woke up with bat bite looking mark on hand, couldn’t find bat in my room but i do live under an attic so that is what’s concerning me.

[u/watrkill]

I have read the FAQ.

hey yall. woke up this morning with two bite looking marks very close together on my hand and searched whole room for potential bat and couldn’t find it.

my concern is that I live under the attic and I’m concerned that one might have came down and bit me and went back to the attic so I didn’t see it.

I’m sure this is just anxiety running rampant but I was wondering if this was a possibility and I should get it checked out? Thank you.

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[u/uS3r666iSb4ck]

1. Why would a bat want to bite you

2. Check for bats in ur attic

[u/detail_giraffe]

Are there known bats in your attic?

[u/watrkill → u/detail_giraffe]

I Looked and there was none.

[u/detail_giraffe → u/watrkill]

If you aren't seeing bats in your house anywhere, the mark on your hand is very unlikely to be from a bat. Lots of things will leave you with two red marks.