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It happened while we were away on vacation last week. Came back home, everything's normal.
Go to the basement to start the wood furnace, so I open the door. I hear a little noise, then notice something looking at me in the dark. I jumped! LOL
A pretty huge grey squirrel was in there, what the hell!!
I have no idea how long he stayed in there. It clearly fell down the chimney, then made its way into the furnace and couldn't get back out of it.
Must have been quite a fall, this is in the basement and we have a 2 stories house.
It scratched around and destroyed some of the nylon insulation around the furnace door, on the inside.
So, we made a few phone calls, and ended up burrowing a small animal cage, to get it. Fixed it with a wood board so that it fits on the furnace's door opening.
30 minutes later, it got out and we caught it.
Even for a grey squirrel, it was pretty big. It was extremely ferocious while in the cage. It was growling like a small dog. I put the cage inside a bag, and it calmed it down.
We dropped it at the local graveyard, where there's always a ton of squirrels. As soon as I opened the cage it went running, didn't look hurt or anything.
We're going to install a metal screen on our chimney cap, so that it doesn't happen again.
Anyone else experienced something like this? I heard a couple of stories about birds. But I never thought a squirrel would so that!
Go to the basement to start the wood furnace, so I open the door. I hear a little noise, then notice something looking at me in the dark. I jumped! LOL
A pretty huge grey squirrel was in there, what the hell!!
I have no idea how long he stayed in there. It clearly fell down the chimney, then made its way into the furnace and couldn't get back out of it.
Must have been quite a fall, this is in the basement and we have a 2 stories house.
It scratched around and destroyed some of the nylon insulation around the furnace door, on the inside.
So, we made a few phone calls, and ended up burrowing a small animal cage, to get it. Fixed it with a wood board so that it fits on the furnace's door opening.
30 minutes later, it got out and we caught it.
Even for a grey squirrel, it was pretty big. It was extremely ferocious while in the cage. It was growling like a small dog. I put the cage inside a bag, and it calmed it down.
We dropped it at the local graveyard, where there's always a ton of squirrels. As soon as I opened the cage it went running, didn't look hurt or anything.
We're going to install a metal screen on our chimney cap, so that it doesn't happen again.
Anyone else experienced something like this? I heard a couple of stories about birds. But I never thought a squirrel would so that!