My husband, now on a mission to get this bat, started clearing every last bit of everything out of the room. Curtains, furniture, bedding, etc. He finally cornered the poor, tiny little thing hanging on the inside of the bed skirt. His brother had brought him a fire extinguisher thingy that sprays cold air. The bat was knocked off the skirt and ended up on the floor where my husband and I caught it in a box.
The County came and took him and, sadly, he was not rabid. So it was all for nothing, which makes me really unhappy.
But now, we have a new, possibly-rabid friend who keeps coming to visit. Here's a little sample of what has been happening in our yard:
Yes, we are now the most favorite visiting place for a skunk who is uprooting our front yard to find all the juciest grubs. My husband takes his lawn very seriously and has spent much time and money on it this summer, since this is an area where we have had trouble growing grass. There was a pine tree in that spot - planted by my father in the 70's, I might add - that my husband insisted on cutting down because of the grass. Personally, I don't care about grass.
I said that the skunk is doing us a favor by getting rid of all the grubs now and anyway pretty soon it will be winter, so there will be no grubs, no grass and no skunk. He was not amused.
Now, he's talking about getting a pellet gun and shooting the skunk. I've pointed out that we don't know if he's a good shot, since he has never, in my recollection, ever shot a gun. And even if I wasn't against killing woodland creatures, which I am, in my opinion, skunks are not animals that one should unnecessarily annoy, as they can make things very unpleasant. Really. I'd rather he trapped it or something, but I'm not sure tangling with a skunk in any way is a good idea. Unlike bats, skunks can and will defend themselves in a way that won't be fun.
At this point, I'm thinking we should just let the animals take over.
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