What kind of smell can mice bring into a house?

Question

I have a smell coming from under a kitchen cabinet that smells like sour milk (no spilt milk or moisture - all dry goods) but I cannot find anything to cause the smell. No old containers forgotten about or anything. House is kept clean

Does anyone know if mouse pee or something from mice can produce this kind of smell. I heard a mouse last night so I am wondering?

Answer 1

Mouse pee can definitely smell, as can dead mice, but I'm not sure if either one smells like sour milk. If you want to catch the mouse you hear, I've had great success with this live trap in my house:

http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknumber=266

It’s also available for $2 cheaper here (although I prefer to buy it from the other place since I’m not a big fan of PETA):

https://www.petacatalog.org/prodinfo.asp?number=HP200

I've caught over ten mice with it so far and it can be used over and over indefinitely. Or, you can try making the free homemade humane trap described here:

http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithMice.asp

If you do live trap mice, please be sure to check the traps several times a day and release the mice promptly, approximately a mile away from your home. It is much more cruel to allow a mouse in a live trap to slowly starve to death than to kill it quickly with a snap trap. When you release the mice, do it in an area with some sheltering bushes or plants.

The absolute cruelest traps are glue traps. Mice have been known to gnaw off their own limbs and tear off their skin in an effort to escape, as they starve or dehydrate to death or suffocate in the glue. It can take three to five days for them to die. Poison isn't any better, as the mice die slowly and painfully from internal bleeding. It can take up to a week for them to die, and then they smell as they rot behind your walls.

It doesn't take much extra effort to be kind. You will feel better and so will the mice! Good luck!

Answer 2

Fresh mice = cheese. Dead mouse = stinky.

Answer 3

Mouse urine and feces will smell after awhile...best set traps...good luck

Answer 4

HOW TO GET THE SMELL OF NICE URINE AND FECES OUT OF MY HOUSE