TheChiefRedditor t1_j3ytoh5 wrote on January 12, 2023 at 12:13 AM

Has the sewer they are in got a manhole cover? Is it like a storm drain off the street? Can you post a picture of the situation? Hard to suggest ideas without a visual. No idea what kind of animals they sound like? How long they been down there? Can you see them at all? You gotta give a bit more specifics and details in the sitrep.

definitelyjaded OP t1_j3yut4g wrote on January 12, 2023 at 12:21 AM

Storm drain. I cannot see them. I was just taking out the trash. I only have my phone flashlight and they appear to be moving within the sewer system. I’ll hear crying from one storm drain and movement in the other. Sounds small. I was worried it was kittens. But we have raccoons too.

TheChiefRedditor t1_j3yx3mk wrote on January 12, 2023 at 12:37 AM

If you have a board or something you might be able to angle it down there at some angle as a makeshift ramp of some kind for them to climb up. Short of being able to pop the manhole and look down there i dunno....maybe if they are good climbers they could even shimmy up some kind of sheet or rope that could be tied to something on street level and hung down there?

definitelyjaded OP t1_j3yyali wrote on January 12, 2023 at 12:45 AM

I can try to prop a branch or something. It’s very narrow. Thanks.

TheChiefRedditor t1_j3yzwc1 wrote on January 12, 2023 at 12:56 AM

It would help to know for sure what kind of animals they are but if its too dark and you cant get the lid off and get enough light down there to see, so be it.