Onemore52 Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of that smell? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 It happens when you, or someone near you, is using rat poison. Often the rats die in the ceiling. If you cannot get the body out don't worry. The smell will be gone in a week or so in Philippine climate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy79 Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Onemore52 said: Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of that smell? TIA Short of tracking the dead body down you're screwed until nature takes it's course. I had rats in my loft apartment for a while so cut a hole out and placed a glue trap. It worked and trapped two rats, unfortunately I only discovered them when the smell hit. By the time I removed the rats they were oozing body fluids and giving off a lovely aroma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofthecoldland Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: It happens when you, or someone near you, is using rat poison. Often the rats die in the ceiling. If you cannot get the body out don't worry. The smell will be gone in a week or so in Philippine climate. Yup. Easiest course is to hold your nose until your local ant cleaning service gets it zeroed in on and goes to work. Quick disassembly and removal in almost all organic cases. No charge for the service. In 2010 we were living in new apt., and the wife complained of a bad odor. We couldn't locate the source. It went away after several days. A few weeks later, I spotted a small gecko skeleton in the door jamb near the hinges. It was stripped as clean as a museum display, and had no odor anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 I use the cage type traps with the trapdoor so the rat is caught live on the occasions we've had rats in the roof. Then I drop it in the back of the Hilux and let it go on open farmland nearby. Saves the odour of a dead rat and the karma to boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted January 17, 2023 Forum Support Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/14/2023 at 2:39 PM, manofthecoldland said: Yup. Easiest course is to hold your nose until your local ant cleaning service gets it zeroed in on and goes to work. Quick disassembly and removal in almost all organic cases. No charge for the service. In 2010 we were living in new apt., and the wife complained of a bad odor. We couldn't locate the source. It went away after several days. A few weeks later, I spotted a small gecko skeleton in the door jamb near the hinges. It was stripped as clean as a museum display, and had no odor anymore. That is good info... However, after the dead rats, you will have billions of ants! So you will need ant poison/bait too! Then the geckos and tukos will go for the ants they also make some noise but are generally not unruly. Just make sure that, if you sleep on your back, you keep your mouth closed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CebuAndy Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Tommy T. said: Just make sure that, if you sleep on your back, you keep your mouth closed! Never say NO, to a free meal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimeve Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 Don't worry, the ant's will clean up the dead rat maybe some roaches too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 Get a cat - the cat will kill the rat before it becomes an issue! We have 4 and no rodent problem (that said, only 1 of them actually earns her keep) . I just need to train them to go for the ants and roaches too now - oh, and to stop her leaving the half-eaten carcases as gifts on the doorstep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted January 18, 2023 Forum Support Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) That's great idea... But for me... I am allergic to cats. And I don't like cats anyway--- "touch me now... but not there, not with that, not that way... " I will stick with dogs... Edited January 18, 2023 by Tommy T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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