Bat Guano! Helpful or Dangerous?

[@BatmanWangChung]

Guano is a chief resource of the Wachati.

[@HoursFreeAOLsp]

My buddy and a crew harvest 30k pounds directly from a cave and nobody has ever gotten sick. No masks. He said its when the guano gets wet that you can run into problems.

[@BatBnB]

Thank you for this comment!

[@billwarren8076]

In Australia there is danger of alyssa virus (a relative of rabies), and horses are at risk of contracting Hendra virus from bats, so it would pay to be careful around bats, particularly in the Northern states of Australia

[@BatBnB]

We should always be careful around wild animals, that is very true, but carefully coexisting.

[@rousefire]

There is an abandoned building close by with a pile of guano on the floor . Its been accumulating there for years. Whoever is reading this , with experience, would you harvest it for fertilizer and how much to put on a 3'x10'area for growing tomatoes?

[@thomasbrown8468]

Yes get it all one plant one teaspoon of poo one gallon water lightly once a week with the gallon really good sht

[@BatBnB]

You can definitely use that for fertilizer. Please ware gloves and a mask to harvest the pile. Guano is a very good fertilizer, and a little bit goes a long way. It is best for non-food plants as well.

[@BatBnB]

@@thomasbrown8468 Thank you for this info!

[@badasswood]

lol... dust?? dang bats in the barn poopin sticky bat poo, sticks to everything, 😅friends come over snd go crazy over the stuff, they scrape the boards that i put over everything😅i sshould go in the bat poo business

[@Heavywall70]

There was once a war fought over guano

[@BatBnB]

Yes, that's true. Guano was also once Texas' largest mineral export.

[@dogwalker666]

they used to sail to un inhabited islands to harvest the guano from the sea birds, It was extremely valuable.

[@laximenezfyvie]

How about viral diseases? Isn’t guano how COVID-19 finally spread to humans? What are the risks of viral diseases that can be spread to humans in gardening with guano based fertilizer?

[@BatBnB]

www.merlintuttle.org/exaggerated-disease-warnings/

[@susanholroyd2876]

Great video!

[@BatBnB]

Thanks so much! So glad to hear you like it! :)

[@RobinPoe]

I heard Green Berets talking about making explosives with dried bat guano.

[@rusty6583]

That shit is da bomb.

[@MenacingRabbit]

🤫

[@coziii.1829]

If your a farmer you deal either all kinda of poop 💩 NO BIG DEAL

[@BatBnB]

So true! This is oftentimes the biggest concern people have, not realizing that they are surrounded by wild animal poop outside.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

What about putting bat houses in trees?

[@BatBnB]

You want to make sure that there aren't a lot of branches. Branches shade the bat houses too much, and can be a place for predators to hang out. We recommend bat houses being 15 feet from the nearest branches. That's why bat houses on a building or a pole tend to be more successful.

[@nyki7fykxtjxyi]

What about bat bugs that come from bat feces. Similar to bed bugs.

[@BatBnB]

This can be a possibility with larger colonies, but not always the case. Installing your bat house on a pole can be an option if this is a worry for you.

[@BatBnB]

Great question. The bugs do not come from the feces, but are found where the bats are. If the bats are outside your house, you have nothing to worry about. That's why it's important to have bat houses like ours, to help keep bats comfy- but not in our own homes.

[@mizzmartinni6014]

I use bat poo for my plants 🌱 🪴

[@Socalcreditkid]

its not phosphate its phosphorus

[@BatBnB]

Thank you

[@thomasbrown8468]

I’ve been through a half mile huge bat cave / cavern. It’s full

[@BatBnB]

Yes, it can accumulate when there are large numbers of bats in a cave. There are many places that will safely harvest that guano for fertilizer

[@thomasbrown8468]

Yes

[@BatBnB]

Yes, it's a great fertilizer for gardens. In fact, people pay money for it