Kathy said around lunch time on November 3, 2007
I have encountered dead animal smells before. Like when we first moved to Florida, a rat died under the house and the husband sucked it up through a side panel in the bathroom with the shop vac. That smell is forever engraved on my brain. That smell that only occurs when a hairy animal decomposes within the confines of your home. It’s impossible to escape and seems to stick in your nostril for days. I have never figured out how to get rid of that stench. We bought a new directv hd dvr dvd tivo whateverthehell this morning and had to drill a hole through the basement ceiling into our master bedroom.
That Smell. That smell that surprises you every time but is successful in exercising your gag reflex on cue. Something died in the ceiling somewhere. We can’t find it, we can only smell it. I loathe to think we’re breathing the stench particles of that animal. What do you do when this happens? Is there some kind of protocol? Do you have to call crime scene specialists to get rid of the smell? I am going to burn oils and pray that it goes away or I might be sleeping outside in a tent until further notice.
from up yer butt, jobuu
Good thing the bubonic plague isn’t found in your area…
How is the tivo?
from Orlando, FL
Cocktail: Cabernet Sauvignon; gallons of it.
Bed farts can out stink anything.
Incense, candles and lots of Febreze.
from your moms.
Unfortunately our came from a momma bird making a nest in our overhang that had pulled open after a roofing job… I kept telling my husband to patch the hole, but you know how that goes. So momma made a nest and hatched some babies. The baby fell down a hole that is between the brick wall on the outside of the house and wood paneling in my living room. We tried to cut a hole in the paneling to get him out, but there was stone and brick right behind it. He died in a few days, but to hear that poor thing thumping and scratching made me nauseated. Then there was the stink for about a week, and unfortunately we just had to wait it out. there was nothing we could do about it. I burned 3 candles in the same area and it helped but I could still smell it.
from your moms.
Do the makers of Febreeze sell in mass quantities? Perhaps you could get one of those firefighting drop planes on rental. Just a thought.
*gag*
from Canada
Depending on the size of the dead thing, it takes up to a week for the smell to go away. It happened this year near my bedroom closet, so after sleeping in the guest bed for a few days, I febreezed the bejeebus out of my clothing and it was gone. I would rather have dead things than live vermin. Mouse pee smells like sewage. Eww.