Silver Bullet Pest ControlStraight answers from Silver Bullet Pest Control, a licensed exterminator based in Garfield, NJ, serving Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties. Call or text 973-510-2585. Hablamos español.
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If a bat is flying in your house, stay calm, close interior doors so it's in one room, put a towel under the door and keep pets out. If it may have touched anyone, or was in a room where someone was asleep, a child or a pet, don't let it go: it may need rabies testing, so call your doctor or health department and a wildlife company. Otherwise, open an outside window or door in that room, turn off the lights and give it time. Silver Bullet Pest Control answers 24/7: 973-510-2585.
Most bats don't carry rabies, but bats are a known source of rabies, and a bat bite can be tiny and go unnoticed. Health officials advise that a bat be kept for possible testing when:
In those cases, call your doctor or the local health department right away and call a wildlife company to capture the bat safely. Never handle a bat with bare hands.
The three situations behind most of these calls in North Jersey:
Bats are protected, so the right way is exclusion: one-way devices let them out and they can't get back in. Our bat exclusion comes with a 5-year warranty.
Close the bat into one room and call. If it may have touched someone or was in a room where someone slept, don't release it; call your doctor or health department.
Bat guano builds up and should be handled with protection. After exclusion we can advise on safe cleanup and repairs.
One bat in the house often means there are bats in the attic or walls. They come down through gaps around attic hatches, recessed lights, pipes and ductwork, or through an open chimney damper. A single bat can also fly in through an open door or a gap around an AC unit. Seeing bats inside more than once, or seeing bats leave the roofline at dusk, means it's time for a full bat exclusion.
In New Jersey, July and August bring the most indoor bat calls. That's when young bats from attic colonies start flying, and inexperienced pups end up in the living space. If you get a bat inside in late summer, check the attic and roofline.
Stand outside at sunset and watch where bats leave the house. That spot is the entry point.
Repair torn window and attic vent screens; bats fit through very small gaps.
A tight attic door keeps a bat in the attic from reaching the living space.
In NJ, exclusion is timed around the summer pup season so young bats aren't trapped inside.
Tell us what you're seeing and where. A photo often lets us identify the pest right away. We answer 24/7 for emergencies.
A licensed tech finds the source: where the pest lives, how it gets in and what draws it.
We use the right method for the pest, placed where it works and kept away from kids and pets.
We close entry points and tell you what to change so the problem doesn't come back.
Call or text 973-510-2585 for the fastest answer, or tell us what's going on and we'll get back to you quickly.
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Close it into one room, keep pets out, and either let it out an open window or, if anyone may have had contact, keep it contained and call.
No. Bats fly erratically looking for an exit; they don't attack people.
Only if nobody could have had contact with it. If someone was sleeping in the room, keep it for possible rabies testing.
Your doctor or the local health department.
Often a young bat from an attic colony that wandered into the living space.
Often yes. Check the attic and watch the roofline at dusk.
Not while bats are inside. Sealing them in can force them into the living space.
Yes. We answer 24/7 and can send a tech at any hour.
Based in Garfield, we serve these towns and the rest of Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties.
Updated November 2026 by the Silver Bullet Pest Control team, Garfield, NJ • NJ License 90568B
