I have a dead mouse in my AC - need help getting to it?

Our house smells horrible. I recently put out some rat poison (first mistake) and now we have an overwhelming smell of a decaying dead animal in our house. I have narrowed it down to our inside AC unit. It seems to be directly below the blower behind the area that has all of the copper piping (coil?). It does not appear possible to open this area, but I believe that is where he is located. Is there anyway to access this area or am I out of luck? Thank you.

Joe

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Joe B.
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the smell will go away in short time. Don't worry about it.

s

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Steve Barker DLT

=BDIt seems to be

you got what you deserved for using poision......

next time live trap and release outdoors away from home

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hallerb

I wasn't aware that they even made live traps for mice, but felt I had to do something quickly after one of them got into my truck and chewed into the interior. I guess I deserved that too for one of my other trangressions.

you got what you deserved for using poision......

next time live trap and release outdoors away from home

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Joe B.

Can't imagine WHY you'd want to trap those fokkers alive. A good ol' fashioned snap trap works great.

s

next time live trap and release outdoors away from home

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Steve Barker DLT

Tony Hwang wrote: ...

Dead.

Reply to
dpb

Hi, Rat or mouse? Two different animals.

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Tony Hwang

Joe B. wrote: ...

Specifically, not a clue for an unspecified unit...all I can suggest is to give it a go towards trying to get close enough to see if can snag carcass w/ wire or some other grappling tool. (Of course, be careful no to stick it somewhere there could be live connections, etc. or you might join him... :))

Sometimes they seem to like to get into fan shroud--might look around there. Can you actually see anything or only odor to try to track?

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dpb

my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill other living things unnecessarily? espically when a non toxic non hazardous method is available? one that does not leave your home stinking?

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hallerb

So, should i just trap the coyotes that eat my chickens, take them out back and release them only to have them come back the next nite? I don't think so, Tim. I'll keep blasting the coyotes with the shotgun, and I'll keep blasting the black snakes, AND i'll keep snap trapping the mice. Thank you very much.

s
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Steve Barker DLT

I can tell you've never experienced the joy of fingers clasped around a small, furry neck. We kill things because we're carnivores, because it's an evolutionary mandate, because we can. It's something we were born to do, something we have to do.

If genetically defective, one could get a cat.

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HeyBub

'll keep

=BDThank you

bet a coyote moved 50 miles or 200 wouldnt find his or her way back.

we all survive on death, f living things for food, but killing just cause you can accomplishes nothing. and more mice are born constantly

you cant kill them all outside, you must harden your home so they cant get indoors......

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hallerb

i dont kill things so not everyone has too.

hunting to eat is ok, for so called sport just to kill is plainly wrong

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hallerb

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote: ...

You volunteering to do that???

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The dead ones don't make any more, any way...

You're a pompous twit, aren't you?

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dpb

Okay, I'll play. Why is killing for sport wrong?

I'm thinking turkey shoots, varmit hunting (prarie dogs, nutria, rabbit), deer, predator hunting such as coyote and fox, destructive animals such as squirrel, some beavers.

And where do you draw the moral line? If it's an outrage to kill a dove, how about an ant? If one is squeamish about snap-traps for mice, why is it okay to second the job to a cat?

I don't think we're quibbling over killing, per se, just where one draws the line.

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HeyBub

" snipped-for-privacy@aol.com" wrote in news:d0b63a11-7aaa-4b28-bdc0- snipped-for-privacy@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

You're stupid.

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Mark

If you remove the blower can you get access to the body? The item you refer to as having all of the copper tubing is probable the evaporator. Tis and the blower are replaceable so they are removable.

Look into a deodorizer intended to address this type of problem. Talk with your friendly coroner or embalmer. No one comes to them for advice...they'll be helpful.

Also look for autopsy room or embalming room deodorizers.

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When the carcass dries out the odor will cease but this can take long time.

Don't use products like Febreeze unless you understand how they work and you're comfortable with this.

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Boden

Black snakes -- you kill them?

I thought those things killed RATTLESNAKES!

If I'm actually correct about that, I'd sure like a few of those living and active, right nearby.

Don't they also eat mice?

David

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David Combs

Where I come from, a "turkey shoot" was an event just before thanksgiving where the contest was TARGET-shooting, and the winners got TURKEYS.

YMMV

David

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David Combs

I've had real good luck with those teeter-totter box traps baited with peanut butter. Resist the temptation to open the drop-down lid to see if anyone is in there- the mouse will run out over your hand and leap for freedom, startling the crap out of you. But I caught the same mouse the next night, no problem. Put the trap in a bucket, and released him in tall grass by the river in the park a mile away, on my way to work the next morning. An owl probably got him before I got to the office, but at least I didn't have to deal with the tiny little dead body.

-- aem sends...

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aemeijers

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