I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had bats in the house - hundreds. If it won’t leave of its own volition, all you need is a towel - just lob it into the lit

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had bats in the house - hundreds. If it won’t leave of its own volition, all you need is a towel - just lob it into the little blighter’s flight path, and then lob the towel, bat and all out of the window. The bat will be fine, the towel will want laundering, and you will be fine. The only times I’ve had to handle bats have been where they’ve smacked into something and stunned themselves, and one of the cats is eyeing up a convenient snack - like any other wild critter, leather gloves are a good idea if you have them, but you can barehand it if you do a normal restraint hold, which is trivially easy - they can’t bend their necks downwards so just gently gripping their torso and hind limbs keeps both of you safe - like this: https://www.goerie.com/gcdn/presto/2022/04/20/NETN/8ec5edbc-0bbf-4846-8d15-f18e7d1c24a6-small_ft_teeth.jpeg?crop=1999,1125,x0,y142&width=660&height=371&format=pjpg&auto=webp https://www.goerie.com/gcdn/presto/2022/04/20/NETN/8ec5edbc-...