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Mack
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07-22-2002

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mack a private message Print Post    
That's actually why I mentioned it. I also worked in an office where a fellow worker lost track of an orange in their desk. It fell into the back of the desk behind a drawer. You'd not think an orange could smell bad but give it a few weeks to turn into a very unpleasant science experiment. We actually finally got rid of the desk and it was all metal....you just couldn't get rid of the lingering smell.

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
Pamy, if the car wash doesn't do the trick, do you think maybe placing a tray or two of kitty litter or baking soda in the car would help absorb the odor?

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Oh uh! Pamy, I am so sorry. We had a dead rat in our garage. (and didn't know it until it stunk so bad. I kept cleaning in there and dumping the trash and could never get rid of the smell. It had burrowed into a box in there.) There is just nothing like dead animal smell. Sure there are other things that smell really bad, but dead animal has it's own distinct smell.

Since he works at a shelter, he knows the smell.

I don't think you're going to get rid of the smell until you get rid of the source. Hopefully it is road kill sticking to your car and the under carriage wash will get it off.

If that doesn't work, maybe a dog can find the source.

I think if you find and get rid of the source, clean the area really well and keep using lysol for awhile (and depending on what material the source was on, maybe that liquid that is supposed to get rid of cat urine smell, the stuff with enzymes in it) the smell will go away. (you may even need to use febreeze for awhile too if it is on material that febreeze works on)

Or, if you find and get rid of the source, and can't get rid of the smell after cleaning, lysol or whatever, etc...there are companies that clean up after crime scenes. They could probably clean it or recommend something.

I don't think it's a lost cause.

Our dead rat smell did leave our garage pretty quickly once I found it and got rid of the box and it.

(Luckily there weren't many areas of droppings. I think that rat must have been ill. We had two cats living in there then. You would think a rat would steer clear. It had been 10+ years and we'd never seen so much as one rodent dropping in there until that dead rat.)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
thx everyone, lots of good ideas! we are going to try everything you all said!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Dog to find the source is a good idea. I grew up with a beagle. He let us know there was a mouse in the house cuz he kept sniffing and sniffing in one place. When mom looked really close, she could see mouse foot prints.

And then when we were visiting my grandparents in their old two-story house (they were older so hadn't been upstairs for a while), beagle kept sniffing and sniffing under a bed upstairs where I was supposed to sleep. Looked under it -- dead mouse. A hound dog's nose knows . . . .

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Hahahahaha, I can just see Bill trying out various dogs from work. ("Gosh, Bill sure is walking a lot of dogs today. What a wonderful man.")

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
no time to find other thread...Bill taking to er...chest pains trouble breathing...running tests..pls pray ty!

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Oh dear! Praying for you and Bill Pamy!! I just reposted for you in the "Need Your Prayers" thread.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I hope Bill is all right Pamy!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Thx!! Ill respond in the prayers thread (he is ok :-))

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ok back to animal smell....it's just not been a great 2 days for Bill :-)

LOL Juju about him walkin dogs, I am printing out this thread and when he is up to it have him try all the sugggestions. I gag just opening door plus I am not the person to find dead things...I am baby.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
some dogs love rotten stuff. a dog might do the trick to hunt it down.

my dog could find a rotting carcass or dead fish in the woods.....then ROLL in it.

a good ol dog (not poodle or nonhuntingtype dog) should do it on instinct.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL I bet after he rolled in it he would like to come give you love! We have a dog that gets muddy and loves to share the love!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I don't go into the prayer thread (ever), but glad to hear Bill's OK, Pamy!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Ditto, and maybe it should be a while before he has another look for the cause of the smell!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Same beagle dog as above -- we let him run lose in the woods once. When he showed up...he'd rolled in some animal's doo / dirt. Very stinky. Hound dog got tossed in lake a few times and then road home in the trunk of the car (not far). Got a good bath, but still smelled. My grandmother then sprayed him with some cologne. That made him barf.

That beagle dog has been gone for 44 years this month and I still miss him.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 1:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
LOL my dog has been gone since 2003. She always looked so proud of herself when she would show up with bits of Rotten salmon clinging to her back.

the SMELL@!, i swear rotting fish is one of the worst.

that and her breath after eating fresh horse or deer poo. I understood from the vet it is like when we take an acidophilius pill or eat yoghurt to help our digestion LOL

dogs like the fresh bacteria

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 3:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
I had a dog like that, lost him 3 years ago. He was sassy, brassy, and irreverent and I want another one just like him.

We lived in a place completely surrounded by cow pasture and occasionally one would jump the fence. We'd have quite a job getting it back over the fence and I would always, always, always forget to check the yard for cow patties. The very next time I took H out I swear it took him all of 5 seconds to sniff it out and as soon as he started running I'd be charging up behind him thinking "OH S___!". Before I could even yell "NNoooo!" he would perform 'the maneuver'. 'The maneuver' was this little trick he had of running up to the pattie and twisting his body so he could plop right on top of it on his back. I'd end up pulling him off of it and literally kick his a@@ all the way back to the house. Not to hurt him, just to get him to move. And every time my foot came in contact with his butt he gave this deep growl, it was like I was tripping a motor switch with each kick. So frustrating in the moment, so funny after.

God, I miss that dog!

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Pamy, when I was a kid, there was a family friend who, when he wanted to get revenge, would take dead conk and stick it up (the person he was mad at} up the wheels' axles. Because he knew they would get that smell you are describing and never be able to find it.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Grooch, what's a 'conk'?

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'm guessing Grooch meant conch (type of snail -- without the shell) if she was living in, maybe, Florida, at the time?

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 7:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Color is right. It's a sea whelk. In Florida it's a conch.

Either way, it's very smelly when dead.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
SG I love your story! LOL

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Thanks. Make sense now.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
Thanks BR!