A bat inspection in Macon answers three questions before anyone quotes a removal: are bats roosting here, where are they getting in, and can the work happen now or does it have to wait. We check every side of the building, the attic and the living space, since Georgia DNR guidance notes bat-sized gaps are often not visible from the ground. The result should be a written list of openings and a plan that fits the season.
A full inspection covers the exterior on all sides, the attic and the living space, and on most jobs it is the first of several visits. It looks for gaps a quarter inch or wider, guano below openings and roosts, and any route bats could use into the rooms you live in. The findings set the timing, since Georgia DNR says evictions should wait from April 1 to July 31. Cost ranges for the follow-on work are on the pricing page.
An exclusion is only as good as the inspection behind it. Georgia DNR guidance says bat-sized crevices can be on any side of a building and are often not visible from ground level, and that a close visual inspection is often needed to find secondary entrances.
Those secondary openings matter as much as the main one. If they are missed, bats can come back in after the one-way exits come down, and the job has to be repeated.
An inspection also checks the inside. DNR guidance recommends inspecting the living space before and after an eviction, and Georgia's public health rabies manual treats a bat found in a room with a sleeping person or an unattended child as a possible exposure.
There is no national figure for a bat inspection on its own, so this section covers what affects the price rather than a number. HomeAdvisor's national ranges for removal, exclusion and cleanup are on the pricing page.
Ask up front whether the inspection fee is credited toward the work if you go ahead.
If you have seen bats leaving the roofline or found guano in the attic, you already know there is a roost, and the inspection becomes the first step of humane bat removal. If all you have is a single bat indoors, Georgia DNR says most of those situations can be handled by the homeowner.
An inspection on its own fits the cases in between: unexplained droppings, scratching in a wall, or a bat inside more than once. It is also the right call before buying an older Macon home, or before bat proofing a building that has had bats in the past.
Macon has a lot of older buildings to inspect. The Macon-Bibb comprehensive plan counts 14 designated historic districts and more than 6,000 historic buildings on the National Register, including the Macon Historic District, which takes in Intown, Huguenin Heights and Tattnall Square Heights.
Newer homes need the same close look. About 19 percent of Macon-Bibb housing was built in 2000 or later, and bats use whatever gaps a building offers, old or new.
Bats are part of the local landscape. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park records six bat species and keeps bat boxes around the park, and the Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge protects 7,760 acres of Ocmulgee River floodplain just below Macon.
Bat inspections are requested from Macon, Warner Robins, Centerville, Perry, Byron, Fort Valley, Forsyth, Gray and Milledgeville.
Call (478) 812-7346, Mon-Sat 7AM-7PM. Free quotes available.