Kathryn Report post Posted September 23, 2011 Dirty washing doesn't exactly smell like roses, does it, but for the last week or so I have been vaguely thinking that ours smelt a little more rank than it ought to do. I was unable to find the source of the odour until I emptied it completely this morning and found at the bottom... a dead mouse. :sick: Now I'm hoping a really hot wash will be enough to purge the smell of decaying rodent from our clothes. I don't even want to think about how it got in there. We have a cat. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted September 23, 2011 :lol: Yum. It's obvious how it got there - it was eating the cheese. You really shouldn't store cheese in your laundry basket you know. But you're right - hot washing the mouse should stop it smelling... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dijac Report post Posted September 23, 2011 Hi, That takes me back. Years ago I was living in a bedsit in Lewisham, and couldn't work out why my bed smelt funny. I narrowed it down to the pillows - so bought new pillows - no luck. I even thought it was me, and started bathing 2 - 3 times a day. Eventually, I found a dead mouse in the bottom of my pyjama case - I'd been putting my jammies back on top of it every day, and placing it on my pillow!! I felt ill for a couple of days after that!! Now I live in the countryside, it is not unusual to find a dead mouse in the garage - or sometimes the dog will bring me a dead dormouse or a vole - and now I can deal with it!! But that smeall is still not good!! Hopefully you have a nice day where you are, and give your washing a nice blast of fresh air after it's hot wash. Diane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluesbreaker Report post Posted September 23, 2011 :lol: Yum. It's obvious how it got there - it was eating the cheese. You really shouldn't store cheese in your laundry basket you know. But you're right - hot washing the mouse should stop it smelling... I think Kathryn meant the clothes not the mouse, LOL! I suppose you could wash the mouse and put it back in the basket or something as a halloween decoration, idk... we had the attic converted about 3 years ago or something into a storage space and a hobby type room where the model trains are.... every now and then we find loads of bird droppings over stuff, the first time we investigated we found a rotting sparrow. they manged to get in through the eaves.... so if we see bird droppings (which we clear up anyway) we normally know something died in there... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
