Master Certified Bat Removal Expert
Serving South East, MI
Oakland/Macomb: (248) 361-1528
Greater Ann Arbor: (734) 926-5493
Genesee/Livingston: (810) 922-5495
Greater Lansing: (517) 599-7859
Genesee/Livingston: (810) 922-5495
Greater Lansing: (517) 599-7859
Can You Poison Bats in Michigan?
The simple answer is no, you cannot poison bats. There are no baits or chemicals that will get rid of bats. In Michigan and most states bats are protected animals. Bats are great for our environment and help control the mosquito population and the spread of west nile disease. We recommend you consider a live bat exclusion when getting rid of bats.
Years ago chemicals would be sprayed into attics and homes forcing bats to fly out. Unfortunately this caused many problems as well as health risk. The fumes and vapors would seep into the living quarters. This caused respiratory problems and forced families to leave the home. Once the vapors wore off the bats would return back into the home and attic. We once had a customer pay their local exterminator every 2 months and had them spray in the attic to get rid of the bats. This cost the home owner hundreds of dollars each visit, but was not solving the bat problem permanently.
Bat poison might seem like a good plan to get rid of bats. It works for insects and mice, so why not bats? Well, for starters, bat poison and using pesticides against bats is illegal. Breaking the law to solve your bat problems is probably not a good idea. Aside from that, it can create a higher chance that they will get into your living space and come in contact with your family, which increases the danger to your family when it comes to having bats in the house. All in all, poison doesn't seem to be a good answer to bat removal.
Bat poison is not an effective solution for bat control. It is much better and more highly recommended to humanely release them back to the outdoors and then seal up your home to keep them out for good. If you ever considered buying bat poison to get rid of bats, you can now understand why there are better ways to do things. Even if you don't poison them only because it's illegal, at least you are doing the right thing by releasing the bats back into the wild.