HELP!! Dead mouse odor

I don't know if it will definitely work, but I'd try some Nature's Miracle or equiv. I've found it works on a variety of biological odors besides pet excreta.

Remove what you can, and cover as much of the rest as practical to prevent odor from penetrating while you're gone.

When I had a rat terrier, mice never got into the house. Or yard. He was fearless in pursuit of anything mousy. I can't have a cat. I'm violently allergic. And I can't stand them. Really, cats are fine in other people's houses. Except I get sick when I go to someone's house who has cats. But mostly I am a dog person. Cats ... not so much.

Sunny really missing my little Angus

There used to be a product I got in CVS Drugstore, or maybe Walgreens that definitely would take care of the ordor long enough to find and eliminate the problem. I have my freezer out in the storage room and once put a package of chicken up on a shelf while I straightened up the freezer. This was in the summer and it was 3 days before I went back into the storage room and found out that I had NOT put the chicken back into the freezer.. The product comes in a small bottle about 3 inches long. Sure hope you can find some of this stuff! Maybe burning a candle will help with your problem. Barbara in FL. "

The smell only lasts a relatively short time - then it is the maggots and flies that are the problem!!! Nasty to think about but still a fact. If the mouse is in the sauna, then you will have to remove your fabric items, prop open the sauna door and consider using one of the many industrial strength odour eliminators on the market..there are bio-degradable and environmentally friendly products available under various brand names by mail order. There was a knock on my door one day: it was the superintendant of my building asking about the aroma of 'dead' animal.....when he realized that all were still alive inside my apartment, he checked out the ceiling light above my door...took out his handy industrial spray and shot it up into the cavity...no more aroma. I admit that his brand was not 'healthy' for my sensitivities but it soon dissipated. jennellh

That should have been "cover as much of the rest as practical WITH PLASTIC..." Hooboy yesterday was rough...

I think you need professional help. Heck. We all need professional help but this one is an emergency. Call around and see if there's an exterminator who will have mercy on you. Besides protecting a substantial investment in stash, you need to know stuff like 'why' and 'how' do you have a dead mouse? Polly

Yeah, maybe you could burn that candle in church, and pray the problem goes away!! :)

Remember the charcoal must be the "activated" type that is used in fish tank filters, not the type that you use in the bar-b-que. My refrigerator has an activated charcoal filter.

Mom, the laundry chemist, tried to use the bar-b-que type, it didn't work so good.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

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Sunny wrote: How do I get that horrid smell

I feel for you. I've been there, except it wasn't dead mouse, it was dead OPOSSUM (in a closed apartment with the AC off...) Mass-wise, equivalent to multiple mice. Dead mammal smell is unmistakable.

Wash down any washable hard surface with baking soda and water. Fabric: try airing it outdoors for a few days. If that doesn't help, launder what you can and Febreeze the snot out of what you can't. Find the source of the odor, if you can, and remove it. Hang in there.

Monique in TX

Not sure if this will work or not but maybe worth a shot.

We had a freezer go bad on us just 1 day after purchasing a bunch of meat. Started pulling everything out and into the upstairs freezer. I "thought" DH got the last of the meat and he "thought" that I had. Well, guess what? There was still meat in there after about 6 months. OMG - talk about a smell when the door was opened. Found this out when the movers came to pack up the house. He immediately shut the door and immediately got a clean, empty coffee filter and some coffee and tied it up and threw it in the freezer. Only we did a bunch of them cause it stunk really bad. Locked the door so they could move it and opened it outside at the new house and the smell was definitely better. Not ALL gone but tolerable.

Whew, I called an exterminator and he injected some sanity. Much needed, I will say. He offered to come do what he would do for $300 or said he would tell me what he would do and I could do it myself. Sounded simple. And it is. I'm putting heavily baited traps into the sauna and a piece of newspaper in the floor with flour sifted in the middle of it. Then I'm closing the door and putting a big towel where it will seal the tiny gap under the door. And tomorrow morning I will know if live mice are in my fabric. That will dictate the next step. First, throw away the dead mice. Then, re-bait the traps and leave them with orders for Son #1 (who is staying home to work) to remove dead mice as needed. Otherwise, I'm putting big pans of baking soda in the sauna, leaving the door open and it should be aired enough by the time I get back that I can pull out my fabric without gagging. (it doesn't help that I was hit with a massive migraine last night and it hasn't completely subsided all day) so I've got plenty of traps, peanut butter and I'm ready to boogie. Dealing with individual fabric pieces will have to wait 'till I get back.

Thanks for the good advice. Nobody in town has the charcoal. Apparently other people have been looking and all over town folks in stores that should carry the stuff are just chuffed from having people tell them that they should carry the stuff.

So that's that. Wish me luck and no dead mice, cuz then it will mean no invasion, just a stinky dead thing in the wall.

Hugs, Sunny

I know that this won't help getting rid of the mouse odor you already have, but Bert and I do this to help keep mice out of the cottage when we are not there over the winter. We buy the most fragranced possible Bounce fabric softner sheets and basically spread the entire box throughout the house when we leave. And I mean everywhere. In the closets, dressers, beds, on the couch, floor, under the sinks, etc. And I mean everywhere. Apparently mice don't like the smell. Can't blame them. It's about enough to gag me too with that much. But, we've cut down to almost nothing the mice problem. Still a few in traps in the furnace room and garage, but none upstairs anymore. Mom and Dad did the same thing with the Fifth-Wheel and never had a mouse in their either.

Maybe in the future a sheet or two in your stash in the sauna will help keep them out too.

Just trying to pass on some possible future help.

Steven Alaska

At last! A use for Bounce! :D

Sunny, have you tried vinegar? It works great when odors. It absorbs just about any type of odor. Works great when just set in a bowl and place where needed; or you can put some in a spray bottle and litely spray your material. If you decide to wash some of the material, it will also work in your frig.

Not admitting that I live in a stinking house LOL but I've tried this and it works!

Donna

I wonder if this would work for pack rats. My brother has pack rat problems in Arizona. Can't seem to out smart her. I'm really sorry to hear about your problem. I found a dead mouse in my guest room trashcan. I have no idea how it got there but it obviously couldn't get back out. After I threw the carcass away and washed the can the smell went away. Best of luck and enjoy your trip to Arizona. Donna in Bellevue