Critter picture tread,(post what you have)

[Bison]

i found a couple bats behind the door in my salt shed

 

[RobertBrown]

i found a couple bats behind the door in my salt shed

Salt shed?.......I've got questions....
I am assuming that you use the shed to store salt.......What do you use the salt for?
How do bats get in to the salt shed?
The one looks like he is ready to be salted, did he get hit with the door when you opened it?
The other needs to find a warm place to spend the winter or migrate.
Bats eat a lot of mosquitoes, good to have around in July eh?

 

[1 Lucky Texan]

uncommon to see bats that aren't ill. You're lucky. In Texas, it's unlikely a person is more than 40 feet away from a bat - you just won't see them.

 

[Bison]

Salt shed is to store the salt blocks and seed and such.
The salt is for the bison, lick blocks,...I buy them by the pallet.

The door of the shed is a foot higher than the opening and the top is warped so it leaves a 1" gap,..perfect safe place for these bats to spend the day so they thought till i disturbed their peace:smile:
I think they were different species,..the one was brown, the other one black.
They both looked healthy and crawled around trying to hide again.
I took the pics, got the salt i needed and closed the door carefully as not to crush them.

 

[RobertBrown]

You need all of the bats you can get. Some of the eastern species have been reduced by up to 99%. They are succumbing to a disease called "White nose syndrome". It is spreading west and north. It's a fungus that spreads when the bats roost.
Alberta's bat population at risk

It may have been this species, also known as "northern long eared myotis".
USFWS: Northern Long-Eared Bat

 

[Bison]

Thanks for posting that Robert,I did not know about that white nose disease.
I'm sure the bat in my pic was not infected.


To bad we can't infect pesky species like "politicians" with it.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Found this little guy nosing around my house foundation. Good place to catch spiders. He came out from under the deck and was basking in the sun on a patio block for a while, then went to hunting. Looks like a Coal Skink.

 

[Bison]

I have this weaseI(cute IittIe feIIa) roaming in my shop every now and then, he is now in his winter cIothes.

 

[RobertBrown]

I have this weaseI(cute IittIe feIIa) roaming in my shop every now and then, he is now in his winter cIothes.

That's a good one to have. To much energy to hibernate..... A serious predator, one of the few that can kill prey larger than it's self. It is most likely looking for rodent pests, such as mice or rats. I suppose it may be looking for high calorie meal such as fat or sugar. Could also be drawn to glycol.

Ethylene glycol will kill it....slowly.

here is a video...this one is being fed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9qtwPpw2s

Check out this one killing a rat that is just as big if not bigger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB_1WG0w85E

 

[X-man]

Right now I have a little black mouse hiding from the elements in my shed. Cute little guy.

Named him Mickey

But in all seriousness, I still gotta get a couple mouse traps and set them up in there before it becomes a problem.