Oftentimes a house smells terrible, one room in particular. I can tell by the smell when it's was a dead rat. Every dead
animal smells terrible, but rats have a particular smell. I go up in the attic, but of course see nothing, because most
dead rats die somewhere under the insulation. Furthermore, attics are well-ventilated, and while the smell in the house is
horrible, it's not so bad in the attic, and it's not easy to pinpoint. Still, I sniff like a bloodhound (and get fiberglass in
my lungs) and finally locate, dig for, and remove the dead rat.
I know that dead rat is up here somewhere, I can smell it.
Bingo! Once it's removed I decontaminate, and the smell disappears.
Rats are the most common dead animal that I deal with, for two important reasons: first, they're very common inside of buildings, homes, and attics, so when they die there's a good chance that they'll
die inside, and second, they breed in high numbers and don't live very long, so there's a lot of them dying. The situation is only made worse if people use rodenticides. Many of the dead rat removal
jobs that I go to are the result of ill-informed poison use.
For more dead animal information, go back to the
dead animal removal page.
If you don't live in Orlando FL, click here for the
National Directory of Wildlife Trappers.
I operate a professional nuisance wildlife control business in Orlando Florida. I do all aspects of pest critter removal, but I specialize in dead animal removals. Whether you have a
dead animal in the attic or a
dead animal under the house or a
dead rat in the wall or ceiling I can find and remove it.
