Dead Mouse Attic

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Dead mouse attic.

The only other thing besides mouse droppings i have ever seen in the attic was one small snake skin. The kitchen is a popular destination as that is where the food can be found and the mouse will find any way he can to get to the kitchen even climbing down the walls. Once a mouse has made his house in your attic he is free to roam throughout the rest of your house leaving little tell tale signs as he goes. The odor eliminator i recommend is fresh wave because it seems to work well and people have reported good results.

Dead mouse in the attic ceiling 09 12 2007 the below is an email exchange that i had with a man. What might eat a dead mouse in an attic. Hire a wildlife control specialist. If you do use rodenticide be sure your pets and children can t get into it.

More commonly mice die in your attic especially in higher numbers because someone has applied a mouse poison rodenticide. Hi david thanks to your website i was given some good info that allowed me to locate a rotting dead mouse in my attic. If you can t get rid of the dead mouse your best bet is to either wait out the smell it won t last forever or try the odor eliminator. The best way to get rid of the dead mouse smell is to get rid of the dead mouse.

The odor of a dead mouse is a mix of sulfur dioxides methane and other noxious gases that are produced as tissue begins to decompose. The attic is usually well ventilated. If you use mouse bait containing food and a rodenticide without trapping the mouse the smell of dead mice in the attic may be a problem. I was thrilled.

But the stench of the dead animal collects and lingers in the house below. Leave a comment attic cleanup attic decontamination rat cleanup rodent proofing by logan a the stench of a dead and decaying mouse inside the home is enough to drive anyone crazy. I was wondering what would do this. It s hard to fully enjoy your home when you re forced to smell this undeniably foul odor each time you take a breath.

Unfortunately this smell can be produced by any member of the rodent family mice rats etc that may have found its way into your walls attic or crawlspaces and died. Another mouse a rat or could a snake do this. I live in a rural wooded area in the appalachian mountains. One dead mouse was half eaten when i checked the trap.

Put on rubber vinyl gloves spray a combination of bleach and water or some disinfectant on the dead mice or their nest make the disinfectant absorb the mouse or its nest for 5 minutes. Furthermore rodenticides can be toxic to humans pets and other wildlife. Most of the emails that i get are pointless and written poorly but i thought this one was worth posting.