So...I came home from work today and heard sounds coming from the fireplace area. I thought maybe the wind was blowing hard causing the noises. Jason came home from work and of course, no sounds. We were upstairs making supper, and we both heard something sound like it was banging around in the chimney. At this point, we wondered if the noises were coming from a bird that got stuck, so Jason went up on the roof to investigate, but to no avail, he couldn't see anything. During supper, we concluded that there was definitely some sort of animal in distress inside the chimney. So Jason went back up on the attic with a more powerful flashlight and some twine with a metal piece on the end. I heard a couple struggles and nails scratching against the tin. Jason came back inside and reveled that we have a squirrel inside our chimney. Joy!
He thought about how to get it out and put a really long piece of trim down inside the chimney. After he came back inside we thought we heard the squirrel climbing up, but as I type this I just heard a loud thud on the baffle (is that what you call it?)...so he fell. Well, let's hope that he gets out (or dies) because all these noises are driving me crazy.
Any ideas on getting animals out of a chimney??
First tile! Super exciting!
