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    Fantail stuck in house... advice?

    A fan tail has flown into the house and is up in the rafters (A frame house)

    It keeps smacking on the window trying to get out...only a young one, i cant get hold of the darn thing, nor do i want to hurt it...

    We left the room for a while but its still doing the same thing.

    Any advice much appreciated, dont want it doing its head in on the window.

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    do you want it to be alive when it gets outside?

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    you know, in Maori culture when a fantail flys into your home its believed a loved one is close to death. something like that any ways. probally just have to let it find its own way out , or knock its self out from flying into windows to hard
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    Quote Originally Posted by jetboy View Post
    do you want it to be alive when it gets outside?

    Well yeah it is a NZ icon after all, if it was a black bird or sumthing i wouldve just shot it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NOMIS View Post
    you know, in Maori culture when a fantail flys into your home its believed a loved one is close to death. something like that any ways. probally just have to let it find its own way out , or knock its self out from flying into windows to hard

    Ahhh thanks i think?

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    Close all your curtains and doors, just leave the outside door or a window open and without a curtain over it. Gently herd the bird toward the exit and it should find its way out. If you do need to catch it, use a tea towel to cover the bird first and then gently pick it up.
    good luck.
    We have one that comes in every day.. we call it the wendy bird. It also just pecks on the glass of the ranch slider... weird.
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    If you have to handle it to assist it with it's bid for freedom, use a towel.

    Using a light bath towel will reduce the likelyhood of stressing it & increase your chances of catching it. Simply cover it with the towel, then gently gather it up and release outside by placing on the ground before uncovering it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NOMIS View Post
    you know, in Maori culture when a fantail flys into your home its believed a loved one is close to death. something like that any ways. probally just have to let it find its own way out , or knock its self out from flying into windows to hard
    I had one follow me into a girlfriends house before Grub died .. I shoed it out but it followed my in again a few times ....

    We thought it was my girlfriends mother in law or grubs mum who would be going .... we were wrong.
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    Entice the neighbours cat over with some treats, then close it in the room with the fantail.

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    Get a cork and a bottle, open a door and stand outside out of sight.

    Squeek the end of the cork on the bottle - with a few goes you'll get it sounding like the "chatter" of a fantail and it'll come out to investigate.

    I'd open all the windows etc in the house to increase sheer chance getting it out of the house too.
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    Turn any lights on that are down lower because its heading for light. leave all windows you can wide open and it will eventually fly out. If it doe's knock it self out and you catch it you have to spit on the back of its head before releasing it. Sorry to say this but if it dies inside the house it is a bad omen!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Murray View Post
    Turn any lights on that are down lower because its heading for light. leave all windows you can wide open and it will eventually fly out. If it doe's knock it self out and you catch it you have to spit on the back of its head before releasing it. Sorry to say this but if it dies inside the house it is a bad omen!!

    It flew out by its own accord, crisis averted lol

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    Fantails are beautiful but the whole myth about them providing an early warning of death is creepy. TAKE CARE Skid!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blossom View Post
    Close all your curtains and doors, just leave the outside door or a window open and without a curtain over it. Gently herd the bird toward the exit and it should find its way out. If you do need to catch it, use a tea towel to cover the bird first and then gently pick it up.
    good luck.
    We have one that comes in every day.. we call it the wendy bird. It also just pecks on the glass of the ranch slider... weird.


    Great idea Blossom. I shall keep that for future reference.
    we have a very nosey friendly thrush bird that does this to us!


    If its high in the rafters perhaps a butterfly net to catch him?


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