BALLSTON SPA, N.Y.(AP) An upstate New York couple didn't think a few bats in the attic were much of a problem when they were buying a house last summer.

Months later, they found out how wrong they were when they discovered more than a ton and a half of bat droppings up there.

Nick LaBoda and Jenna Caputo say a home inspector informed them about the bats. They called an exterminator, who told them to wait a while before removing the bats because the babies were too young to fly.

Then they forgot about the bats until they smelled a foul odor in January. When they checked the attic, they found dead bats and piles of guano.

An exterminator says hundreds of bats had been living in the attic, leaving behind 3,500 pounds of droppings.

It cost $25,000 to clean up the mess, and the couple's insurance company wouldn't cover it. They're fighting it out in court.

Couldn't they recover some of their expenses by selling the bat guano as fertilizer?  Personally. I think that they should have looked at this as an opportunity rather than a burden.
DPH

smiles sort of like is the glass half empty or half full?

A hundred years ago, bat guano was a highly prized comodity for helping to make Roses bloom.
DPH

Quote - A hundred years ago, bat guano was a highly prized comodity for helping to make Roses bloom.
DPH

Bats mostly eat insects, which are high in protein, so bat guano is very high in nitrogen.

Quote - > Quote - A hundred years ago, bat guano was a highly prized comodity for helping to make Roses bloom.

DPH

Bats mostly eat insects, which are high in protein, so bat guano is very high in nitrogen.

Which again goes to my point: instead of bitching, they should have been raking in the DOUGH!
DPH

I doubt there's $25,000 worth of it, though..;) still, could mitigate the costs some