Can I sleep with a bat in my house?

You should not sleep with a bat in your house due to health and safety risks. Bats can carry rabies, and while most bats do not have rabies, any bat in house poses potential exposure risk, especially if you are sleeping and might not notice bite or scratch, which can be small and unnoticed. Bats also carry histoplasmosis fungus in droppings, which can cause respiratory illness. If bat is in house, you should not sleep in same room, instead isolate bat to one room by closing doors, open windows for it to exit, or call animal control or wildlife removal professional. If you wake up with bat in bedroom, CDC recommends considering rabies post-exposure prophylaxis because you may have been bitten without knowing. You should not handle bat with bare hands. After removal, seal entry points like gaps in eaves, vents, and chimneys to prevent re-entry. So sleeping with bat in house is unsafe and not recommended due to rabies risk and need for professional removal.