Holy Bat Guano Robin!

Discussion in 'Discussion Group' started by nsanemom22, May 3, 2007.

  1. nsanemom22

    nsanemom22 Well-Known Member

    3,500 Lbs. of Bat Guano Found in Attic

    Posted: Today at 9:48 a.m.

    BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — An upstate New York couple didn't think a few bats in the attic were much of a problem when they were buying a house last summer.

    Months later, they found out how wrong they were when they discovered more than a ton and a half of bat droppings up there.

    Nick LaBoda and Jenna Caputo say a home inspector informed them about the bats. They called an exterminator, who told them to wait a while before removing the bats because the babies were too young to fly.

    Then they forgot about the bats until they smelled a foul odor in January. When they checked the attic, they found dead bats and piles of guano.

    An exterminator says hundreds of bats had been living in the attic, leaving behind 3,500 pounds of droppings.

    It cost $25,000 to clean up the mess, and the couple's insurance company wouldn't cover it. They're fighting it out in court.
     
  2. turtlepits

    turtlepits Well-Known Member

    First, how could they forget and second YUCK!
     
  3. JenniferK

    JenniferK Well-Known Member

    Are you kidding me?

    If the home inspector saw the bats, why did they close on the house?

    Yuck...
     
  4. motorider

    motorider Well-Known Member

    Let's see. Bat Guano is a very valuable organic fertilizer.

    3500 lbs. @ $11.00 a pound = $38,500
    And that's just from one seller of the sh...guano.
     
  5. peppercorns

    peppercorns Well-Known Member

    that would drive me Batty............................
     

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