i have finally killed the mice that have plaguing me, now the problem is the smell of rotting flesh in walls?

Question

does anyone know a good way to get rid of the smell of dead mice in a wall? or anyone have any idea how long it takes for a couple of mice carcases to dry up enough to not smell anymore?

Answer 1

Matthew is a real "Debbie Downer", isn't he? It will only last a month or two, when it gets cold, it will be gone. Meanwhile, any air changer 'til it gets cold.

Answer 2

this has happened to me too. it really is awful, the smell of dead and decaying mice. The problem is not only the dead mice but there can be flies that feed on the mice and lay their eggs in there.. resulting in a new generation of flies that comes out in 2 weeks or so. Which is about the time that the smell starts to go away. The only thing you can do is to use air fresheners, I'm sorry. You can try plugging up any air vents if you're not using the heat, but if you live in a cold climate then you don't have any choice but to grin and bear it. Do you have any friends you could stay with?

Here's a horrifying account of the flies that are attracted to the dead mice:
"There is a further troubling aspect of decomposing mice and their associated stink. Flies pick up on that stink. Flies like it. And flies are even smaller than mice, having no trouble finding the tiny holes the mice used to make their way back to those stinky decomposing mouse corpses. Flies like to lay their eggs there so their whole family can enjoy the great stinky feast. And so they did.

Sometime later, I returned home in the middle of a bright and sunny day. I noticed the kitchen seemed awfully dark. We didn’t have curtains for the kitchen window, so the sun ought to be shining in. Walking in to investigate, I discovered that the kitchen window was completely covered by thousands of tiny black house flies. Standing there in shock I noticed a few more flying out of a little hole near the baseboard.

Two or three cans of RAID later; I realized that these were the new baby flies resulting from the larvae that had feasted upon the rotting mouse carcasses in the walls. I sealed up the hole they emerged from and HOPED they wouldn’t find another (they didn’t seem to)"

Answer 3

I have to congratulate you for getting rid of the rodents. I like Matthew's answer.

If you can't retrieve the carcasses, after awhile, you will not even notice the bad smell. When only bones are left, smell will disappear.

The only other way is to go to the store and buy some room deodorizers and put them in rooms where the smell is bad.

Answer 4

Burn stong smelling candles I guess or anything with a smell. You may have to make a hole in the wall and get them out. It can't be too healthy to breathe in rotting mice?

Answer 5

the smell will only last about 2 weeks. After that it will go away. If you try and get into the wall, you will just do more damage and have to spend more money.

Answer 6

that be smelling along,very long time ! probably need to tear the wall down ,clean up and put new drywall up . And put plenty of poisining out ! YiKES

Oh and maybe you should get a cat? Or a mouse terminator

Answer 7

Glue traps are the best method to trap rats and mice . I found detailed information at http://pests.in

Answer 8

get help from a profenssional

Answer 9

wow....what a dilemma...burn incense..

Answer 10

that is so wrong