1 That's not the type of place bats would usually live - more likely a bird. Open the flue and see what drops out. :-p .
2 No thanks! I'll leave it to the exterminator. What kind of bird is active at 3 in the morning?
I don't know if our bats were actually in the flu or in the area surrounding the firebox...but the whole colony of them returned 'home' at dawn...and...just above the area where you have the fire, there's a slotted vent...they must have all been crowded in there, because little bat feet and wings were poking out through the slots...CREEPY! One actually came through the open flu into the livingroom...ewwwww. We had to have an exterminator come.
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