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Wildlife in my laundry vent! Decamp or stay?

Mystery2BMystery2B member
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So I am relatively sure that something has gotten into the laundry vent to the dryer. *Insert freaking out Mystery here*

I do bugs, I don't do wildlife. 

I've called the landlord who can come over on his lunch hour around 11:30 (he lives accross the street and works like 5 minutes away). I went and flip videoed the sound, but honeslty A) don't have the cojones to actually pull the dryer out and B) what would I do if I found something? 

Any advice? Or should I just get the h-e-double hockey sticks out of here? 

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Re: Wildlife in my laundry vent! Decamp or stay?

  • papagenapapagena member
    I'd just wait for your landlord.  What does it sound like??
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  • Mystery2BMystery2B member

    I don't know...something that would fit inside that metal dryer hose. That's what I heard first, what that tin foil crinkling sound from the laundry room...then I heard it in the wall between the kitchen and laundry room (vent runs up the wall the roof).

    I've flip videoed the sound so landlord can hear it when he comes from both the laundry room and the kitchen...this is a landlord type issue, right? 

    My mom instilled a illogical fear of small running things (rodents specifically) and I am not dealing well. I guess if the landlord is coming I should pick up...Oddly enough I'm the one that kills bugs (DH comes and gets me to do it). 

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  • Sam78Sam78
    Can you close off the laundry room until the landlord comes? Don't feel bad, I found an opossum behind our dryer in the last house, flipped, and called animal control who took pity on the poor lady and sent someone out (who happened to be a woman but she did have a long pole wiht a hook!) in the middle of the night.  If the critter is in the vent, that means they can't really get in right? so be doubly safe, close the door and pretend that there's nothing in there until the landlord comes
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  • Mystery2BMystery2B member

    I've gotten over the initial freak out - even went and looked behind the dryer. It is FOR SURE in the vent - I could hear it move through the vent to the dryer end and then back up into the wall.  I think the landlord could even wait till after work to come and I would be ok.

    Off to make custard while C naps - I got a gallon of whole milk this morning for $1 because the sell by date is tomorrow...that's when I make panna cotta type items Big Smile

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