If you are around a lot of bats, I strongly suggest getting a Rabies vaccine. I think that is a yearly booster for humans. Our Vet was always Rabies vaccinated, since he never knew when he might find a rabid horse on a call. He did find a number of them over the years!! Better to get one poke instead of the multiple pokes needed if you are bitten by a rabid animal.
We just got word of finding a rabid bat in a home in town. The newspaper article said to catch any bats in the house, put it in a jar and take to the Health Department for testing. It also said you may not know if you are bitten or scratched, especially if sleeping, because they have such tiny teeth and claws. DO NOT crush the bats when catching them, wear leather gloves to avoid getting bit. Do NOT put them in the freezer!
Well lucky me, I found one bat (dead) in a large decorative pitcher I wanted to put dried flowers in!! He was not dead too long, the bugs coming out of pitcher was my clue. So I plastic bagged him up and dropped him off at the Health Dept this morning. I think he went in pitcher, then could not get back out with skinny upper part of pitcher and smooth insides. Guess we will know if he was sick in a few days.
Sure glad we do not have barn bats. That would not be acceptable for me! I presume our bats roost in the tree areas around us. Kind of fun to watch them replace the barn swallows at sunset, swooping about. Swallows will be gone soon, getting colder here.