I can't believe I have to start another dead animal thread. Last time was a year ago, when I had dead squirrels in my chimney. Now I have a dead rodent in the wall of my living room.
About 12 days ago, there was a loud scritch-scratching in the wall all day and night. I told Anthony and he put some rat poison in our crawl space, though he didn't see any holes or droppings or anything. But by the next day, no more scratching.
I made no connection between this and the stench in the living room that began 6 days later. Until last night, when I finally put it together. Duh.
I don't know for sure what it is. A rat, probably, but it could be a muskrat or squirrel.
It costs major bucks for animal nuisance control people to come bust open the wall and get the animal out. And it's a horrible wall to work with-- it's all wood paneling, and it's an old house that probably has asbestos in the insulation. I have no idea how we'd put the wall back together (impossible to match the wood paneling again).
So my real question is: is this a health hazard? Do I have to worry for my baby? I tried Googling for answers, but most were just vague "could be a health hazard" notes with no explanation.
I'm debating whether or not to try to just wait it out and hope the thing decomposes fast.
About 12 days ago, there was a loud scritch-scratching in the wall all day and night. I told Anthony and he put some rat poison in our crawl space, though he didn't see any holes or droppings or anything. But by the next day, no more scratching.
I made no connection between this and the stench in the living room that began 6 days later. Until last night, when I finally put it together. Duh.
I don't know for sure what it is. A rat, probably, but it could be a muskrat or squirrel.
It costs major bucks for animal nuisance control people to come bust open the wall and get the animal out. And it's a horrible wall to work with-- it's all wood paneling, and it's an old house that probably has asbestos in the insulation. I have no idea how we'd put the wall back together (impossible to match the wood paneling again).
So my real question is: is this a health hazard? Do I have to worry for my baby? I tried Googling for answers, but most were just vague "could be a health hazard" notes with no explanation.
I'm debating whether or not to try to just wait it out and hope the thing decomposes fast.