The joys of urban wildlife

[clevermanka]

Well, this is exciting. Certainly not how I expected to spend my afternoon. mckitterick and I are having Happy Fun Times with our Schendel guy who is here helping us get a squirrel (or, possibly, a bat or bird) out of our chimney.

Jim (our Schendel guy) is equally amused and irritated that we are opposed to killing the animal as anything but a last resort. It would make his job a lot easier, I think, if he could just gas it or something.

"I don't know what to tell you."

Hm. Not what we want to hear.

Comments

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

We have birds in the venting connected to the hood of our stove. I'm going to go out with netting and duct tape to block it (after the birds leave) until the landlord gets to it.

I remember birds getting trapped in the chimney when I was a kid. My dad would open a little metal door at the base of the chimney and there would be a little sooty bird.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor little bird! At least they got out.

Best wishes with your netting solution. I think we're just gonna rip up/block the whole chimney. We never use the fireplace, anyway.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Oh, no!
Do you know anyone that has any type of live traps? If the critter is crawling around, you can set the trap for it, maybe?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

There's no way to get to it, unfortunately. It's caught in the teeny area between the actual chimney and the insulation wall part.

It's been silent for several hours, now, and we don't think it would've died that fast, so we're really really really hoping that it escaped.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

We have so far lucked out of this experience. Thank goodness. I think Mac would freak out.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Poor Mac and animals. That's gotta suck. For, like, everyone.

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

Of course you can't kill it, what if it's one of mckitterick 's little squirrel friends?

[radiantmephit.livejournal.com]

This is most likely TMI, but when CK and I have our Happy Fun Time, it doesn't involve Schendel guys and squirrels. If you know what I mean. And I think you do.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Obviously you need to think outside the box. If you know what I mean. And I think you do.