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Oculus Spirit [97737]
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RandomDeadCritterSmellInHouse.net question
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:18 PM
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Ok, so for the past 3-4 days we have developed a DEAD ANIMAL smell INSIDE our house. Checked the attic. The squirrel is gone. BUT, the smell is heavily centralized in the middle of the downstairs. Upstairs and in the attic smells fine. Downstairs smells fine in areas. Checked the crawlspace. Nothing. Checked the vents (as far as I can see), nothing. Checked under all furniture in the area as well.
Now, there is a wire run from the top of my bar down through the crawlspace for our internet. I guess a snake COULD get up in there, but if so there's nothing we could do anyway.
Any clues, suck jestions, etc?
And it ain't the garbage, or disposal, or anything in the kitchen/fridge.
Haven't seen any maggots yet. Nor flies. Whatever it is, it's either inside, or in the walls or way down a vent somehow.
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Mouse stink only gonna last a couple days. You probably have a dead
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:21 PM
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la Chupacabra in the walls. It was there watching your family sleep.
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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Our mouse was strong, had to hire someone to find him***
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:23 PM
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Re: Our mouse was strong, had to hire someone to find him
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:23 PM
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Well...not really LIVING in the walls so much as dying.***
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:27 PM
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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We had a mouse to die under the house one year and it deceased
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:22 PM
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right on top of the daggum hvac duct that supplied the bathroom.
Does it seem to be close to the hvac supply?
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Oculus Spirit [97737]
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It smells worst around the return vent (large)
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:24 PM
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However, that pulls air out and doesn't push it in. Followed it under the house to the hvac unit and no holes or problems that I could see. Pulled the filter and nothing behind that. Don't notice any source smell coming from the vents pushing air. Checked down all those to as far as I could see.
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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Our little guy got himself wedged between the hvac insulation
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:26 PM
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and the man removed the insulation to find him.
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All-In [42907]
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You hired manac to go down there when he wasn't throwing hay bails?***
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:26 PM
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Heisman Winner [135616]
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I would suggest avoiding the stink zones.
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:24 PM
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I would surmise that the smell probably dissipates in 12-16 weeks and then you can go in those parts of the house again.
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Lot o points [181005]
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Get a cat.***
Mar 21, 2024, 4:27 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97737]
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####, only have a dog. Oh well.***
Mar 21, 2024, 4:29 PM
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Hmmm.
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:31 PM
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Do you know where the dog is right now?
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Oculus Spirit [97737]
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Yes.***
Mar 21, 2024, 4:47 PM
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Try to get Covid, loss of smell should buy you a couple of days***
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Mar 11, 2024, 4:24 PM
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Re: RandomDeadCritterSmellInHouse.net question
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Mar 21, 2024, 4:36 PM
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had a dead animal smell in our first house and thought it was in crawl space. searched and found nothing. thought maybe underneath outside deck and nothing.
was mowing and looked at side of house and there were flies all around the master bathroom fan vent. had a little shutter type covering. got painters ladder and did the climb. worst smell and it was spring/summer.
bird flew in, laid eggs, birds hatched, couldn’t get out, and deaded. put on rubber gloves, masked up, vomiked, and proceeded to toss out 6 corpses.
thought about putting in xclash spaghetti but did not.
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Do you have wood burning fireplace?
Mar 21, 2024, 6:55 PM
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I had a some varment get stuck in the fireplace flue area. Almost summer, and couldn't get to that spot without a professional, so I burned a hot assss fire and cooked the smell out. It worked
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Oculus Spirit [97737]
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Negative.
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Mar 21, 2024, 8:08 PM
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Gas logs, insert. No chimbleninny.
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CU Medallion [53250]
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Shoulda known... LDR!
Mar 21, 2024, 8:40 PM
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😂
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