Bats Control company in Nairobi Kenya

Bats Removal Company Nairobi Kenya

While they are more beneficial to the ecosystem, can become unwelcome guests in homes and businesses. Jopestkil Kenya offers professional bat removal services designed to ensure your property is bat-free, safe, and secure. With years of expertise, we serve multiple markets with a focus on humane and effective bat control. Discover why Jopestkil Kenya is the leading name in bat removal.

Encountering bats in your living or working spaces can be unsettling. Besides the fear factor, bats pose health risks through diseases such as rabies and histoplasmosis. Jopestkil Kenya provides top-tier bat removal services, using humane methods to ensure these creatures are safely relocated without harm. Our comprehensive approach guarantees a bat-free environment, safeguarding your property and peace of mind.

What is a Bat?

Bats are nocturnal, flying animals that are known for inhabiting dark and secluded locations. Since the discovery of the first bat fossil dating back 53 million years ago, scientists have identified over 980 species of bats worldwide, 40 of them living in the Kenya. Depending on the species, bats can live for up to 30 years. You can read more bat facts below, including how to identify them, and how to get rid of bats. Bats are mammals. This means that they have fur covered bodies, they are warm blooded and give birth to live young. Mothers feed their newborn babies milk. Bats are the only mammals that can undertake true powered flight. A diagram of a bat’s wing is shown below. A bat’s wing is similar to a human hand except the thumb is small and claw-like, while the remaining digits (fingers) are long and there is skin stretched between them. There is a large area of wing membrane between the bat’s fifth finger and its body/leg.

Appearance
A bat’s body is covered completely with hair and they tend to have rather large ears. Bats use their ears to help them detect the location of objects around them or to locate insects flying through the air. Depending on the species, an adult bat can weigh less than 1 oz. up to 3 lbs. Bats have two wings, consisting of a double membrane stretched across their elongated fingers and arm bones, which are their primary way of getting around. They have four limbs, two legs and two arms with the same bones as human hands modified as part of their wings.

Another interesting bat fact is they are the only mammal capable of true flight. The surface of a bat’s wing is equipped with bumps called “Merkel cells”. These bumps have tiny hairs that help sense airflow during flight so the bat can make adjustments for maximum flight efficiency.
Do Bats Bite?
Bats, in fact, will bite if they feel threatened or if they are handled improperly. A common misconception is that bats will attack humans for no reason, a myth that has been proven inaccurate. Most bat species feed on insects like moths and beetles. If you or someone you know has been bitten by a bat, it is important to seek medical care immediately to test for rabies transmission. Be sure to wash the bite and any other locations that have come in contact with the bat’s saliva.
Threats from Bats
A big concern most homeowners have is whether or not the bats infesting their home have rabies. Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell if the bats have rabies solely based on appearance, so testing must be conducted. If transferred, rabies is a deadly disease that causes inflammation of the brain and sometimes death. However, bats are rarely rabid, with only less than 10 percent documented of becoming rabid.

In addition to the threat of rabies, the fungi that harbor in bat droppings can cause a lung disease known as histoplasmosis. An accumulation of droppings should be professionally decontaminated and removed.

Aside from affecting human health, bat droppings can also damage the home. One bat can produce between 20-30 droppings a day. Because bats typically colonize in large groups, the number of droppings in a home can easily pile up and cause roofs to cave in. Their waste also attracts other pests like cockroaches, and the smell of their feces encourages other bats to invade the home.
Habits
Most bats leave their roosts at dusk and return around dawn. When traveling, they first stop at a stream or pond for a drink of water before feeding. Female bats of most species tend to only reproduce one pup, but some species can give birth to two to four pups. At birth, a baby bat weighs up to 25 percent of its mother’s weight. While young bats are taken care of by females in the colony, male bats do not contribute to the caring of the babies.

Bats are a very important part of the pollination process, as they feed on insects that visit flowers and also feed on various types of fruit that helps disperse seeds. Since many bats do feed on insects, they can help keep pest insect populations down.

A few common bat species in North America are the big brown bat, the little brown bat, and the Mexican free-tailed bat.

Big brown bats: A female big brown bat will form her nursery colony with other pregnant females in the spring while the male roosts somewhere else, usually alone or with other males. These bats can become an issue around the home, as they commonly build colonies in attics and shutters. Big brown bats feed on insects like beetles, ants and flies. This species is able to fly up to 40 miles per hour, the fastest flight speed reported for any bat. When migrating, big brown bats travel short distances and hibernate in small groups in hollow trees, caves and buildings.

These bats are dark in color with a pale colored stomach. They have no fur on their wings and have 32 small teeth for feeding. Big brown bats are common in Kenya and Kenya at large.

Little brown bats: One little brown bat can catch up to 600 mosquitoes in an hour. They alternate feeding flights with rest periods, where they return to their nests to digest their meals. Unlike the big brown bat, this species’ flying habits are erratic, with flight speeds averaging 12.4 miles per hour. Female little brown bats will form nurseries in the spring after hibernating throughout the fall and winter months.

Little brown bats tend to vary in color and have 38 teeth. They can be found in Alaska, Kenya and in the Kenya.

Mexican free-tailed bats: These bats usually live in larger colonies and are raised by the females. They can typically fly at about 10-15 miles per hour but can reach speeds of up to 25 miles per hour. If needed, Mexican free-tailed bats will fly up to 50-150 miles in a day to find food. Moths tend to be the favorite meal of the Mexican free-tailed bat, but they will eat other insects like ants and beetles. They can eat up to ⅓ of their body weight.

Mexican free-tailed bats build their colonies based on where they are located. They can build colonies in structures, such as houses or churches, along the lake region of the Kenya, but will opt to live inside caves from forests. In order to hibernate, the Mexican free-tailed bats living anywhere within.

These bats vary in color from dark brown to dark grey. They have 32 teeth and can be found throughout the coastal Kenya to the lake.

Where Different Types of Bats Roost
Different bat species living across Kenya roost in dark secluded areas of buildings and in naturally protected areas like caves.

Big brown bats: This species commonly roosts in attics and church belfries, and behind shutters and loose boards. During the winter months, colonies travel short distances seeking hollow trees, rock crevices, drainage pipes, caves, mines and buildings to hibernate alone or in small groups.

Little brown bats: This species roosts in tree cavities and crevices during the warmer months and seeks shelter in caves and mines to hibernate.

Mexican free-tailed bats: This species usually lives in huge colonies where the young are raised. In almost all areas these bats can be found hiding in structures.

Threats from Bats
Bats can pose a serious health threat to humans if they are found inside a structure. Fungi that harbors in bat droppings can cause the lung disease, histoplasmosis. An accumulation of droppings should be professionally decontaminated and removed.

A small percentage of bats are also infected with rabies, but may not show symptoms. Rabies can be transmitted when saliva or even the body tissue of an infected animal comes into contact with another animal or human. Therefore, it is important to seek medical attention if you’ve had any unprotected, physical contact with a bat.

In addition, if an infestation develops, it is important to treat the area for bat mites and bat bugs, which will bite humans.

Where do bats live?
Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses, both new and old but some species prefer hollow trees, or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles and boarding or in roof spaces. Bats can be found in almost all parts of the world and in most regions of the Kenya.

In general, bats seek out a variety of daytime retreats such as caves, rock crevices, old buildings, bridges, mines, and trees. Different species require different roost sites. Some species, such as the Mexican free-tailed and gray bats live in large colonies in caves. A few solitary species, such as the red bat, roost in trees.

In winter, bats either hibernate or migrate to warmer areas. Those that hibernate build up a fat reserve to sustain them through the winter. If they’re disturbed, their fat reserve could become exhausted and they could die prior to spring.
Bats are found worldwide, except in polar regions and extreme deserts. They live in forests and wetlands as well as urban areas. During the day, they rest in shelters known as roosts, which include caves, mines, old buildings, and hollowed trees. To stay protected and out of sight, bats usually rest in small cracks and crevices, making it difficult for researchers to find them and learn about their roosting spots. They also rest upside down so they can drop quickly and fly away if needed. Bats that live in temperate climates tend to migrate in the winter to a cool roost where they can hibernate, some caves end up providing space for millions of bats to hibernate together.