I don't think it was easy for Rachel to leave England and come back home. Just to make sure things were extra-lively back here in boring ol' Nebraska, a few bats decided to make their appearance in the middle of the night. I'm pretty sure she definitely wanted to return to England after that!!
The first 2 showed up on the same night. Rachel knocked one out with a piece of drywall, and then called Adam who in turn called Animal Control. They caught the other bat, and in a few days we learned that they were rabies free. Yay! I should also note, that when Adam & I first moved in he saw a bat in the basement, but since we never saw them again until Rachel moved in, we thought the bat(s) were gone. Wow, we definitely thought wrong!
Later in the summer, another bat showed up, but the Animal Control person couldn't find it. Adam & Cyrus quickly finished putting Rachel's walls back together and sealed up all the holes that a bat potentially could have flown in through. It was a tedious process, but we were ready to be done with bats!!
In the fall, Amy & Mom came down for a shopping visit, and while they were carrying their bags up to Rachel's apartment, another bat flew in the open door and up to her floor. Animal Control came out again, but couldn't find the bat anywhere, so she left. Adam went up to check it out, opened the living room closet, and there it was!! Animal Control returned and collected the bat, and again it came back rabies-free...Yessssss! :)
Soon after that, Adam went down to the basement to check on a bucket that the furnace water was dripping into. Lo and behold, he found a DEAD BAT floating on top of the water. I had to see it with my own eyes, and it was definitely covered with white MOLD!! Congratulations to me, for not vomiting. Adam on the other hand.....just kidding.....or am I?
Finally, our bat woes were over!! We didn't see another bat for months, until Adam decided to clean the attic in early February. That's a story for another time though. Keep reading!! :)
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