The attic is usually well ventilated.
Dead mouse attic.
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.
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.
Dead mouse in the attic ceiling 09 12 2007 the below is an email exchange that i had with a man.
Hi david thanks to your website i was given some good info that allowed me to locate a rotting dead mouse in my attic.
I was thrilled.
But the stench of the dead animal collects and lingers in the house below.
While it s true that not all the rodents in the attic will eat the poison and die several will and they die in your attic or walls.
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.
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.
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The smell is usually strongest in the room below the exact area where the animal died.
Another mouse a rat or could a snake do this.
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.
If you do use rodenticide be sure your pets and children can t get into it.
Here what you should do to clean up the attic.
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.
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 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.
More commonly mice die in your attic especially in higher numbers because someone has applied a mouse poison rodenticide.
I was wondering what would do this.
Most of the emails that i get are pointless and written poorly but i thought this one was worth posting.
The best way to get rid of the dead mouse smell is to get rid of the dead mouse.
The odor eliminator i recommend is fresh wave because it seems to work well and people have reported good results.
Furthermore rodenticides can be toxic to humans pets and other wildlife.
The only other thing besides mouse droppings i have ever seen in the attic was one small snake skin.
Hire a wildlife control specialist.
