Critter in our ducts
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Mr. Critter decided he likes the dining room vent and was apparently able to reach either his paws or his snout up through the louvers. Saw it several times.
Hated to do it, but we chased him away from there, and I set a glue trap with a string attached down into the duct. That should get him and I’ll whack his head with a hammer to put him out of his misery.
@Mik said in Critter in our ducts:
Mr. Critter decided he likes the dining room vent and was apparently able to reach either his paws or his snout up through the louvers. Saw it several times.
Hated to do it, but we chased him away from there, and I set a glue trap with a string attached down into the duct. That should get him and I’ll whack his head with a hammer to put him out of his misery.
More humane than dehydration in the ductwork.
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THE PLOT THICKENS!
We heard it rumbling around and were sure he was caught in the trap. So we pulled up the vent cover and viola!
It was a Grackle!!!
How the heck a Grackle got into our heating ducts I will have to investigate.
Well, I wasn’t going to whack an innocent bird’s head with a hammer, so I took him outside and poured vegetable oil on the trap, which dissolves the glue. After a few minutes he was mostly loose and flapping, I used the string to pull the trap off his last talon and away he went…on foot. He’s got some oil on him and I hope he can shake it off eventually, but he managed to get himself over the fence to some shelter so he may be ok.
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If a bird pulls a stunt like that in my house he probably won't survive.
I like birds and everything, but he probably just wouldn't make it.
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Never had grackle.
You fry them or make a gumbo?
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@89th said in Critter in our ducts:
Well done @Mik … The only person more friendly to the environment than @Horace and @89th!
It's really gratifying to see our leadership bearing fruit.
