How do you remove dead rat smell?

Answer 1

The first thing to remember is that there is no such thing as 'ONE' rat. So if you see or smell ONE rat, there are MORE that you don't see.

If you've used POISON, the rat has died in the wall or under the floor. Use your nose, and find where the smell is STRONGEST. I will tell you first off that I am a Homeowner asnd I have tried EVERYTHING-- but nothing works except the following:

Where the smell is Strongest-- open or cut the wall to find the corpse. If you thought the smell was bad before-- when you find the body-- you will know the difference between a 'smell' and a 'Stench'.

Wear THICK rubber gloves and be prepared to WASH THEM OFF afterwards.

Remove the corpse. Dispose of it IMMEDIATELY to the garbage.

If you can Spray the area with a HARSH cleanser and scrub and wipe dry with paper towels. DISPOSE OF THESE IMMEDIATELY.

If possible-- spray the area with Febreeze (It helps a little)

When the space is dry-- reseal the hole you cut.

NOTE: the Smell will STILL be there for a couple of days or more. But now that you've removed the corpse, it's not regenerating. VENTILATE THE ROOM-- Leave the window open a crack DAILY. Be warned that Humidity and Heat will revive the smell's residue for a while. And the smell will live on in your memory log after it's gone.

NOTE: There is NO MAGICAL CHEMICAL ERADICATOR of Dead Rat Smell. Perfumes like FeBreeze only imperfectly mask the smell-- but when the FeBreeze wears off, the smell remains. It has been said that certain poisons will 'Mummify the rat body without smelling'. . .THEY LIE!!! NOTHING ELIMINATES THE SMELL OF A DECOMPOSING BODY-PERIOD.

NEXT Step-- If you've gone through the trouble to deal with the stench of that ONE dead rat-- you MUST go the whole nine years and deal with the rest.

This means you must FIND THE HOLES. Rate holes and Mice holes are lot SMALLER than you think. You have to get on your hands and KNEES and go around EVERY room were the Floor meets the wall and look WITH A FLASHLIGHT. If you see something and it's big enough to stick your PINKY in-- it's BIG enough for a mouse. Use Steel wool to plug the LARGER holes (They tend to be inside closets-- they are enlarged by regular traffic) and use caulk for the tiny ones. ALSO check around the STAIRS where they meet the floor.

If you have pets, do NOT leave food in the dish. A Finicky Cat is just leaving a Midnight Buffet for the rats. And NO-- a Cat in the house does NOT scare away mice. YOU already FED the feline, so why should it waste its time running after something that won't taste good anyway!

When you've plugged all the holes the rats will go elsewhere. They generally won't stay where there is No Food. And Rats KNOW that Food is NOT Inside the Walls-- it's INSIDE THE ROOMS.

Last-- DON'T USE POISON IN THE HOUSE. Poison in Food Form is just FOOD to the Rat. A LOT of Poison in Food Form is an ABUNDANCE of FOOD to the Rat. That will Attract MORE RATS. And then they will die in MULTIPLES INSIDE YOUR WALLS and the stench will make you consider ARSON as a viable alternative.

Instead use Glue traps or good ole snap-traps. Dispose of the Body Immediately and then FIND THE HOLE THE RAT CAME FROM! Repeat the steps above. Also, if you live close by neighbors, try and get them to do the same thing. Rats are attracted to NEIGHBORHOODS, then they spread from house to house.

Answer 2

Get rid of the rats. Poision is only of limited help. You must get rid of rats, because they can only reproduce around rats.

I do not agree with the above answer whatsoever. I rescued a hedgehog, 3 rats and a gerbil that were infested with mites. I mean the white rats had so many that they had bleeding sores. They had thousands and thousands of them. The rats were so week and literally dying of them..... I did the following with the 3 rats and the gerbil. The hedgehog I could NOT bathe or he would of tore me up with the spines! I did everything the same with him except the bath.....

What I did was 1. Gave them a bath in dawn dish soap and rinsed them well to remove all the shampoo. 2. Cleaned the cage with warm bleach water. 3. Bought RID lice spray for bedding and furniture and sprayed the tank down good. Till the tank was slightly damp with the spray and let it air dry. 4. sprayed the NEW litter well and let it dry out on newspaper. This is important to do. If there is any mites that evaded the spray and tank cleaning or bathing. They will not evade the litter. The rats, gerbils, mice hedgehogs ect.... lay in the litter and the spray hangs around on the litter they are laying in. ****DO NOT SPRAY THE RID ON ANY ANIMAL! ****ONLY ON THEIR BEDDING!

5. I kept the clean rats in the tub while the tank and litter dried out. 6. Put the litter and rats back in the cage... 7. Repeated the process 1 more time about 4 days after...Even though there was zero evidence that any mites remained. They are survived and are happy and healthy!