When this happens instead of knowing that you can find the dead rat in the snap trap you set out you will have to search to find it in the walls or attic before it begins to rot.
How to find a dead rat in my attic.
If it s inaccessible by a skinny human such as me i sniff out the exact area and cut a hole in the ceiling and remove the animal that way.
The mask definitely helps.
The animal may have died at the very edge of the attic or worse in a cathedral ceiling or some other spot.
Use a drill and drywall or keyhole saw to.
Rats are pretty clever and will remember where things are so when you find one chewed up item you are likely to find more in that area.
Then cut a hole with the drywall saw remove the rotten bugger spray with.
A word of warning r ats will chew anything.
Stick your nose right against the ceiling until you hit the unmistakable stench of the final resting place.
Second the animal often dies burrowed under the insulation.
Stick your nose on the drywall and go back and forth narrowing it down.
Removal of a dead animal from an attic is simple.
Just go into the attic find it and remove it.
If the rat is in a ceiling area but there s no attic to crawl into it s the same basic deal.
A dead rat in the attic notice the blue poisoned droppings around it.
Pinpoint the area down to within an inch.
In short you have to follow these steps.
Removal of a dead squirrel from inside an attic.
Narrow the odor down to one room of the house.
Sometimes the rats will simply die naturally particularly when there is a large colony living in your attic.
If you think you have rats in the attic take a look at around up there to see if anything has been chewed.
Use protective gloves to grab the carcass.
Other times a homeowner will make a poor decision and decide to poison rats in their home to kill them.
Use bleach and water mix to clean the area and ventilate it well before sealing up the hole.
When your nose gets within a foot of the carcass the odor will change it will be obvious.