When an animal like a rat squirrel opossum or raccoon dies in a wall attic or another area of your home the smell can be overwhelming.
Something died in my attic.
Be sure to cover holes larger than one half inch 1 25 cm in diameter vents chimneys crawl spaces gaps and cracks.
I believed it was a dead something and i was not going to go looking for it.
Last summer i believed an odor coming out of my kitchen was coming down from the ceiling.
There might be other clues on your house or at the entry hole such as footprints hair and so on.
Most of the time cutting isn t necessary.
He came up with nothing.
It may only create a slight odor at first but the real danger comes from the bacteria it contains.
I hear something in my attic.
Whether your attic is being invaded by mice rats raccoons or even squirrels you must beware of the dangers posed by their droppings urine.
But if it s died in a wall or under floorboards or something then i need to cut a hole.
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.
The man poked proded crawled around my attic in places i feared wasps would get him.
If you know how to identify these you will know your culprit.
So if you re experiencing a smell of this nature in your home it s hard to say with certainty the culprit is a mouse without visual confirmation.
Follow these steps to eliminate the odor problem.
There you will find various evidence most importantly you can identify the feces.
I can simply crawl in the attic or under the house and find the deceased critter.
The animal may have died at the very edge of the attic or worse in a cathedral ceiling or some other spot.
Third the inspection in the attic is the real clincher.
Animals can get in to your house through holes cracks vents and other openings and the best way to prevent them from getting inside and dying in your home is to cover these entry points.
If you can t find the offending animal or don t want to cut into your walls you ll have to do what you can to keep the odor contained and cover it up as much as possible it typically takes up to two weeks for the smell to fade but it can take longer for larger animals like raccoons.
This can make a house uninhabitable until the stench has been eliminated.
I think there is an animals living up there this is a common call we get here at creature control.
The best way to eliminate the smell of a dead animal inside your wall is to find the animal and remove it.
If it s inaccessible by a skinny human such as me i sniff out the exact area and cut a hole in the ceiling and remove the animal that way.
