Something Died In My Attic

It may only create a slight odor at first but the real danger comes from the bacteria it contains.

Something died in my attic.

They die under the insulation. Most of the wild animals inhabit the attic space or live in walls or under the house. Second the animal often dies burrowed under the insulation. Check basements crawl spaces and areas under your house if it has a raised foundation.

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. They die under the ductwork. The worst type of odor in my personal opinion is that of a dead animal. There might be other clues on your house or at the entry hole such as footprints hair and so on.

If you know how to identify these you will know your culprit. Be sure to cover holes larger than one half inch 1 25 cm in diameter vents chimneys crawl spaces gaps and cracks. Heck sometimes even house cats die in the attic or walls. Oh call you local utility company sometimes natural gas coming out of the ground has a foul odor.

There you will find various evidence most importantly you can identify the feces. It is just not healthy living around that. Then call pest control or animal control in your area or your local health dept. Whether your attic is being invaded by mice rats raccoons or even squirrels you must beware of the dangers posed by their droppings urine.

Verify the dead animal is in your walls and not somewhere that you can easily remove it. Check the dust under your frig that it is not to close to the compressor running your frig. Third the inspection in the attic is the real clincher. Common culprits include mice rats squirrels opossums and raccoons.

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. Follow these steps to eliminate the odor problem. Thoroughly check your attic and rafters moving insulation if necessary to ensure that the body isn t laying where you can reach it. That makes it hard.

They die under the attic floorboards. Most of the time the animal has died in some god forsaken part of the attic that a monkey can t reach.