Batcone II Reusable Bat Exclusion

Really surprised at how well this worked. Had bats living in my attic for a couple of months and didn't know where to begin but I figured I would start with one of these exclusion devices. I was skeptical as to if it would work or not but installed where the vinyl soffit meets the bricks and put two small screws into the vinyl through the tabs on the cone itself and then sealed around it with some duct tape. That evening they begin to come out one by one and were not able to make their way back in. Left up for a couple of weeks to make sure they had all evacuated and then sealed the small entrance with some Great Stuff. Worked excellently!

Bit expensive for what it is, but it does allow you to seal up the access points and still allow the wildlife to escape, but not be able to return, without harm to the wildlife, so other than being made out of plastic is sustainable. Easy to put up and fix with tangs that fold out of the way allowing a neat fix.

Last winter I discovered that I had a "guest" in the house. It took a few days to figure out that it was a bat and not a mouse. It took longer to figure out that it got in by an unlevel ceiling tile in a suspended ceiling. I looked up advice online about how to get rid of my bat. The Batcone was the most recommended way by bat experts. I had to wait until the weather warmed up before doing a bat "exclusion" as it involved leaving a window open wide enough to get the Batcone in and then sealing the rest of the window opening so that no other creatures looking for comfort could take up housing in my abode. Fortunately, my friendly bat would fly back up in the attic during the day. My son was finally able to get the Batcone in the window and seal around the edges of the Batcone, as well as seal around the rest of the window that was open. It took a few days before we realized that the bat had literally flown the coop. We replaced the unlevel ceiling tile, and voila...BAT FREE! I would highly recommend the Batcone to anyone who is in a similar situation. The Batcone is designed so that once the bat flies out, he cannot get back in. Well worth every penny!

Worked well but we weren't confident that the bats wouldn't come back in thru the end, so we taped the ziploc bag it came in around the end and cut the very bottom of the bag off to make a sleeve to ensure that they could get out and definitely not come back in. Better safe than sorry. We are saving it in case we have problems elsewhere in the future.

Once installed correctly, it works pretty good. Just hope they won't find another opening somewhere. The key is to seal the house very tight so they won't find other entrance. Pray they never return... Only wish is this thing can be cheaper and I can install at various locations.