Bat Removal Lewisville, TX

Lewisville contacts

• Lewisville Animal Services (Gene Carey Animal Shelter and Adoption Center): 995 E. Valley Ridge Blvd., 972-219-3478. Animal Services phone hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sunday closed).
• After-hours emergencies: Lewisville Police Department, 972-219-3640. The city lists rabies suspects and animal bites among the after-hours animal-services emergencies officers will respond to.
• Denton County Public Health (epidemiology): (940) 349-2909, also the 24/7 reporting line. Mailing address 535 S. Loop 288, Denton. This is the DSHS disease-reporting contact for Denton County rabies exposure questions.
• DSHS Zoonosis Control, Public Health Region 2/3: Arlington office, 817-264-4920 (Annajane Marlar, DVM).

Denton County bat testing

DSHS's 2024 county summary shows only 3 Denton County bats tested, all negative. That is a small sample, not a clean bill of health. Neighboring Tarrant County had 3 positive bats that year, and Collin and Dallas counties submit far more bats. If a bat touched a person or pet, or turned up in a bedroom with someone asleep, contain it safely so it can be tested instead of letting it go.

Bats around Lewisville Lake

• Brazilian free-tailed bat: the usual attic and roof-gap bat statewide. Texas Tech notes every Texas town in its range is likely to have building roosts.
• Evening bat: common east of the 100th meridian, roosting in hollow trees and house attics, with young from late May to mid-June.
• Big brown bat: forms maternity colonies of about 20 to 300 in buildings across north Texas.
• Eastern red bat: a tree bat that hangs in foliage; one on a porch or fence usually leaves on its own.

Lewisville Lake and the Elm Fork corridor give bats water and insect prey. Homes near the shoreline and older neighborhoods south of I-35E often show the same soffit and fascia gaps we seal elsewhere in the Lake Cities.

Lewisville housing

About 30% of Lewisville's 55,941 housing units were built in 2010 or later, and only about 14% before 1980. The median year built is 1999. About 31% of units are in buildings with 10 or more apartments, and about 52% are rented. On newer single-family roofs, bats get in at roof-to-wall transitions, ridge-vent ends, and gaps behind stone veneer. On apartments, they use flat-roof parapets, stair-tower siding gaps, and long continuous soffits.

Timing

At the DFW Airport climate station, about 11 miles away, average lows stay at 50°F or warmer from April through October. The average January low is about 36°F. TPWD discourages exclusion from May 1 to August 15, so the main windows are mid-August through October and a shorter spring window in April.

Lewisville housing and climate snapshot (DFW Airport climate)

• Housing units: 55,941 (median year built 1999)
• Built before 1980: 14%; built 2010 or later: 30%
• Single-family detached: 48%; buildings with 10+ units: 31%
• Renter-occupied homes: 52%
• Average January low: 36°F; average August high: 96°F
• Months with an average low of 50°F or warmer: Apr–Oct

Housing figures: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year estimates (tables B25024, B25034, B25035, B25003) via Census Reporter. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Dal-Ftw Wscmo Ap station.

Common questions

Nearby city guides

• Flower Mound
• The Colony
• Denton
• Frisco
• Coppell

Sources

1. City of Lewisville: Animal Services
2. City of Lewisville: Adoptable Pets / Gene Carey shelter contact
3. Texas DSHS: Denton County disease reporting contacts
4. Texas DSHS: Zoonosis Control regional office contacts
5. Texas DSHS: 2024 rabies summary by county (PDF)
6. Mammals of Texas (TTU NSRL): Brazilian free-tailed bat
7. Mammals of Texas (TTU NSRL): evening bat
8. Mammals of Texas (TTU NSRL): big brown bat
9. Mammals of Texas (TTU NSRL): eastern red bat
10. TPWD Outdoor Annual: nongame and other species (bats)
11. Texas DSHS: bat exposure scenarios and capture tips
12. Census Reporter: Lewisville ACS 2024 profile
13. NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals (Dal-Ftw Wscmo Ap)