Bats

[morlandg]

My son has just discovered that there are hundreds of bats living in his roof space. Do these present a health hazard to him and his young family?

[gerryh]

When we lived in the UK we had bats living in our roof.
Enquiries at the health department of our local council suggested there was no risk to health.
Used to be interesting watching them come out when it was getting dark.
Cheers
Gerry

[morlandg]

Thanks Gerry. Reassuring.
Graham

[gerryh]

A quick Google search reveals that bats can carry rabies so it could be a problem if one bites you.
Have a look at http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/H ... 5157146904 and http://www.cdc.gov/features/bats/
Cheers
Gerry

[gus-lopez]

ARe they protected here ?

[Julie]

If they are protected in Spain as they are in the UK you will need to pay a specialist to deal with it, they can only be removed at certain times of the year, in the UK it is an expensive thing to do, if I had to do it again I would be tempted to smoke them out and let them move in next door Lol and block up the entrance areas to stop them returning, although a lot live under the eaves they don't always enter the building