Dead rat

[Unusualusernames]

Sorry to any animal lovers. I saw a giant rat in my kitchen the size of a kitten last week and put down poison. Now my whole kitchen reeks of fetid rotting rat. I assume it's dead under the floor boards. Taking them up is not an option. Does anyone have any advice????

Not sure where else to put this. I know I am BU but the smell is driving me mental and I'm working from home

@BleachEyes

Kinda serves you right for poisoning it rather than trapping to release. Horrible, painful death.

They'll keep coming back otherwise. It's vermin, carrying disease.

Does the smell actually go or do you just get used to it 😳?

It completely goes once the carcass has decomposed and all the flesh has gone and it’s dried out. Just the skeleton and dried fur is then left.

The smell is horrible. We live next to a park so we get lots of mice. Its the flies once the smell has gone that i hate the most. Unfortunately if you can't find the dead rodent there isnt much you can do apart from trying to mask the smell with candles or oil burners