I just need to ask if you are sure it is in the vent? I had a mouse in the wall in my kitchen and thought it was in the stove vent pipe that goes to the roof. It was just lookin' for a home. Had nothing to do with the roof. A little snadk of peanot butter on a lovely wooden slab solved it. Betsy At 03:23 PM 10/28/2006, you wrote: >Lol. Ok. Sounds cool when I flush. I'll eat and drink a lot and enjoy the >flush with the added scratching behind my wall untill it is dead and >hopefully he will just wash away since he had to come down from the rough >and is only in the vent part anyway and just hope for the best. If things >start backing up well we'll cross that bridge when it is time and if he does >it will be war on the things that walk across my rough. I'll sit in the >rooms and shoot at the noises I hear above me. >Should make for some added venting and maybe I can put in a sky light if I >get enough leaks. > >Thanks. > >-----Original Message----- >From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Dale Leavens >Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:33 PM >To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maybe ergent help request > >In spite of what you may have been told or understand, sewer gas is rarely >dangerous. Occasionally some twit dumps something nasty including gasoline, >several years ago a railroad car dribbled gasoline into the storm sewers of >Timmins near here which eventually produced somewhat spectacular explosions >and fountains of flames out of the man hole and grills in the streets and >roads. That notwithstanding, the gas can be unpleasant. > >That though isn't a major concern, blocking the drain is probably more >worrying. You probably do have a bird, I think I would be inclined to try to > >flush him on through, there isn't any reasonable way you are likely to >rescue him anyway unless maybe by removing the toilet and perhaps dragging >it out with your hand well gloved and assuming your hand will fit. Mine just > >barely fits into the standard three inch sewer pipe and I am a small man. He > >will bite you if he can so you will want a substantial glove, I doubt your >elbow will make it around the various bends and so on. > >There may be a cleaning eye near where the critter is but how likely is >that. > >If the creature isn't dying of sewer gas, neither will you. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Ruby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:06 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maybe ergent help request > > > > Hi, > > > > Today I noticed a bird or something that sounds like he can scratch very > > well behind my toilet. > > What is behind there? > > My plumbing vent on the rough. So he must of fell down there. > > Now since it is the weekend I can not get no help. > > > > What can I do other then not go to the bathroom or run water in there? > > When I do it starts scratching like mad for a little bit. > > > > How likely could he plug that pipe up and cause methane gas or suer gas to > > enter the rome and maybe cause a health problem? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Maybe I should keep running water or flushing until he scratches himself > > to > > death, but can he do damage to the pipe or anything inside there? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > > or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > Various List Members At The Following Address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! 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