Bat House Forum

[Gloria]

I just purchased two bat houses today and need to know how high from the ground they should be installed.  And how will I know if bats inhabit them?

[Joe Spencer]

Hi Gloria and welcome.  The higher the better but if you can get it up 12' or higher that should suffice.  See links below for more help and if your a newcomer and don't have the bat house builder's handbook it will be most enlightening as well:


http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/BatHouseCriteria.pdf


http://www.batnic.org/html/bat-house-tips.htm