Rotting corpse, moaning children and yoga

[BigBaublesGalore]

I woke up today and decided I would start a new positive routine, healthy eating and yoga (as I'm overweight and my health is suffering) I got up early with ds, sat down in the lounge with my morning coffee and could smell something REALLY FUNKY!

I kept getting whiffs of it but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. Anyway... got the yoga mat out from the back of the sofa, Sat on it and again I could smell this funky smell... now I'm thinking it might be me as I'm in a different room...

Anyway as soon as I start the yoga the kids decide to start a bickering session about whose going to eat all the Pringles later... (because I told them they're not having them for breakfast)

So 3:15 seconds into the yoga I just gave up because I couldn't even hear adrienne telling me to breath calming deep breaths over the children bickering and even when I could the stench of that smell was horrible...

I sniffed the mat some more and yep I finally remember... it's the smell of death! I've experienced that smell before when the cats bought in a mouse and hid it behind my washing basket... Ive traced the smell to the back of the sofa where the mats are stored... the ends of the mat that touch the carpet smell rancid...

I pulled the whole front room out, Xmas tree and all, lifted all the sofas (at least I got a workout) but fuck me there's not a single corpse down there but it stinks!

Not even fabreeze is covering it up

What could it be?

Aibu to eat the whole tub of Pringles in spite

I thought I had a gas leak, I found the dead mouse in the under stairs cupboard. It was BAD..........

I've never been so invested in a thread! We had a bird drop down the chimney once. I geard the thud, DH lied and said no way was it a bird. There was never any smell but the bird was discovered when we got a new fireplace installed.

Got a rat and a bat - what's next? Cat?

Shameless placemark....

Squirrel???

It's like the house that Jack built...

This is the rat
That killed the bat
that lay under the yoga mat, nice and flat
That lived in the house that Baubles built

@LemmysAceCard

Never in my life have I been so grateful for my concrete floors.

Funnily enough I just said this too!

Dcat does bring things in but is so proud of herself she announces it loudly so they can be disposed of rapidly.

@LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett haha that's hilarious!

Here we go... it's DISGUSTING

Biggest rat I've ever seen! 2 bats and about 3 snails! 🐌

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@thenightsky

How many species have you got under your boards OP?

And how are they getting there?

I feel your nasal pain, OP. DP and I just moved into a farmhouse full of the stench of death all caused by one rat decaying in the basement. Big burly DP squealed and ran while I heaved (not envy)

If you find a range of dead animals in your house , you have rats. If you find a dead rat , then you have even bigger rats...

Dp is shuddering! I'm putting the room back together

Minging!!!! Hope the smell will go ... anything I should shove over where it was before I re lay the floor boards?

I thought from the title it was a shavasanna (sp?) variation.

@IfoundGavin please no!!

Are my pics showing ok? The rat is almost bigger than the carrier bag it's lying on

That's a direct quote from my pest control man , I'm afraid OP...

[quote BigBaublesGalore]@LindaEllen definitely not, it's down the back of the sofa in 'my corner' there was only yoga mats and a lamp down there.

Dh has just got home from work... he's trying to talk me out of the pulling up the floor but he's not yet had a whiff [/quote]
How golden does your future look! Everytime you say something and DH argues, you'll be able to mutter - rat smell, bats, floorboard.....You knew it was bad news and he was going to ignore it??!!

Sprinkle baking powder down there

I can't see any pics?

Got any old stylee washing powder? Chuck some of that down.
Bicarb if not.

omg!am page 1 of this and am boakin,and slightly terrified...

Oh no I posted loads of pics

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