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BigmanPigman

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16. Skunks used to fight and/or mate at night under my apartment

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 08:14 PM

Aug 2017

on the ground floor. My parents' dog would always go jump into the bathtub because that is where one of them had died (under the bathroom floor) right before I move in I assume. Then they kept coming back until a trap was put out. It was caught and it stank! It was caught alive with an apple with peanut butter.

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There is a terrible smell in my apartment. I've looked at all the garbages, [View all] applegrove Aug 2017 OP

check air conditioning vents or under fridge, etc.. drray23 Aug 2017 #1

Thanks. I will do that next. applegrove Aug 2017 #2

Check Holes In Walls, Behind Appliances, In Floors & Radiators If you Have THem Me. Aug 2017 #3

Assuming you have no Republicans hiding in your apartment The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #4

I have two cats but did not know I had mice. The only republicans who make it into my world applegrove Aug 2017 #5

Some cats just kill their prey and don't eat it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #6

My cats have never been outside. I just assumed the outside had not migrated inside. applegrove Aug 2017 #7

I live in an old house and mice get in from time to time. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #9

Rodents between the wall boards. Remove electrical outlet plates, get close (but not too close NCjack Aug 2017 #13

Check the stove under the burners. A lot of electric stoves have little dishes under the coils and Squinch Aug 2017 #8

When I was a kid, our hamster got loose and moved into the stove broiler pan. Shrike47 Aug 2017 #15

Yikes! Thank god there was no hamster frickasee for dinner! Squinch Aug 2017 #19

Do you have any sinks, tubs, showers Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #10

You beat me to it customerserviceguy Aug 2017 #18

There are spaces inside the walls, the crawlspace, and in the attic procon Aug 2017 #11

Is you TV on to Fox? That'll do it every time. COLGATE4 Aug 2017 #12

Might be dead mouse in the wall. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #14

Skunks used to fight and/or mate at night under my apartment BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #16

FWIW - The smell will go away in about 3 weeks k8conant Aug 2017 #17

If it is a dead animal in between the walls and you can't locate it, I suggest burning japple Aug 2017 #20

This made me think of a joke that I saw on DU a few years ago, oddly. 2naSalit Dec 2018 #21

It was because my window was open and the neighbouring apartment building garbage applegrove Dec 2018 #22

Yikes! 2naSalit Dec 2018 #23

I just keep my side windows closed all the time. applegrove Dec 2018 #24