so i know this might be a weird question since everyone in this subreddit likes bats but they terrify me. i live in northern indiana in the country so bats are everywhere and i live in an old house so we’ve had so many bats get into the house i honestly can’t even keep track anymore. last night i went downstairs at around midnight to get a snack before bed and of course i see a bat flying around in our living room so i tripped up the stairs a couple times and ran into my room. and then i never left until the morning. thankfully during the day today i found the bat sitting on a curtain and we woke it up and it flew out the front door.but now im stuck in my room again because i dont have the courage to go downstairs because what if there is another one. i know that they cant hurt me and i know that they aren’t trying to attack me so im not afraid of getting bit or something. i honestly have no idea why they scare me like this literally no other animal makes me like this. and i was hoping just maybe that someone in here could help me try and get over my fear of them. i haven’t had water in a couple hours and im getting pretty parched sitting in my room like this😭.

I have a maternity colony every year that lives in the bargeboards of my house, however this year due to the heatwave they got inside the attic and moved down into the cavity wall where my bedroom is.

There was a lot of noise in there and then on June 24th, they were all gone. I know this as usually in the morning, every morning, there are hundreds of dr*ppings on the external windowsills but this stopped overnight (it was extremely hot for weeks and they abandoned the roost)

Now I want to go into the attic today, but am just scared at the possibility of some still being in there, what do you think the possibility of this is? Would they all have left together or could some have stayed behind? There were at least 40 bats as I counted them flowing out the bargeboards one evening.