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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 12:33pm  
So I checked the game camera this morning (working from home) and saw the 'coons leave, but not coming back.Usually I have way more pics of them coming, than going.The last couple days getting home from work I noticed this rather unpleasant aroma in the house.First day I though I left chicken bones in the trash, so maybe.Took trash out.Next day, same smell. Maybe I need to run the disposer.Today I was leaving for lunch, by an attic vent, not the one with the hole, the one that is easy to get to, a lot of flies, and the unmistakable aroma of dead animal.Crap, my attic in the best place is only 3 1/2 feet tall.Now I have to crawl around up there, with my bad knees and fat arsh and gag reflex to see if I can find whatever it is.If I can find it, and remove it, then I also need to block the hole.If it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all I am beginning to think. 4951
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deltadawn Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 12:41pm  
Maybe you should try the easy access vent from the outside first? It be right inside. Good luck with this unpleasant chore. 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 1:07pm  
Well not sure.Went up into the attic (which I don't fit in) and it smelled like, attic.If there was something dead up there, I would expect flies and a bad smell.Of course I can't get over to that side of the house, except shine a bright light over there, and I didn't see anything either.But I did hear something rustling around, but it sounded real small, didn['t see anything.So not sure at this point.Nor what I smelled outside. 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 1:16pm  
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jm09 Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 1:23pm  
@FoFaI have had a raccoon enter my attic in Illinois. It was only up there two days but left an odor to be dealt with. They set up an area to use as their latrine and it does not smell good. If it gets into your ceiling's sheet rock you may want to cut that away and replace as there is no way to fully rid the smell. Also replace any insulation that is affected. These are good reasons to have them evicted as soon as possible. The smell can attract others as well.Good chance they are in the attic now, as they are nocturnal, so they will sleep in the attic during the day and go out at night. I wouldn't go into the attic because if they are there it could be dangerous. My trapper did not enter my attic when we did not know for sure it if was in there. I highly suggest getting someone knowledgeable to help set traps and remove them. A trapper set traps outside my house and in the attic. It was the ones outside that ended up getting them. I had put on VERY loud music as soon as I realized there was one up there and left it on for 48 hours straight. It moved him out of the attic. I had read that sometimes you can rid them with loud heavy metal, though I didn't have heavy metal so I just used what I had. My trapper caught and removed three adult raccoons. I know only one had gotten into the attic but he wanted to catch any that came along in my back yard to ensure others would not try and enter. I had a natural long grass prairie and forest behind me, so lots of wildlife there. He kept the traps set until we went a good three weeks with no more caught. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 1:37pm  
There was a really really bad smell underneath the front porch. Seriously smelled like a dead animal. Finally called Ballard's to come out and they took the porch apart and it was a possum, dead of course. But by that time nature had taken its course in the maggots had beaten it down to the bone. Only one more day of smell and then it went away. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 4:24pm  
When I first transferred to Houston I had somewhat of a shock.One of my coworkers called another black coworker as "coon ***".Where I came from the use of the word "coon" was not exactly a flattering name to call anyone less alone a black person..Then I was enlightened by coworker that the word "coon ***" was not a derogatory term and was common in especially Louisiana.The worst we ever had was a dead rat that fell in to a wall of the kitchen.  Stink !Tore the way apart to get rid of the bugger.  4951
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 4:34pm  
Game trap?
 
Ever heard of one? 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 9:43pm  
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 10:04pm  
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 20, '17 10:06pm  
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Sep 21, '17 8:31am  
FoFa, it may be time to call someone in to take care of this for you.
 
@Fallon:
 
Woke up at 4:30 AM because of the smell. Whole house smells like dead animal.
A All Animal Control is coming out before lunch
They said. 4951
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jm09 Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 6 years ago   Sep 21, '17 8:34am  
@FoFaI hope things get under control quickly for you now. Especially the smell! 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 21, '17 8:38am  
 We used to stand on our deck and feed those rascals as they waited below ( about 15 feet), sometimes as many as 7 raccoons  and a opossum or two. Then they started climbing up the stairs and waiting at our patio doors, so we stopped feeding them.   4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   Sep 21, '17 1:54pm  
Well 1 dead raccoon, removed $270 later.Even his bean pole butt couldn't get to it in the attic.Had to remove part of the suffet to get to it.Front of the house smells better already. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   Sep 21, '17 1:57pm  
@FoFaSo glad that situation is resolving and getting behind you! I hope they are giving you good guidance on keeping raccoons out from this point. 4951
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