Often times, to resolve an issue with the rodent being in a person’s home, they will decide to use some kind of poison to wind up terminating the animal. Whether you are talking about a rat, squirrel, mouse, possum, raccoon, or other kind of rodent, no one wants to see these kinds of animals in their home, and they are concerned about the challenges of getting it to leave. This is why they turn to a poison to resolve the issue.
While the poison may terminate the animal’s life, you still have a little work to do once it is actually dead. This means you must locate the animal or animals, and remove them from your home. So how do you find and remove a dead rodent from your home?
If you are talking about a larger sized rodent then this task is a little less daunting. The fact of the matter is that a raccoon has a limited number of places to hide in your house in comparison to a mouse, so locating the animal is a lot easier to do. You frequently looking places in your home such as your bathroom, closets, kitchen, and other areas, so it is unlikely that the raccoon was living there because you would’ve seen it. This means finding its location is limited to areas like your attic or your garage where you may spend a lot less time. It is these kinds of places where you need to start.
Once you have located the dead animal, you need to ensure that you are protecting yourself. Even dead these animals carry pathogens that pose a danger to you. This means covering all of your exposed skin, wearing heavy gloves, donning a mask, and putting on goggles before even attempting to remove the animal. Use two garbage bags and double bag the animal, and make sure that you seal the bag tightly before throwing it away. This should be done outside.
In the case of smaller rodents your task is a lot more daunting. It’s not very easy to find a group of mice that have died in your home, so what makes sense is for you to start looking in areas around your home where the mouse would have access into the interior portion. This means looking behind your refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, along the walls in your living room or bedrooms, looking for areas where there could be a small gap that the mouse or mice were using to get into your home.
If you have a basement, look over this area thoroughly. This means looking behind your water heater or furnace, underneath bookshelves. Any place where a rodent could hide, because they simply don’t need a lot of space.
Once you locate this you need to make sure that you cover your skin and protect your respiratory system as you did with the raccoon. Then use a dustpan to scoop up these animals and double bag them into a garbage bag as well. Make sure you throw them away outside in your garbage can.
Read more:
Rat Control,
Get Rats Out of the Attic,
Rat Trapping,
Rats in the Ceiling,
Rat Feces.
