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Posted by: skennington Feb 7 2009, 05:27 PM

Hey guys, I have a little problem here. There's something in my dryer vent tube and I'm a bit hesitate to pull the hose off. I'm thinking it's a bird for the fact the outlet outside the house is about 15 ft in the air, but then again...

What ever it is, he's wanting out and making quite a fuss in there. Any idea's? My kid's don't want me to pull the hose either..

Posted by: MickeM Feb 7 2009, 06:29 PM

Pull the hose and tell the kids to set the table, bird is for dinner!!


EDIT: Or rat in wost case

Posted by: skennington Feb 7 2009, 06:36 PM

My thinking was a rat too but the outlet is awful high for a one and we we have vinyl siding. My fear is, it's a bat. And I hate those things.

Posted by: MickeM Feb 7 2009, 10:29 PM

I suggest you await for a gigant spider to go up there and take care of the bat, then open it

Posted by: skennington Feb 8 2009, 12:24 AM

No way man, I hate those things too... Going in there after my wife get's home from work to help keep the kids away. I'll take a photo if my find is anything interesting.

Posted by: Fran Feb 8 2009, 01:28 AM

By all means, post every hour on this thread so we know you are OK!!

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Posted by: Toroso Feb 8 2009, 01:34 AM

The other morning I found a opossum in the dog food bin. Can't be worse than that!

Posted by: skennington Feb 8 2009, 02:00 AM

No man, not near that bad...Turns out, it was just a bird, little fellow didn't make it though.

Posted by: UncleSkillet Feb 8 2009, 02:13 AM

What did you do to that little guy? You can't even tell it is a bird.

Posted by: skennington Feb 8 2009, 02:52 AM

Poor guy did it to himself trying to escape the dryer hose...

Posted by: Outlaw2112 Feb 8 2009, 04:18 AM

goto home depot and get a guard for the outside vent... keeps animals out of there

Posted by: skennington Feb 8 2009, 04:37 AM

First thing I'm doing tomorrow morning man!

Posted by: David Wallimann Feb 8 2009, 01:32 PM

Wow, poor bird.

Posted by: berko Feb 8 2009, 01:40 PM

If it hadn't got feathers, I would've thought it was a bat

Posted by: coloneldrew Feb 8 2009, 01:46 PM

Yea, looks like a bat.

I got one of those guard cages for my vent leading to the kitchen stove. They used to make a nest right in the side of my house and soak up the fine aromas coming from my cooking

As for the cage guard. Works perfect, haven't had a problem since *thumbs up*

Posted by: purple hayes Feb 8 2009, 02:04 PM

It's a bat wearing feathers for disguise.

Posted by: skennington Feb 8 2009, 05:12 PM

Seems the problem persists. After removing the bird, which seemed to be dead for a while, I'm still hearing a critter in there. Now I'm thinking it's a rat that was feeding on the bird and was coming for breakfast this morning.

But how in the heck would a rat get in that tube?The opening outside the house is 15ft in the air..

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Feb 8 2009, 11:06 PM

Possibly 2 birds got in?