Collecting Fresh Bat Guano/Bat house?

[Littleleaf]

Was out at the river under a bridge and found were bats are roosting. There is a good pile under were they are hideing
I collected as much as I could,about 32oz cup full(all I could find to put it in) There is much more.

What would be the best way of useing this FREE recorce?


Also!
Is there some one here with a Bat House?

If so how did you build it (got plans?)and how much guano do you get on average.

gone batty

 

[mad librettist]

compost it

 

[paladin420]

Yes to compost. Makes a nice poop tea. Be very careful potent shit. It will burn your shit like roundup. I hav several houses. Check hobby stores. Basicly a bird house with no bottom and slat like dividers for them to grip. I put some on the inside of my attic vents with a bucket under. Empty once in spring in my compost, and sprinkle on me berries..

 

[CascadeFarmer]

Only caution collecting raw bat guano is the possibility of you getting a Histoplasmosis infection. This fungus lives in soil but especially but thrives in soil where bat or bird guano has accumulated. Have read it can be a problem in old chicken coops. Histoplasmosis affects the lungs mainly. Not very common though but when doing research I did come across instances where people contracted the fungus.

 

[Littleleaf]

I'm beeing a safe as pissable. Good thing about it is I live in the dry SSW and well it's DRY.
Going to set up some buckets with drain holes to collect some more. It's under a bridge so even if it ever rains here it will stay dry.

I would like to make some tea with it. Should I use my old ladies panty hose or just put it directly in the water?

Thanks for the replies

 

[Mr Jay]

If you're worried about disease bake it in the oven before composting. Uh, do it when the lady's not home. It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

 

[paladin420]

Only caution collecting raw bat guano is the possibility of you getting a Histoplasmosis infection. This fungus lives in soil especially soil but thrives in soil where bat or bird guano has accumulated. Have read it can be a problem in old chicken coops. Histoplasmosis affects the lungs mainly. Not very common though but when doing research I did come across instances where people contracted the fungus.

Good call. I try to mask and glove up. It is naturally....shitty?

 

[CascadeFarmer]

If you're worried about disease bake it in the oven before composting. Uh, do it when the lady's not home. It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Yeah but the problem is when you collect it and stir everything up breathing in any dust. I really don't think it's a huge problem and had to go looking for old news articles. Seems more predominant in certain parts of the country.

 

[master shake]

Great topic, I've always wondered about this...

Where I live, the bats are known around the city and roost under many highway bridges. They are a Mexican insect eating species, so high N guano. How safe would the guano be coming from city streets and bridges? Being by roads I'm concerned about oil and street runoff, but if it's on a curb or elevated area that may be ok. Also been in a bad drought so that may be beneficial. I also wonder about being bats in the city and suburbs, they eat insects from there as well. You are what you eat, so if they're eating filthy trash eating polluted bugs, that is what they will shit out.

Am I right in worrying about any of this or just paranoid?

 

[heady blunts]

make sure you compost before you make the tea.

sweet find!

 

[Littleleaf]

On comeposting the guano??/

Should I mix it with some thing else or by it's self?

If I sould mix it, with what?

straw
compost
fresh grass clippings

sugestions please...

 

[paladin420]

Yes to compost. Makes a nice poop tea. Be very careful potent shit. It will burn your shit like roundup. I hav several houses. Check hobby stores. Basicly a bird house with no bottom and slat like dividers for them to grip. I put some on the inside of my attic vents with a bucket under. Empty once in spring in my compost, and sprinkle on me berries..

I prob should mention that my inside boxes hav a screened box around them. Bats in the belfrey? OK. Bats in the bedroom, not so much...

 

[heady blunts]

On comeposting the guano??/

Should I mix it with some thing else or by it's self?

If I sould mix it, with what?

straw
compost
fresh grass clippings

sugestions please...

i'd do layers with some high carbon stuff like dried leaves or woodchips. the guano is gonna have a ton of nitrogen, so you've gotta balance it out with some lignin-rich stuff to fuel the fire (commonly known as "brown composting material")

 

[Jamorg13]

I would wear a respirator before collecting that stuff