Cynth wrote:Moving on from the earwig thing. Last night I was sitting in our rather untidy dark attic, peacefully smoking my last cigarette of the day after my shower.
One of my kitties was prowling about and when she appeared at my feet she seemed to be awfully interested in sort of messing about with something on the rug.
I pulled her away and it looked like a dust bunny, of which there are many, so I picked it up to throw it away. It was sort of heavy for a dust bunny. I thought, "Oh, how could she have gotten a little ball of yarn?" I then actually looked at it.
It had ears.
It had a nose.
It was the HEAD OF A BAT. IN MY HAND!!!!!!!!
I made some sort of primitive noise and dropped it. Flora comes bounding happily forward again. I see also now that bat wing pieces are scattered about. I am trying to get them up with old cigarette pack boxes because I don't want dead animals in the trash---although how maggots could make things much worse than the earwigs and bat heads already have I really don't know. Flora is thinking "What a fun game we are having!" and leaping about in excitement trying to get said disgusting head and wings out of boxes while I am trying to get them in without touching them or looking at them closely.
I have found a number of dreadful things in the course of my life. But I have never found them right in my own hand. This is too much. I honestly think arson is the only answer at this point.
Well, that and a good course of rabies shots . . . you weren't scratched the tinest bit by that bat head, were you, Cynth?
How very fortunate you are to have bats in your home. It should be fabulously entertaining to sit outside in the dusk to watch them exit . . . and count them. Also look around the rafters and whatnot in your attic . . . I bet you'll find you have house guests.
Whatever you do, don't stop up their access way without contacting a reputable bat expert. You'll risk sealing mamas and their babies inside. You might need to get a little bat house and install it outside for them to enjoy in the future.
On another fascinating issue, what's with the smoking in the attic? Sounds like another good story there . . .
