If the bird has left droppings in your fireplace take extra care removing them.
Bird trapped in gas fireplace.
Install a chimney cap to keep birds and other animals out of the chimney.
I can t remove the fire it has to be a gas engineer.
Move slowly and decisively.
Bird trapped in fireplace chimney.
Be afraid of the bird.
What on earth can i do.
If you have an open chimney where the bird can escape from below then you might want to try and coax the bird out rather than reach up and grab it.
Leave a few scraps of food in your fireplace to try and tempt the bird to come down and eat and leave the room for a while with a window ajar for the bird to fly out of.
I woke up to a bunch of noise coming out of my fireplace with my cat intently sitting in front of the fireplace waiting for a bounty to come to him.
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Have come down this morning to hear cheeping behind my fitted gas fire there s definitely something behind there.
Ensure that the trapped creature really is a bird and not a raccoon or another wild.
A fishnet with small holes can be used in place of a towel to trap a bird in a fireplace.
Choose a box that fits the fireplace opening without much room around the sides to avoid the bird traveling or getting.