Bat in the basement?

Question

Hello,

Stupid question, but how do bats actually get into the basement? I had the feeling something wet landed on the back of my hand, but I didn't find anything. I thought it might have been batted with saliva. Bats are often found in basements, as I've read online. Our window is closed, but there might still be a bat in there. I didn't find anything, and I couldn't see any wet spot on my hand, but I'm still a little worried because I've heard that bats can transmit rabies.

Aren't bats even still hibernating? Sorry for all the questions.

fipsixd · Answer

Rabies can only penetrate through wounds, etc. If there was a bat, you'd notice.

ansotica · Answer

Oh, guys, always the same.... Some phantom touches and rabies is done without dealing with it or just thinking logically. More than a few bats carry the Rabies virus under which we commonly understand rabies. And the way it carries most often is rather rare to find in underground vaults. For transmission, body fluids must be exchanged. Bats are excellent flyers, the probability that they touch one is very, very low. (And no, they don't attack people with rabies. Most of them live very well because of their good immune system and if the disease really breaks out they are dead within a very short time.) Yeah, bats winter in cellars. But not in modern cellars. The cellars must be cool/cold, very humid and with enough gaps and ridges to hide. In addition, our modern cellars are usually hermetically sealed when the window is too. So if your cellar isn't an ancient, damp vault cellar, he's not good enough bats. During the day or when you make light to move in the cellar, a bat will not fly as long as it is not lit up. Bats are not damp. They are warm and plow and definitely dry. And above all, they do not swell, on the contrary the mouth, even if you look in it, is much more dry than for example with us people. But yes, at the warm temperatures at the moment (depending on where you live) they can actually have been driven by hunger from winter sleep. These are usually not absolutely optimal in winter, which I have seen so...

flapx · Answer

So you would have heard a bat. They're not flying silently!

And for a rabies infection, you should first get a wound (have). You can't get it from touches.

So look less horror movies with vampires and get out of the wow.