Our house smells horrible. I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in
our house. I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper piping
(coil?). It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe that
is where he is located. Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of
luck? Thank you.

Joe

the smell will go away in short time. Don't worry about it.

s


"Joe B." wrote in message
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Our house smells horrible. I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal
in our house. I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. It seems to
be directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper
piping (coil?). It does not appear possible to open this area, but I
believe that is where he is located. Is there anyway to access this area
or am I out of luck? Thank you.

Joe

On Aug 22, 11:40�pm, "Joe B." wrote:
Our house smells horrible. �I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in
our house. �I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. �It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper piping
(coil?). �It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe that
is where he is located. �Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of
luck? �Thank you.

Joe

you got what you deserved for using poision......

next time live trap and release outdoors away from home

I wasn't aware that they even made live traps for mice, but felt I had to do
something quickly after one of them got into my truck and chewed into the
interior. I guess I deserved that too for one of my other trangressions.


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On Aug 22, 11:40?pm, "Joe B." wrote:
Our house smells horrible. ?I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal
in
our house. ?I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. ?It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper
piping
(coil?). ?It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe
that
is where he is located. ?Is there anyway to access this area or am I out
of
luck? ?Thank you.

Joe

you got what you deserved for using poision......

next time live trap and release outdoors away from home

Can't imagine WHY you'd want to trap those fokkers alive. A good ol'
fashioned snap trap works great.

s


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next time live trap and release outdoors away from home

Tony Hwang wrote:
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Rat or mouse? Two different animals.
Dead.

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Joe B. wrote:
Our house smells horrible. I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in
our house. I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper piping
(coil?). It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe that
is where he is located. Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of
luck? Thank you.

Joe


Hi,
Rat or mouse? Two different animals.

Joe B. wrote:
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... Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of luck? Thank you.


Specifically, not a clue for an unspecified unit...all I can suggest is
to give it a go towards trying to get close enough to see if can snag
carcass w/ wire or some other grappling tool. (Of course, be careful no
to stick it somewhere there could be live connections, etc. or you might
join him... )

Sometimes they seem to like to get into fan shroud--might look around
there. Can you actually see anything or only odor to try to track?

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my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily? espically when a non toxic non
hazardous method is available? one that does not leave your home
stinking?

So, should i just trap the coyotes that eat my chickens, take them out back
and release them only to have them come back the next nite? I don't think
so, Tim. I'll keep blasting the coyotes with the shotgun, and I'll keep
blasting the black snakes, AND i'll keep snap trapping the mice. Thank you
very much.


s

wrote in message
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my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily? espically when a non toxic non
hazardous method is available? one that does not leave your home
stinking?

wrote:
my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily?

I can tell you've never experienced the joy of fingers clasped around a
small, furry neck. We kill things because we're carnivores, because it's an
evolutionary mandate, because we can. It's something we were born to do,
something we have to do.

If genetically defective, one could get a cat.

On Aug 23, 2:44�pm, "Steve Barker DLT"
wrote:
So, should i just trap the coyotes that eat my chickens, �take them out back
and release them only to have them come back the next nite? �I don't think
so, Tim. � I'll keep blasting the coyotes with the shotgun, and I'll keep
blasting the black snakes, AND i'll keep snap trapping the mice. �Thank you
very much.

s

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my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily? espically when a non toxic non
hazardous method is available? one that does not leave your home
stinking?- Hide quoted text -

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bet a coyote moved 50 miles or 200 wouldnt find his or her way back.

we all survive on death, f living things for food, but killing just
cause you can accomplishes nothing. and more mice are born constantly

you cant kill them all outside, you must harden your home so they cant
get indoors......

On Aug 23, 3:41�pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
wrote:
my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily?

I can tell you've never experienced the joy of fingers clasped around a
small, furry neck. We kill things because we're carnivores, because it's an
evolutionary mandate, because we can. It's something we were born to do,
something we have to do.

If genetically defective, one could get a cat.

i dont kill things so not everyone has too.

hunting to eat is ok, for so called sport just to kill is plainly wrong

wrote:
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bet a coyote moved 50 miles or 200 wouldnt find his or her way back.

You volunteering to do that???

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cause you can accomplishes nothing. and more mice are born constantly
....
The dead ones don't make any more, any way...

You're a pompous twit, aren't you?

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wrote:

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily?

I can tell you've never experienced the joy of fingers clasped
around a small, furry neck. We kill things because we're carnivores,
because it's an evolutionary mandate, because we can. It's something
we were born to do, something we have to do.

If genetically defective, one could get a cat.

i dont kill things so not everyone has too.

hunting to eat is ok, for so called sport just to kill is plainly
wrong

Okay, I'll play. Why is killing for sport wrong?

I'm thinking turkey shoots, varmit hunting (prarie dogs, nutria, rabbit),
deer, predator hunting such as coyote and fox, destructive animals such as
squirrel, some beavers.

And where do you draw the moral line? If it's an outrage to kill a dove, how
about an ant? If one is squeamish about snap-traps for mice, why is it okay
to second the job to a cat?

I don't think we're quibbling over killing, per se, just where one draws the
line.

" wrote in news:d0b63a11-7aaa-4b28-bdc0-
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hunting to eat is ok, for so called sport just to kill is plainly wrong

You're stupid.

Joe B. wrote:
Our house smells horrible. I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in
our house. I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper piping
(coil?). It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe that
is where he is located. Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of
luck? Thank you.

Joe


If you remove the blower can you get access to the body? The item you
refer to as having all of the copper tubing is probable the evaporator.
Tis and the blower are replaceable so they are removable.

Look into a deodorizer intended to address this type of problem. Talk
with your friendly coroner or embalmer. No one comes to them for
advice...they'll be helpful.

Also look for autopsy room or embalming room deodorizers.

http://www.imtek.biz/page/N/CTGY/csp-funeral

When the carcass dries out the odor will cease but this can take long time.

Don't use products like Febreeze unless you understand how they work and
you're comfortable with this.

In article ,
Steve Barker DLT wrote:
So, should i just trap the coyotes that eat my chickens, take them out back
and release them only to have them come back the next nite? I don't think
so, Tim. I'll keep blasting the coyotes with the shotgun, and I'll keep
blasting the black snakes, AND i'll keep snap trapping the mice. Thank you
very much.

Black snakes -- you kill them?


I thought those things killed RATTLESNAKES!

If I'm actually correct about that, I'd sure like a few of
those living and active, right nearby.

Don't they also eat mice?


David

In article ,
HeyBub wrote:

I'm thinking turkey shoots, varmit hunting (prarie dogs, nutria, rabbit),

Where I come from, a "turkey shoot" was an event just before thanksgiving
where the contest was TARGET-shooting, and the winners got TURKEYS.

YMMV

David

wrote:
my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily? espically when a non toxic non
hazardous method is available? one that does not leave your home
stinking?

I've had real good luck with those teeter-totter box traps baited with
peanut butter. Resist the temptation to open the drop-down lid to see if
anyone is in there- the mouse will run out over your hand and leap for
freedom, startling the crap out of you. But I caught the same mouse the
next night, no problem. Put the trap in a bucket, and released him in
tall grass by the river in the park a mile away, on my way to work the
next morning. An owl probably got him before I got to the office, but at
least I didn't have to deal with the tiny little dead body.

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aem sends...

On Aug 22, 10:40*pm, "Joe B." wrote:
Our house smells horrible. *I recently put out some rat poison (first
mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in
our house. *I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. *It seems to be
directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper piping
(coil?). *It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe that
is where he is located. *Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of
luck? *Thank you.

Joe

1 Mouse is not big enough to smell up a house

In ,
ransley wrote:

1 Mouse is not big enough to smell up a house

1 mouse can stink up at least 2 rooms.

- Don Klipstein )

Don Klipstein wrote:
In ,
ransley wrote:

1 Mouse is not big enough to smell up a house

1 mouse can stink up at least 2 rooms.

- Don Klipstein )

very, very true. My parents live in the country and every couple years
or so a mouse will get into one of the basement walls and not be able to
get back out again (we never did figure out how the little buggers got
in.) Eventually they put a piece of thin paneling over the drywall that
was easily removeable, so that whenever they started smelling that
horrific dead-mouse pong (which really did pong up the whole basement)
they could just remove the paneling and stick the shop vac hose into the
hole that was conveniently left in the drywall from the last go 'round.

nate

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