Protecting Bats and Your Property with Expert Bat Removal Services

Expert Bat Removal Services in Central Minnesota

If you’ve ever heard scratching or squeaking in your attic late at night, there’s a good chance bats might have moved in. While they play an important role in our ecosystem here in Central Minnesota, bats don’t belong inside your home. At Preferred Wildlife Solutions, we specialize in humane bat removal across Central Minnesota, helping homeowners safely remove bats and keep them out for good with proven bat removal and prevention techniques.

As a trusted, local, father-and-son team with over 30 years of bat-specific experience, we’re here to share what you need to know about protecting your home—and the bats—with professional help you can trust.

Why Do Bats Matter in Minnesota?

Bats often get a bad reputation, but they’re one of nature’s most important pest control systems. One little brown bat can eat hundreds to thousands of insects in just one hour, including mosquitoes, beetles, moths, and crop-damaging pests. Scientists estimate that bats save the U.S. agricultural industry billions of dollars each year by reducing the need for pesticides. That’s not all. They also:

• Help control mosquito populations, reducing the spread of diseases like West Nile virus
• Protect gardens, farms, and forests by eating harmful insects
• Contribute to pollination and seed dispersal (more common in tropical species, but still important)
• Support biodiversity by helping maintain ecological balance

Understanding Bat Behavior

In Minnesota, most of the bats we encounter are insectivores, meaning their diet consists entirely of bugs. They’re nocturnal, using echolocation to navigate and hunt at night with impressive precision. During the day, they seek out dark, quiet roosts—like caves, tree hollows, and unfortunately, attics and walls of homes when those natural spaces aren’t available. Bats are non-aggressive, shy creatures that want nothing more than a safe place to sleep during the day and a good place to hunt at night. They don’t want to interact with humans, and they certainly aren’t trying to harm your family or pets. But when they find their way into your attic, chimney, soffits, or walls, it becomes a serious issue for homeowners.

Protecting Your Property in Central Minnesota

As temperatures drop or their natural roosts disappear, bats look for quiet, warm places to shelter, and your attic is the perfect spot. They don’t need a big hole to get in. In fact, they can squeeze through a gap as small as a pencil’s width and just 1.5 inches tall. That makes vents, soffits, fascia boards, ridge caps, and even chimneys easy access points. Once they’re inside, bats can:

• Leave behind guano (droppings), which damages insulation and causes strong odors
• Introduce health risks like histoplasmosis, a fungal infection from airborne spores in droppings
• Create noise disturbances during the night
• Damage your home’s structure over time

How to Know If You Have Bats in Your Home

Bats are quiet, secretive creatures—and they’re often in your home long before you realize it. So, how can you tell if you have a bat problem? Here are some common signs:

• High-pitched chirping or scratching noises, especially at dusk or dawn
• Dark stains or streaks near attic vents, soffits, or eaves (from bat oils)
• Small, dark droppings (guano) around your attic, walls, or porch
• Strong ammonia-like odors from built-up guano
• Sightings at dusk, when bats leave the house to feed

If you notice any of these signs, it’s best to act quickly. The sooner you contact a professional for bat removal and prevention, the less damage bats can cause, and the easier the solution.

Why Humane Bat Removal Is So Important

In Minnesota, bats are a protected species, and for good reason. They reproduce slowly—usually just one pup a year—which makes their conservation critical. That’s why humane bat removal isn’t just the ethical choice—it’s the legal one.

We use bat-safe exclusion methods that allow bats to leave your home naturally but block them from coming back in. No poisons. No traps. No gimmicks. Just proven, effective bat removal services that work. Our expert bat removal team knows exactly where to look and what to listen for. We perform a detailed inspection to locate every entry point, no matter how small. Then we:

• Install one-way bat valves to let bats exit safely
• Seal off all other potential entry points with durable materials
• Recommend cleanup and guano sanitation, if needed
• Offer bat proofing and prevention solutions to keep your home bat-free
• And because we use the right materials and techniques, you can be confident the fix will last.

Why Choose Us for Bat Removal in Central Minnesota?

There are a lot of wildlife companies out there, but here’s why Preferred Wildlife Solutions stands out when it comes to expert bat removal services:

• Decades of Specialized Experience – We’re not a pest control company that happens to remove bats. We’re a bat-specific father-and-son team with 30+ years of experience in humane bat removal and wildlife prevention. Bats are our specialty—and it shows in everything we do.
• Fast, Friendly, and Always Available – We don’t send you to voicemail. We answer the phone every time it rings. If you’ve got a bat in your attic, you need help now, not next week. When you call, we respond fast and schedule your service ASAP.
• Proven Bat Removal and Prevention – We know how to remove bats safely and keep them out—period. Our bat proofing services are designed to prevent future problems, not just treat the current one. Every home is different, and we tailor our work to your specific structure and needs.
• Responsible. Guaranteed. – We back up all our work with a solid warranty, and if there’s ever an issue, we’ll make it right. Our customers know we’re honest, dependable, and committed to doing the job the right way.

Call the Bat Removal Pros Central Minnesota Trusts

If you suspect you have bats in your attic or walls, don’t wait until the problem gets worse. The longer you wait, the more damage bats can do and the harder (and more expensive) it can be to clean up. Call our team today at Preferred Wildlife Solutions to schedule a bat inspection and learn how we can protect your home with humane bat removal services in Central Minnesota.