Bat removal in Cheney, Washington

Local housing & attic patterns in Cheney

Cheney’s housing is unusually mixed for a city its size. The blocks around downtown and First Street hold some of the oldest homes in Spokane County—the city maintains a local Register of Historic Places through its Historic Preservation Commission, and listings include the 1880 Gothic Revival Sterling-Moorman House—with tall gables, wood clapboard, brick chimneys, and older open wall cavities that can let bats travel between floors. Around EWU, older houses converted to student rentals and small apartment buildings often have tired soffits, loose gable vents and unscreened roof penetrations that nobody notices until a tenant hears scratching. Newer subdivisions on the edges of town add ridge-vent ends, garage tie-ins and fascia gaps. We inspect the whole envelope, including detached garages and shops.

Bat seasonality around Cheney

Cheney is higher, windier and colder than Spokane proper, and the Channeled Scablands wetlands just south of town produce big summer insect hatches; an EWU study of 12 Turnbull wetlands recorded calls from ten bat species feeding over the water. WDFW says Washington bats enter hibernation sites in late September or October and stay until April or early May, with pups born starting around May. One-way exclusion fits mid-August to mid-October or early spring, and bats found hibernating in a building after October 15 should be left until spring. For rentals, the summer lease turnover lines up well with the late-August exclusion window.

Neighborhoods & landmarks we know

We work throughout Cheney, ZIP 99004: the historic downtown and First Street corridor, the residential grid around the EWU campus and its historic district, student-rental blocks near campus, newer subdivisions on the north and west edges of town, and rural-residential acreage toward Turnbull, Four Lakes and Medical Lake. Airway Heights and the rest of the West Plains are part of the same run—call with the address to confirm.

Why hire a local eastern Washington crew

Cheney is on our Spokane County route, not a long-distance add-on. Historic trim and old clapboard need sealing that matches the house, not a bead of spray foam, and landlords need a written scope and photo log they can hand to owners or tenants. We schedule exclusion around WDFW timing and the academic calendar, document every entry we close, and stand behind whole-structure work with a two-year written warranty.

• Bat specialists since 2011 — bats are our flagship service
• Documented inspection: openings numbered, photographed, primary vs. secondary
• Targeted repair or whole-structure seal (warranty on whole-structure)
• Humane one-way exclusion · WDFW-aware timing (May–August maternity)
• High-rise / rope-access capacity for elevated buildings
• We finish failed prior jobs—remove old foam and devices
• Two-year written warranty on sealed whole-structure work
• Local eastern WA ownership, backed by a multi-state team

Typical Cheney jobs start with a phone consultation, then an attic inspection, followed by humane exclusion and optional guano cleanup. Commercial properties can use our commercial bat removal program.

Local bat facts for Cheney

Washington OFM puts Cheney’s April 1, 2025 population at 13,150. Eleven bat species have been recorded at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, a few miles south of town. Bats are the only animals in Washington known to carry rabies; SRHD confirmed a rabid bat in Spokane County in September 2024 and another in July 2025, and Washington DOH’s 2026 table lists rabid bats collected in Spokane County in July 2026.

Who to call in Cheney

• Bat in the house or any bat contact: Spokane Regional Health District, 509-324-1560 ext. 7. Covers Cheney and all of Spokane County.
• Domestic animals, stray pets, dog complaints: SCRAPS (Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service), 509-477-2532, under the City of Cheney’s 2026–2030 interlocal agreement. Domestic animals only, not wildlife.
• Bats living in the attic or walls: A private wildlife control operator. WDFW does not remove bats; it refers homeowners to nuisance wildlife control operators.

Sources

• SRHD – Bat Tests Positive for Rabies in Spokane County (Sept. 6, 2024)
• SRHD – Bat Tests Positive for Rabies in Spokane County (July 8, 2025)
• City of Cheney – Animal Control (SCRAPS contract)
• City of Cheney – Historic Preservation Commission
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge brochure
• Eastern Washington University – Bat activity over wetlands at Turnbull NWR (thesis)
• WDFW – Living with wildlife: Bats
• Washington State DOH – Rabies activity in Washington
• Washington OFM – April 1 population of cities, towns and counties