How long until corpse stops smelling bad?

[HeXen]

Ya, "some kind of critter." I also have "some kind of critter" buried in my backyard... *wink*

:sneaky:

I think you'll have to live with the smell for longer than 2 days, but it will go away. I second that you'd better check the outside for any cracks or holes. It got in somehow. Have some caulking material with you on hand. Good opportunity to check for termite damage, as I've seen that as a source of how the mice got in. Caulking won't help for that.

Also set some traps or poison pelts or both in a safe place, away from kids and pets. If you suspect one mouse, chances are you have a family visiting you.

We don't usually get mice inside (2 cats) but they can fit in a crack less than a 1/4 of an inch and they can chew through caulk and wood plus house is near 70 years old, might be a tough job to find every crack.
I just can't wait for that corpse to dry out, I hope it's ghost doesn't haunt my house.😱

Oh man, this happened to me a few years ago. It was a month of this phantom foul-smell. Then came the flies. Oh god, the flies. There were so many. So, so many.

Get yourself a good fly swatter and some grip tape.

Well it's November and I'm in Indiana, might be a bit cold now for flies. Although this weather might slow the decomposing process I suspect.

 

[CZroe]

"How long until a corpse stops smelling bad?"

Depends.

If your necrophilia is serious enough that you never stop depositing fresh fluids in new orifices, it could stink forever.