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  • sorry but - bat poo!

    what does it look like?
    can anyone help please.

  • #2
    I would think it is processed and presented much the same as the chicken poo pellets. That is a bit of a guess though.
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

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    • #3
      I was wondering whether Headfry has bat poo in her 'belfry' shirl?
      To see a world in a grain of sand
      And a heaven in a wild flower

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      • #4
        Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post
        I was wondering whether Headfry has bat poo in her 'belfry' shirl?
        LOL.

        I think I read somewhere that it really really stinks - so maybe the theory to using it as a fertiliser is that it scares the plants out of the soil
        Happy Gardening,
        Shirley

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        • #5
          bat poo - Google Image Search
          Happy Gardening,
          Shirley

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          • #6
            Lovely Shirl!!!
            Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

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            • #7
              Wildabout Britain - bat poo
              To see a world in a grain of sand
              And a heaven in a wild flower

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              • #8
                Looks a bit like mouse poo from that pic. We had pipistrelles this year so I'll look out for the poo!
                Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by SueA
                  Looks a bit like mouse poo from that pic. We had pipistrelles this year so I'll look out for the poo!
                  (Check its not rodent droppings - post taken from the WildaboutBritain forum)...
                  The droppings appear very similar but the Bat dropping is dry and
                  crumbles easily being only the chitenous parts of insects
                  Last edited by smallblueplanet; 25-01-2008, 03:42 PM.
                  To see a world in a grain of sand
                  And a heaven in a wild flower

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                  • #10
                    It looks about the size of mouse droppings but is totally dry to the touch. It doesn't smell at all. I speak as someone whose son (PhantomVeg) is a licensed bat handler and we've house bats in the living room (in bat boxes!) and kept them for several weeks until their injuries healed. They are lovely little things, like flying teddy bears.
                    Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                    www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                    • #11
                      oh lucky you

                      i adore bats but the closest i get is watching them at dusk!!

                      ann

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                      • #12
                        Oh yes, I feel lucky to have handled them. However, the down side is that you feed them on live mealworms. A bat box has an enclosed side box and a bigger bit with a mesh front (they hang upside down on it - dead cute!) and if you merely pop the mealworms in they escape. The answer is to behead the mealworms - they are then demolished in short order by hungry bat. Our lad (and all REAL bat handlers) just nip the heads off with their thumb nail. I bought some eyebrow tweezers to do it with - too horrible to contemplate eh?
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          i reckon i could do that!!!!

                          (shudder)

                          ann

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                          • #14
                            crumbs..... thanks folks, I have bats, not in my belfry but in my plot shed....just your average little quick build 8 by 4 ish shed....
                            i'm a happy HF, I'm a happy HF, I'm a happy HF
                            see, I love bats! lots

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                            • #15
                              YUP, proof positive we are all batty!!!
                              Happy Gardening,
                              Shirley

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