One day we noticed that there were little brown things next to the welcome mat in front of our house. The brown things looked decidedly like turds.
Is that poop next to our welcome mat?
“Ew!” we said. “Where on earth could this poop be coming from?” So we looked up. And it seemed that the poop was coming from the door surround, which was also covered in poop.
More Poop
But it didn’t seem likely that anything had perched there. So we looked even higher.
Is that poop dripping down the shutter?
Yes, it was poop dripping down the shutter, and behind the shutter was this little fellow.
Bat in the Shutter
Obviously this bat could not stay here and continue to poop all over and around our house, but we weren’t about to send the guy packing without providing him with a decent alternative housing option. So my husband started looking up designs for bat houses. He figured he could have a nice one ready for the critter within a couple of weeks.
But perhaps all the picture-taking scared the bat away, because he wasn’t there the next day or for several days afterward. Then we spotted him hanging behind the shutter on the other side of the window. And then he was gone again.
Where he is now we do not know. I worry about the little guy. But I’m also glad that he’s no longer pooping all over my house!