The Best way to get rid of a Dead Rat or Dead Mouse smell

The dreaded smell of a dead rat! 

The foul odour is best described as the rotting smell of death and is generated by a combination of various chemicals including sulfur dioxide and methane. The smell of the dead rat may linger for 4 – 8 weeks, the larger the animal the longer the foul smell!

Professional Pest managers regularly treat homes for rodents all year round in particular when flooding has occured and rodents have taken shelter within homes. Sometimes not all pest control programs go according to plan and while rats can be captured or killed by using rodenticide baits and lethal traps, if the rodent happens to die in an area that is inaccessible or hard to reach, they will start to decompose and leave a really awful stench. Professionals are acutely aware of this and as such receive calls from homeowners to eradicate foul smells regularly.

So, what  can you do about the foul odour?

StopOdours odour remover bags were designed to adsorb foul smells from hard to reach places like roof or wall voids. 

Step 1: Where To Look

As unpleasant as it sounds, you will have to follow your nose and sniff around until you find the part of your home where the odour is the strongest. Check air vents, wall voids and your ceiling as these are common areas where they could be found. Also keep a look out for staining as bodily fluids can seep out of a carcass. Observe any insect activity, for instance, flies hanging around a wall or vent. This will be an indicator of where the dead carcass is.

Step 2: Remove the problem

Removing a dead animal and ventilating the area is the quickest route to relief. Once the rat is disposed of, that doesn’t mean the smell will just disappear. This is when it is necessary to be equipped with an odour neutralizer. You can purchase StopOderz odour neutraliser gel pods here. The StopOderz odour neutraliser is an all natural blend of essential oils developed as a slow release formulation to neutraliser foul odours 24 hours a day. Each gel pod lasts approximately 15-30 days in use.

 Step 3: Eradicate the foul smell

Hang stopodours odour remover bags as close as possible to the foul smell. Watch the video on how to use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIJNtxFcwRg

StopOdours odour remover bags adsorb the gas molecules (ions and atoms) that make up the foul odours. Each bag contains a proprietary blend of highly porous microscopic granules which have incredibly large surface areas (each gram has a surface area of about 500 square meters). The foul odours are adsorbed to the surface pores and condense, meaning, the smells and odours are stuck at the surface and trapped inside the pores. Instead of covering up foul smells, the StopOdours bags adsorb the gas molecules that make up the bad odours. This results in a total elimination of the odour. Hang 1 or 2 bags in each room that has an odour. Air circulation is best to ensure the foul air is sucked into the porous bags. One bag covers approximately 10 square metres. Each bag will last approximately 3-4 months; we suggest leaving them up until the odour is gone.

All odour bags are EXPRESS shipped Australia wide each business day.

Purchase StopOderz odour remover bags here