the heater vent runs through under the floor and I can't get in there. Maybe there's a dead animal underneath the house. How can I sanitize the air inside the house aside form opening all the windows and doors and using lysol spray? I don't want to spend big bucks, please help!!!
2006-10-01 03:24:08 · 12 answers · asked by beachbum 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Get a ventilation repair company look at it and find the dead mouse (or whatever). It will lessen, but you won't get rid of the smell completely without getting rid of the source.
2006-10-01 03:33:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should call an exterminator or duct cleaner and have the dead animal removed. You can't spend all day spraying lysol around the house. Fix the problem, not the symptom.
2006-10-01 03:31:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you'll follow the advice to get someone to open the ductwork and clean out whatever is causing the problem.
If it IS a dead animal, you're exposing yourself to decaying material and bacteria. You could end up with health problems down the road that could be traced back to this ... thing.
If it isn't a dead animal, then you're going to want to know what IS causing the smell.
Either way, check with your homeowner's insurance to see if any portion of the cleanup is covered.
Good Luck!
2006-10-01 03:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by princessmeltdown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to hire someone to get the animal (or person's) body out from under your house. That is nasty! Use some Lysol or something.
2006-10-01 03:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by songbird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yuck, it is probably a dead rat, I don't believe there is anything that you can get that we neutralize the odor. Sense you can't get to it, I would try to pin point the location and pour bleach in the area if you can get it in there. that will help for a little while until it decomposes. You can also try to get it out by taking off the register and fishing it out with a coat hanger.
2006-10-01 03:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happened to one of my friends. Eventually after a few months the smell goes away. You might want to buy a big quantity of air freshener, though. You could pore baking soda down the vent, though.
2006-10-01 07:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by bob b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it you have a dead animal... you definately shouldn't leave it there. the best thing to do would be get someone to help you. look around, find someone cheap to go in there somehow and find it. i am soooo sorry that has to be horrible!!!!! good luck and for now spray febreeze, lysol, oust, perfume, what ever works for you!!!
2006-10-01 10:00:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless you want the bad smell out of there,then you will have to spend a little money i don't know how much,but you have to pay someone to go under you house and get what ever it is out of there.
2006-10-01 03:33:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look around the vet to see if you can find it. Otherwise don't run the air until it has time to decompose and mummify.
2006-10-01 03:28:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might be able to deodorize for awhile, but the only way to solve the problem, for good, is to get the animal out.
2006-10-01 03:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by whoops :) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋