There's a bird in my bedroom

[eastlondonseagull]

...of the feathered variety.

And the little bugger's gone and got itself stuck under the floorboards.

Mischief the cat caught it in the loft yesterday early evening after I'd forgotten to close the loft-hatch, and after 10 minutes of panic flying / chasing / banging against the window in the bedroom below, the poor old sparrow found the one hole we've got in the floorboards and plopped down into it, never to be seen again.

It's probably dead now and beginning to rot somewhere under foot.

Is there anyway I can find and fish it out without having to remove all the upstairs carpets, furniture and pulling up all the bloody floorboards?

Or can I just leave it? Will a small dead house sparrow leave a nasty stink?

Yours, animal-lovingly :thud:

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Oh dear.

It will make a smell, but also attract other things like maggots etc. that will breed.

Get it out!!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Oh dear.

It will make a smell, but also attract other things like maggots etc. that will breed.

Get it out!!

Bugger

 

[Gazwag]

You could hang up air freshners like the nasty man did in Seven

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Christ, I've just tried to pull up one of the boards near the hole and it's a tough old bastard. Think they've been down 120 year

 

[Gazwag]

Any skeletons yet

 

[B.M.F]

Oh dear Tim. You are going to be busy mate. You have to get the bird out mate as it will start to pong etc as previously mentioned. I promise I will not laugh if you pull up the floorboards to find the bird has got out

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Oh dear Tim. You are going to be busy mate. You have to get the bird out mate as it will start to pong etc as previously mentioned. I promise I will not laugh if you pull up the floorboards to find the bird has got out

You just know that's gonna be the case

RSPCA said it'll take a couple of weeks to rot, so we've got a bit of time, but bugger me, it's the last thing I need at the moment

 

[KNC]

Tell ya what m8

Your life is better than any 'soap'.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Well its probably not dead yet. It only went in Yesterday evening so it may have found an alternative way out.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

You could hang up air freshners like the nasty man did in Seven

ah but that human wasnt dead yet. so its a COMPLETELY different scenario

 

[Gazwag]

ah but that human wasnt dead yet. so its a COMPLETELY different scenario

ah but the sparrow hasn't been comfirmed a deceased yet either

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

ah but the sparrow hasn't been comfirmed a deceased yet either

so its not an ex sparrow yet.

aslong as it dosent look like its dead then come alive like the scary man did in seven ill be ok

 

[Gazwag]

It might end up like Captain Sparrow and walk amongst the dead though, dont uncover your eye yet, we need confirmation

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Apparently it's a baby starling

 

[Race]

Is it dead or alive though?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Is it dead or alive though?

That wasn't a bird, although I fully understand your confusion - Pete Burns was actually a MAN

 

[Gazwag]

Go down well with some fava beans and a nice Chianti

 

[Bakesy]

Get a floorboard up and put the cat under there, he'll soon sniff him out.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Go down well with some fava beans and a nice Chianti

That's bloody sick mate. You're supposed to drink white wine with dead sparrow