Dead Rat Smell

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
we had a oppossum die under our bathroom last summer. we had flies for weeks. gross gross gross ahhhhh it was gross. i would set out those foggers everyday to attempt to build up some wall of poison between the house and the flies but it didn't work.

Thank god I only had a rat. I've vacuumed and killed at least 50 so far, but there are at least that number in my kitchen and living room. I don't see any more crawling from behind my stove anymore, so I'm hoping that there was only one large batch.

 

[I Saw OJ]

God thats gross.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Rubycon
You will have flies until all the flesh on the rotting corpse is consumed by their larvae. (maggots) :disgust:

That's a disgusting smell. I've wandered down alleys where the rats could not outrun the garbage truck and got squashed. It must be 100x worse inside! :Q

It was pretty bad. Fortunately, the smell was mainly relegated to the kitchen. The big lesson to learn here is NEVER use rat poison to kill indoor rodents.

The poison I used in the past in my barn resulted in the rats crawling all over the place in search of water - i.e. they didn't die in the walls; they were found dying in my lawn.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Rubycon
You will have flies until all the flesh on the rotting corpse is consumed by their larvae. (maggots) :disgust:

That's a disgusting smell. I've wandered down alleys where the rats could not outrun the garbage truck and got squashed. It must be 100x worse inside! :Q

It was pretty bad. Fortunately, the smell was mainly relegated to the kitchen. The big lesson to learn here is NEVER use rat poison to kill indoor rodents.

The poison I used in the past in my barn resulted in the rats crawling all over the place in search of water - i.e. they didn't die in the walls; they were found dying in my lawn.

Well, in that case, it isn't so bad to use poison. If you're trying to kill rats that live almost exclusively indoors, particularly when you also inhabit those indoor spaces, it isn't the best idea.

Though, humanely speaking, rat poison is a horrible way to kill them. The poison is an anti-coagulant, and so they essentially bleed to death.