Fantail stuck in house... advice?

[MAC_HATER]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-Eht5-JSQ

OR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hlj4EbdsE

either of these would have sorted the problem

[Sully60]

Black Flag.

Yep, and turn the volume up. Angry music at volume has proven very effective at getting birds to leave my place in the past

[Naki Rat]

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 wouldn't be too worried about the death thing. When living on an orchard in the Bay of Plenty we should have been waist deep in dead friends if the number of fantails coming into the house was any indication.

Used to get the cats pretty motivated, but they very rarely were sucessfull in catching them. I think the fantails just enjoyed winding the cats up and then pissing off outside again

[vifferman]

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

Yes, it's a superstitious myth from a stone-age culture, and should be put in the same bucket as black cats running across your path, breaking a mirror bringing 7 years of bad luck, etc etc.

[Big Dave]

Glad it's resolved - I would have opened the window.

[Big Dave]

Yes, it's a superstitious myth from a stone-age culture, and should be put in the same bucket as black cats running across your path, breaking a mirror bringing 7 years of bad luck, etc etc.

I agree. Touch wood.

[The Pastor]

I have an air riffle...

[Number One]

Yes, it's a superstitious myth from a stone-age culture, and should be put in the same bucket as black cats running across your path, breaking a mirror bringing 7 years of bad luck, etc etc.

Yeah I guess you are right but I still won't say *Candyman* in the mirror three times either cos that movie scared the bejesus outta me! I do however stand on cracks in the pavement

[fire eyes]

hmmm .. yes there are stories about the fantail as being the messengers of death. Iv never had specifically the fantail fly into my house though so can niether disregard nor confirm. Although if it did Id definitely be taking note of whats going on around me.

A suggestion: if a bird flies into your house, open the doors and the windows and ask it to leave. Has worked for me many times, for birds, wasps, bumble bees & wetas.

[PrincessBandit]

Yeah I guess you are right but I still won't say *Candyman* in the mirror three times either cos that movie scared the bejesus outta me! I do however stand on cracks in the pavement

That was such a cool movie ay?
We've had fantails in our house heaps of times too and never had the death thing, even though one was in our lounge for ages while we tried to herd it out. How can something so cute and cheeky be a death icon? I love hearing them chatter at me while gardening and disturbing all the little flying bugs for them.

[skidMark]

Yes, it's a superstitious myth from a stone-age culture, and should be put in the same bucket as black cats running across your path, breaking a mirror bringing 7 years of bad luck, etc etc.

Can we put treaty of waitangi there too?

[NOMIS]

lol I dont actually believe the "fantail" theory. a story created out of coincidence . however im not going to bag thoes who belive it. so skid the bird gone yet? usually your number one at scaring "birds" away

[Mom]

Black Flag.

No that only sort of works with rats

Ask Maha

[spookytooth]

the fantail and death thing is because of the dead being keeped inside for a bit before tossing them in the ground,dead peeps tend to attract flies,fantails happen to like to eat flies

[Maha]

Black Flag.

Tried that once on a rat....I just made the fucker angry....

Edit: Damn, I see Mom has already spilled!