Mouse in the wall?
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Comments (3)The smell should go away in a week or so. I would not be tearing up irreplaceable paneling in a rental.... But I'd mention it to the landlord so that he can close up exterior holes....See MoreMouse in the wall
Comments (1)Hi rego, When I lived at our old apartment, we had mice problems. Steel wool is what I used to plug up holes in walls or by pipe openings and anywhere there was a hole, small or big. Moth balls I threw everywhere in closets to cabinest. They wont harm anything. Just a heavy smell to moth balls. Also, mice do not like dryer fabric sheets. We used V-traps as well and worked good. They also have electronic ones which caught the mom of the mice too. So, throw moth balls in attic, it wont hurt you or anything. Throw some in walls to if you have an opening but then put steel wool in hles like I said. They wont go thru steel wool. Ok. hope it works for you. good luck, kim...See Moresewer smell in our study
Comments (11)About there being no sewer vent pipe in that wall. When our smoke test revealed where the opeing was, it was about 20 feet from where we smelled the odor the most. it was behind a wall and was enclosed is that wall. It drifted pretty far from it's sourse because it had a straight opening behind a wall. It would sometimes go elsewhere if the air was moving, like when the fan in the powder room pulled the air up....See MoreMysterious decaying animal odor
Comments (1)Yes but you would most likely smell it all over the room in that case. Is it definitely mousy? Mice have a distinctive odor. I can walk into my 3000 sq ft shop building and know instantly that one has been caught in a trap somewhere. Is there an overhead light fixture? Have you investigated that (see the posts on 'fishy' smell which is overheating outlets or sockets...)....See Morebrickeyee
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