This can be a tough task to handle. Rats are
always on the move and they could die anywhere
in your house. The most likely places where you
can find a dead rat are an attic and inside the
walls. If you felt that horrible and disgusting
smell of a dead rat, you will try to find it.
You should probably need to cut a hole in the
wall or to dig up insulation in the attic in
order to find and remove a dead rat. So,
basically, you have to use your nose like a dog
if you want to locate a carcass before the smell
gets even worse.
In case that rat was poisoned inside the house,
it will almost certainly die inside. They could
die in the walls and usually on the bottom.
That’s why you need to cut a hole and take it
out. Remember to wear thick gloves while
removing a rat. Spray the place with the special
enzyme-based cleaner which is very effective in
destroying biohazard waste. After that, patch up
the hole and open the windows and doors in the
house. The nasty odor should go in an hour or
two.
Finding and removing a rat in the attic can be
trickier because of the better airflow up there.
That will certainly make it a lot harder for you
to detect a dead animal. The attic is very good
ventilated; however, the smell of the
decomposing body is strongest in the room below
the very place where the rat died. Depending on
the architecture of your house, removing the rat
from the attic can be a problem because some
places are very hard to reach, almost
impossible. Attics can be narrow and tight, so
it will not be a piece of cake to crawl in. If
the place is inaccessible, you can cut the hole
in the ceiling below the exact spot and remove a
rat in that way.
The important thing is to act quickly, as soon
as possible after the detection of the bad odor.
Make sure that you clean all the maggots along
with the dead body because in 21 days the
maggots will become flies. And then you will
have those annoying creatures in your house.
They will not be a couple of them or a few, the
whole legion of flies will bother you every day
if you don’t act fast and remove the dead rat.
Never touch the rat with your bare hands and you
can use the mask for your face as well.
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