living in the basement walls and were found when the homeowner opened up a wall to remodel. Barnes Wildlife learns from experiences like this and uses this first-hand knowledge to provide its customers with exceptional service in the Dayton, Ohio, area.
Inspection and Assessment
Complete home bat inspection means just that, from the top of your roof to the bottom of your foundation; Barnes Wildlife Control will inspect and find how bats are entering your home.
We always look in your attic during the inspection, where we often find bat poop(guano) that looks like tiny, elongated black pellets. You don’t want bat feces inside your home! Often we find masses of guano strewn inside the walls of your attic or insulation. And bat guano piles up fast. Also, bat guano turns into a dust pile as it dries out which can permeate the air in the attic. This dust is unhealthy to breathe! BWC will then discuss the details of the bat removal service and how to repair your home for total bat control.
Inspecting Home and Doing A Bat Exclusion
Attic Cleanup
New Insulation In Attic
In Conclusion: Why Our Approach is the Best
Legal: The inhumane killing or trapping of bats is illegal in Ohio and we take extra precautions and educate our customers so they understand how our bat removal and bat control process meets these requirements.
Humane: Our wildlife control operators specially trained for bat removal in a manner that prevents undue stress or harm and takes into consideration maternal colonies so that we don’t orphan bat pups (bat babies) from their mothers.
Competitive Rates with Dayton’s Best Bat Removal Company: By undertaking these steps we can ensure all the bats are humanely removed at a fair cost and they will not find another way back in.
Industry Leader: Number 1 In Dayton – Springfield – Oakwood – Beavercreek – Troy – Centerville And Ohio’s Best Animal And Bat Removal Company – Dayton’s Best Wildlife Control Company
Our focus is on innovation, continuing education, and prevention which makes us a leader in the wildlife control industry and we are members of the National Wildlife Control Operators Association, the Ohio State Trappers Association, the Better Business Bureau, and many more fine organizations. Call us today for a free no-obligation phone consultation. And take the time to see our reviews at our testimonial page.
OHIO BAT FACTS AND OHIO BAT INFORMATION
Barnes Wildlife Control’s Fascinating Bat Facts. Remember, Our Bat Removal Service Is Number 1 In Ohio!
Bat Facts And Bat Information
Many species of bats are found throughout the Midwest, but two are very common in the Dayton Ohio area – the Big Brown Bat and the Little Brown Bat. They have slightly different life cycles and characteristics and as such are handled differently by wildlife removal experts.
Below are some more bat facts for homeowners. We highly suggest you read through this information.
This little bat was flying around inside a Springboro home before we arrived to remove it.
Things You May Want To Know About The Bats Living In Your Home
- Bats are vital for a healthy ecosystem, and if you have ever lived in the Miami Valley you know they have plenty of mosquitoes to eat. Bats consume a countless number of insects every night they fly out of your gable vent to feed
- If a bat flies out of your chimney it will not intentionally fly in your hair and they can’t suck your blood, but they can bite so call a professional for help
- Bats are vectors of the rabies virus and is most commonly transmitted through bat saliva
- Given the size of a bat it can squeeze through a tiny hole the size of a dime or ~ 3/8 of an inch so when BWC exterminates the bats out of your attic, the entire house needs to be inspected and sealed
- Bat average lifespan is between 10-15 years and reports have shown they can live as long as 30 years old.
- A bat has a ferocious appetite and produce several times their body weight in bat guano and bat droppings each month. If bats aren’t removed from your home, this poop can build up and become hazardous to your health
- Colonies of bats range in sizes but on average most homes have between 10-30 bats living in the attic and the maternal colonies double the size every year
- Bats start to hibernate when the outside air temperature drops below 35-45 degrees F and when average daily highs linger around 50 degrees F
Common Places Bats Are Found In Your Home, Building, Or Church
- Living in the attic or a bat in the bathroom.
- Colonies of Bats in your home or attic.
- Bats living in the chimney or flue.
- Roosting bats on porches or sides of brick home.
- Bats entering through holes in siding or soffits.
- Bats entering through gable vents, ridge vents and roof vents.
- Finding a bat in the house or bedroom home at night.
- Bat in the basement is common as they will move from the hot attic down the walls into the cooler basement during the day.