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I live in a shitty ass apartment and was woken up around 7am this morning to what I thought were sounds of someone shoveling snow - but it turns out that it's a wild animal stuck in my oven's fan air duct - I can hear it scratching as I'm typing this - I've already called and left a message for the property management company but they probably won't respond until tomorrow and I'm hoping the animal won't be dead.

I don't know WTF it is - a bird, squirrel, chipmunk, mouse, rat - but I'm not gonna take apart the fan and air duct to find out - and I'm dreading having a maintenance guy or an HVAC tech come do it.

How the fuck does something like this happen? Especially when I'm on the 1st floor.

EDIT: The creature is stuck in the air vent that connects to the little hut that's (sometimes) above stoves - The fan on mine connects to a very small air duct - only big enough for animals mentioned above to get into.

I live in a shitty ass apartment and was woken up around 7am this morning to what I thought were sounds of someone shoveling snow - but it turns out that it's a wild animal stuck in my oven's fan air duct - I can hear it scratching as I'm typing this - I've already called and left a message for the property management company but they probably won't respond until tomorrow and I'm hoping the animal won't be dead. I don't know WTF it is - a bird, squirrel, chipmunk, mouse, rat - but I'm not gonna take apart the fan and air duct to find out - and I'm dreading having a maintenance guy or an HVAC tech come do it. How the fuck does something like this happen? Especially when I'm on the 1st floor. EDIT: The creature is stuck in the air vent that connects to the little hut that's (sometimes) above stoves - The fan on mine connects to a very small air duct - only big enough for animals mentioned above to get into.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Yes, that blocked vent should back up all the gasses into the home. You either die in a house fire or suffocate in the stench and die. Problem solved.

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Nah... if it's got enough room to scratch around there's enough room to let the heat kill it and slowly dry it out. Once all the moisture is baked out of their little bodies, they lose 90% of their volume.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Just like with my neighbor's bratty kid, but that's another story. Dehydrated kid fits in a shipping tube. My shed has no smell.

But I don't talk about it. Shhhh!

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The black ones shrivel up and look like dead capabaras. Then you can drop them off in the passing lane of a nearby interstate at night and.... well, you know.