Animal inside my washing machine?

[Anonymous]

This morning there were distinct scratchy kind of metallic sounds from my 2nd floor laundry room, which was really a little creepy, but even when I stood in the doorway I could hear the noises but didn't see anything. Then it stopped.

I just put some laundry in and it started again. Has anyone ever heard of an animal crawling up the venting hose from the dryer and getting stuck in there?

Yuck!

[Anonymous]

Not an animal...probably normal. Is your water heater in the same room? The sound is more likely coming from that. Ours does this regularly, I thought we had a mouse or squirrel in there.

[Anonymous]

I heard scratching in my laundry room one day and I was convinced an animal had gotten in. I can see the end of the vent from my kitchen window and it turns out it was birds pecking lint from the outside of the vent. the metal piping made it sound like they were inside. I hope that's all it was for you!

[Anonymous]

OP here. No water heater in that room - it is in the basement. The laundry room is about the size of a big closet. All that is in there is the washer and dryer. I hoped it might have been water in the pipes this morning since the dishwasher was running, but nothing was running a few minutes ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This morning there were distinct scratchy kind of metallic sounds from my 2nd floor laundry room, which was really a little creepy, but even when I stood in the doorway I could hear the noises but didn't see anything. Then it stopped.

I just put some laundry in and it started again. Has anyone ever heard of an animal crawling up the venting hose from the dryer and getting stuck in there?

Yuck!

If it was an animal--mouse, squirrel, etc. it may not be in the venting hose but got the insulation around it around it. Animals can definitely crawl into vents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsSy6geEKq8

You can make or buy a cover for outside vents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2k5vvrw0Nk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard scratching in my laundry room one day and I was convinced an animal had gotten in. I can see the end of the vent from my kitchen window and it turns out it was birds pecking lint from the outside of the vent. the metal piping made it sound like they were inside. I hope that's all it was for you!

I was just going to say something similar.

[Anonymous]

Mine looks like this

http://www.vent-solutions.com/siteimages/vent%20hood.jpg

No way anything can get in.

Is your vent on the roof ?

[Anonymous]

We had a bird build it's nest in the vent.

[Anonymous]

My sister found a rat, dead, in her washer. I think she may never recover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister found a rat, dead, in her washer. I think she may never recover.

Better a dead rat than a live one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister found a rat, dead, in her washer. I think she may never recover.

Omfg. I would get a new machine.
Scratch that, i would get a new house!