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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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  1. Get a metal cap plug for inside the house. A small length of 1/2 inch PVC pipe with a threaded end and a cap. A can on lighter fluid and one of those electric start click lighters or

  2. Drill a hole in the plug.

  3. Connect a small 1/2" threaded PVC pipe to the hole. In the cap make a small hole and attach the starter from the lighter to it.

  4. Spray some lighter fluid into the duct (be conservative)

  5. Actuate the starter.

  6. Remove the setup and act like nothing happened.