You do, I'm afraid, have to be concerned about rabies. In Washington State, all the rabies contracted by humans in the past several years have been through bats, and some of the people didn't even realize they had been bitten. One case was a little girl who was bitten by her cat who had, some weeks or months earlier, caught a bat. Our rabies rate in this state is very low, but it's still there. I have bats in the garden, and I'm glad that I do, but I've always made sure that my cats all have rabies shots. Now that I have FIV+ cats who can't have that shot, I close my deck doors before sunset - which I hate, but feel is necessary.

A previous state governor found a bat in his house and, although there was no known contact between the bat and his family, they all had a series of rabies shots including the baby.

I've no desire to give bats a bad name since they are both beautiful and ecologically valuable, and neither do I want to put the wind up you, but you may want to check with your doctor.