Birds in dryer vent
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As soon as I get out of this meeting I will be calling one of them to see if they can come do it.
Perhaps it'll die! (Read in a sing songy voice)
Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly is one of my toddlers favorite books. Still creeps me out a little every time I read it too her.
If you're calling Stroud, I should've mentioned that this is a side business for him -- he has a job in construction (fulltime on animal trapping means starvation in most cases).
I also use my gas leaf blower to clean out the dyer duct every year. Disconnect vent from the dyer and insert the leaf blower, it really cleans it out. Make sure and have all the windows and doors open when using the gas blower in the house.
I hope he has an old BB gun then. I dont think new BB guns are powerfull enough to kill a bird.
Why? Birds are like mice, there are plenty of them and they dont care about you when they cause damage.
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Seems like a good set of criteria when determining how to deal with problems.
What would you recommend for politicians?
It is when dealing with wild animals. If you take the humane way most of the time they just come back anyway if you dont put them to rest.
I had this problem at a condo I had in Urbandale. I can't stand birds so I just called a pest control company. When the guy showed up (Sunday as I remember) I showed him the dryer and grabbed a couple of beers to take to my bedroom and told him to just knock on my door when it was time to pay him. Pretty sure I thought there was a chance the damn bird could get into the house hence the closed bedroom door. (I really can't handle birds) When he was done in just a couple of minutes I asked him how he did that. He said he had a can of something that takes away their air and causes them to escape the way they got in. Probably cost me $60 or so (in the 80's) but money very well spent. Condo assoc (Plumwood) then put wire on the vents I believe.
After 4 calls to different places, I got a chimney sweep and dryer vent cleaning company that said extracting birds would not be an issue. He will be here tomorrow.
Couldn't agree more. When I lived in STL I had a mess of Robins that would literaly over take my yard and porch and poop all over my deck. So I got a gun shot 2 of them and hung them up in my deck area for a couple of days. Problem solved the birds never came back to poop on my porch.
I took the humane approach the first time by catching them in a garbage sack and letting them outside. When they got back in I killed them.
You could get one of these. This one is only 10ft, but they make longer ones. I've got one I use that is about 20ft.Amazon.com: Brushtech B68C 10-Feet Long Dryer Vent Duct Cleaning Brush: Home & Kitchen
Or you could take off your skirt and climb up a ladder. :smile:
Or you could take off your skirt and climb up a ladder. :smile:
Try cooking a chipmunk in the vent that you didn't know was in there. And yes, it was WAY ripe by the time I found its maggot infested little carcass.
Birds have been evicted! Dryer vent line all cleaned out too. Well worth the costs to find someone to fix this. He even had a fiber optic camera so he could double check that he got everything.
Nah. That's no good. You'll end up having to put another cat in to get the first cat out. You'll prolly end up with at least 6-8 cats in the dryer vent.
