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There is a bird stuck in my chimney?

Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:55 pm
Posted by northern
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:55 pm
Came home for lunch. Heard loud chirping coming from the fireplace. Opened the flue but the little guy isn’t coming out.

What are my options here? Wait it out or just light it up and give him a quick death?
Posted by TH03
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Posted by TideSaint
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This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 1:58 pm
Posted by Rebel
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:59 pm to
I had it happen to me. I called an exterminator and he just told me to wait it out. He would die in a few days. I worried about the smell of decomp and he said there wouldn’t be any. He was right.

It was summer time when it happend to me. Blaze up.
This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 2:00 pm
Posted by momentoftruth87
Your mom
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:59 pm to
Start fire. Solve problem
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:00 pm to
If you light a fire and if there is a nest and other buildup you have a potential fire hazard. If you light a fire, you may burn your house down.
Posted by High C
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:00 pm to
What would you do if it was a lobster?
Posted by tigerdude12
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:01 pm to
bb gun
Posted by toosleaux
Stuck in Baton Rouge traffic
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

What would you do if it was a lobster?


Posted by northern
Member since Jan 2014
1360 posts
Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:06 pm to
quote:

If you light a fire and if there is a nest and other buildup you have a potential fire hazard. If you light a fire, you may burn your house down.


Had a fire last week during the cold snap. Think the little fella just got lost.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:11 pm to
Throw your neighbor’s cat down there.
Posted by RockAndRollDetective
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:28 pm to
Thread title sounds like code lingo for "Hey, do I have a booger hanging?"
Posted by Hangover Haven
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:29 pm to
I had a squirrel die in mine... About a week later there were hundreds of flies on the fire place screen... I eased it outside and shook them off.. The remaining ones were caught on fly paper...
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:30 pm to
Is this code for a hamster stuck in your chimney?
Posted by MLCLyons
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 3:51 pm to
Is your damper open? It seems like at some point it would head for the light and escape on its own.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 3:57 pm to
Is your chimney 100% brick or stone. Or is it the modern big house made of plywood with brick veneer.

If it's plywood, wait until the bird dies and drops, Otherwise Fire damage is possible. You do have a fire extinguisher next to any fireplace you use as a fireplace?

If you have a woodstove that feeds its smoke into a double walled stainless steel set of pipes that go up the chimney, the bird will probably die from the heat if you have a fire this next cold snap.

Bird's gonna die. Which beats being on fire and coming into your house.
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 4:03 pm to
How is it "stuck"? Can it fly? Is it hoovering in place? Why wouldn't it fall or fly out the bottem?
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34401 posts
Posted on 1/29/18 at 4:07 pm to
Light it.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 4:08 pm to
Bird can’t get any lift in a confined place like a chimney.
Posted by Carson123987
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

What would you do if it was a lobster?


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