"Srgnt Billko" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Srgnt Billko" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote:
It has a medium high-pitched, short chirp or cheep, one-time, stops
a bit then repeats, all times of the day or night then stops for
lengthy periods. I thought chipmunk, but they are usually more
repetitive vocally when they get going. I can't pinpoint where
this is, I have a cat so it is probably hiding, suspect the heat
ducts but not sure because the sound seems to alternate between the
dining room and spare bedroom, kitchen or back hall, it is hard to
track the sound. This has been going on for about a week now. I
thought I might be hearing things, but my daughter was here and
heard it and asked what it was.

I bought a havahart live trap for smallish creatures, had a dickens
of a time getting it set, daughter figured out the final step, and
loaded it with sunflower seeds and a peanut. Nothing has happened
yet.

A bat.

Shouldn't be a bat in the daytime.

It's inside the house no?

I always figure if they got in they can get out - but even in a house
they would find a hiding place and just "hang" during the day wouldn't
they ?

They can get their shift mixed up in the rafters. "hang" is what they do
when they sleep?

"Bill" wrote in message
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What about a bird's nest?
Chicks?? (Winged type).

That's a long shot, although . . .maybe a baby. I swear it is following
me through the house except to the back room where I have my computer.
I don't know what could last this long without getting fed unless there
are more than one . . ..

Birds have gotten in from time to time. A medium-sized brown woodpecker
somehow got in my computer room a few years ago. I have no idea how a
bird that large got in. We had a broken window in the attic and a hole
in the ceiling where my son's friend stepped through . . .who knows.
The window is now replaced, but there is a piece of wainscoating loose
in the eaves that needs to be repaired. A bat could easily get in
through there. I wouldn't think a bird would want to nest in the attic
as it is way too hot. A bat could quickly find its way to a cooler part
of the house by the air currents.

I'll try to figure it out tomorrow. I'm out of ideas. When it was in
the lr, I thought of just opening the front door and it might leave, but
I don't want bugs in here.

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"Stubby" wrote in message
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A cricket, maybe?

I'm familiar with their sound. It isn't the same, but that doesn't mean
they don't make different sounds. I'll let you know if I figure it out.
Maybe I will just have a houseguest for awhile . . .I'm growing
accustomed to its sound. I just wanted whatever it is out for obvious
reasons and that it not starve before it can be caught and set free. If
it's a bat, it seems it's in more than it is out. I don't know what
happens while I'm sleeping.

Seems odd the cat doesn't show more curiosity about it. She's a good
mouser and caught a chipmunk by the tail when one got in my computer
room. I made her drop it, it hid in a corner, I isolated it by closing
the door and getting the cat out and left some peanuts and water out.
In the morning there were peanut shells all over my keyboard. I opened
the screen a couple inches and left some peanuts on the windowsill and
the next day the peanuts hadn't been eaten and it was gone. I don't
think the cat got it.

The woodpecker eventually flew into the top of the closet and climbed
into a small computer peripheral box. I clamped the lid down tight when
I found it and took it outside and set it free.

This one has me stymied. For now. It's just chirping away as I write,
every few seconds.



I Love Lucy wrote:
It has a medium high-pitched, short chirp or cheep, one-time, stops a
bit then repeats, all times of the day or night then stops for
lengthy periods. I thought chipmunk, but they are usually more
repetitive vocally when they get going. I can't pinpoint where this
is, I have a cat so it is probably hiding, suspect the heat ducts but
not sure because the sound seems to alternate between the dining room
and spare bedroom, kitchen or back hall, it is hard to track the
sound. This has been going on for about a week now. I thought I
might be hearing things, but my daughter was here and heard it and
asked what it was.

I bought a havahart live trap for smallish creatures, had a dickens
of a time getting it set, daughter figured out the final step, and
loaded it with sunflower seeds and a peanut. Nothing has happened
yet.

"Steveo" wrote in message
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Yeah people imagine dracula due to too many midnight movies. I had to
kill
one once and it was on my boat about 14 miles off shore of avon ohio
in
lake erie. This bat was all over us for some strange reason... there
was a
big coast gaurd research boat watching us kill the bat too. (they were
throwing test bats at us i think)

I wouldn't put it past them :-). That was funny about the coast guard
part. The rest was not. Seriously you had no choice in your situation
to kill it if you couldn't get it to leave you alone.

"I Love Lucy" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Yeah people imagine dracula due to too many midnight movies. I had to
kill
one once and it was on my boat about 14 miles off shore of avon ohio
in
lake erie. This bat was all over us for some strange reason... there
was a
big coast gaurd research boat watching us kill the bat too. (they were
throwing test bats at us i think)

I wouldn't put it past them :-). That was funny about the coast guard
part. The rest was not. Seriously you had no choice in your situation
to kill it if you couldn't get it to leave you alone.

Yeah I think it was keying on the boat electronics footprint or something,
and in the mean time guys in uniforms are watching us thru binoculars from
a cutter. It was freaky.

At any rate, hope you come to an agreement with your intruder, what ever it
turns out to be.

smoke alarms chirp when the battery gets low.

http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm

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smoke alarms chirp when the battery gets low.

http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm


Sounds like you are the winner to me LOL

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Yeah people imagine dracula due to too many midnight movies. I had
to
kill
one once and it was on my boat about 14 miles off shore of avon
ohio
in
lake erie. This bat was all over us for some strange reason...
there
was a
big coast gaurd research boat watching us kill the bat too. (they
were
throwing test bats at us i think)

I wouldn't put it past them :-). That was funny about the coast
guard
part. The rest was not. Seriously you had no choice in your
situation
to kill it if you couldn't get it to leave you alone.

Yeah I think it was keying on the boat electronics footprint or
something,
and in the mean time guys in uniforms are watching us thru binoculars
from
a cutter. It was freaky.

Maybe they thought you were Cuban refugees who had somehow gotten off
course and come down the St. Lawrence River. Heh, the t-word comes to
mind. They were just bored and had to scope you out and act officious
and obnoxious and sic the bat on you. Their radar may have affected the
bat because that behavior was unusual especially if in the daytime.

At any rate, hope you come to an agreement with your intruder, what
ever it
turns out to be.

Yes, we may have to settle for a peaceful coexistence. It cheeped a
little bit ago. I called animal control, said I didn't want them to
come out, asked if they knew what it could be, they said I had to call a
professional trapper. Yeah, right, you know what they would charge. My
granddaughter's bf's father does pest control; he may have some ideas
about it and might help me catch it so I've got a call in to her so we
can get in touch with him. If he can do anything, he would at least
give me a price break. Whatever it is, I don't want to kill it. At
least it isn't a snake.

"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...
It has a medium high-pitched, short chirp or cheep, one-time, stops a bit
then repeats, all times of the day or night then stops for lengthy
periods. I thought chipmunk, but they are usually more repetitive vocally
when they get going. I can't pinpoint where this is, I have a cat so it
is probably hiding, suspect the heat ducts but not sure because the sound
seems to alternate between the dining room and spare bedroom, kitchen or
back hall, it is hard to track the sound. This has been going on for
about a week now. I thought I might be hearing things, but my daughter
was here and heard it and asked what it was.

I bought a havahart live trap for smallish creatures, had a dickens of a
time getting it set, daughter figured out the final step, and loaded it
with sunflower seeds and a peanut. Nothing has happened yet.


Have you checked the battery in the smoke alarm?? I know that sounds stupid,
but I once tracked a "cricket" for two weeks, only to discover that he was
really the smoke alarm chirping to let me know the battery was dead.

DP

wrote in message
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smoke alarms chirp when the battery gets low.

http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm

Hmmm. I will check that out. I have one sitting in the dr on the
buffet and one in the sunroom. Didn't bother to get on a ladder and
install them the proper way. That might be it. Thanks! It's chirping
now. I just took two batteries out. There are more in boxes in the
spare room, don't know where exactly I put them.

I'll try to get back to you on this.

"DP" wrote in message
nk.net...

"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...
It has a medium high-pitched, short chirp or cheep, one-time, stops a
bit then repeats, all times of the day or night then stops for
lengthy periods. I thought chipmunk, but they are usually more
repetitive vocally when they get going. I can't pinpoint where this
is, I have a cat so it is probably hiding, suspect the heat ducts but
not sure because the sound seems to alternate between the dining room
and spare bedroom, kitchen or back hall, it is hard to track the
sound. This has been going on for about a week now. I thought I
might be hearing things, but my daughter was here and heard it and
asked what it was.

I bought a havahart live trap for smallish creatures, had a dickens
of a time getting it set, daughter figured out the final step, and
loaded it with sunflower seeds and a peanut. Nothing has happened
yet.


Have you checked the battery in the smoke alarm?? I know that sounds
stupid, but I once tracked a "cricket" for two weeks, only to discover
that he was really the smoke alarm chirping to let me know the battery
was dead.

DP

Thank you DP! Just did. See my most recent reply above.

"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

I think you nailed it. And you didn't know I had smoke detectors
(suppose most people do, net people at least).

It makes me laugh at myself, telling it to come out so I could catch it
and let it go free. Ha ha.

That's three problems solved within the last two days, two with the help
of netizens and one by my little old self. I get so much good help on
the net, it's amazing.

I must tell you it's a huge relief, didn't know how long I was going to
have to put up with it or what it would take to solve that one. Wonder
if I had gotten an animal trapper if he would have figured it out.

"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
nk.net...

I think you nailed it. And you didn't know I had smoke detectors (suppose
most people do, net people at least).

It makes me laugh at myself, telling it to come out so I could catch it
and let it go free. Ha ha.

That's three problems solved within the last two days, two with the help
of netizens and one by my little old self. I get so much good help on the
net, it's amazing.

I must tell you it's a huge relief, didn't know how long I was going to
have to put up with it or what it would take to solve that one. Wonder if
I had gotten an animal trapper if he would have figured it out.


You posted a question that was obviously fun for many of us.