When wild animals get into your home, you run the risk of them dying inside your attic, your walls, or elsewhere. Sometimes, this occurs because the animal got stuck, couldn’t get out, and starved to death. Other times, it’s a direct result of DYI poisons. The animal gets sick, crawls into a small space, and dies there. You don’t know where it is or how to get to it. Regardless, it’s a common headache of having wildlife in your home.
While the animal is decomposing and drying out, you’re dealing with the brutal smell of death, caused by a combination of methane, sulfur dioxide, benzene derivatives, and long-chain hydrocarbons produced by the decaying body. Of course, trying to eradicate the smell with deodorizers doesn’t work—it’s just too strong, sickening, and disgusting. Your attempts will just mask the smell temporarily.
The smell could last for days or weeks until the body is decomposed—even longer if the area is damp or if the animal is large. And while that’s happening, the dead animal can attract maggots and flies.
You need to get that animal out. You need it removed so you can ventilate and get rid of the smell. Here’s how to go about getting effective dead animal removal in Toronto.
Don’t Do It Yourself
Though a dead animal certainly won’t attack you, it can still harm you. Many wild animals are carriers of diseases, parasites, germs, and microorganisms, and you could end up getting infected. Once these parasites’ host dies, they’re going to be looking to attach to the nearest compatible host: you. The animal’s blood or other body fluids could also find its way onto your skin.
Doing it yourself may also result in excessive damage if you cannot get to the animal without cutting into walls.
In addition, you might unwittingly break provincial regulations for disposing of the body.
Who Not to Call: The SPCA, Humane Society, or Wildlife Centre
Your local SPCA, Humane Society, or Wildlife Centre might be your first choice for dead animal removal in Toronto, but these organizations will not help. They do not offer these services for private properties. If you have sick or injured wildlife in your home, or if the dead animal is on a city street or outside of your home or cottage, then these organizations might come to remove and dispose of the body. But they will not come into your home, search your walls, attic, and crawlspace for the dead critter, and go through the often complex process of getting it out.
Instead, call a wildlife removal company.
The Right Call to Make
When you need dead animal removal in Toronto, your first call should be to a wildlife removal company. A removal company will be able to come up with a customized treatment plan to safely remove them from your home or property. Its removal technicians will have the special equipment, such as cameras that can bend and reach inside small spaces, necessary to local the dead animals.
They’ll take care to remove the carcasses with the least amount of damage and repair possible. When the carcasses are in an inaccessible place, such as down between walls, the walls may need to be cut. The technicians will take care to cut out as little wall as possible and perform drywall repairs afterwards. They might also remove and reinstall insulation if it’s soiled.
In addition, the technicians will destroy biohazard waste and clean up any bodily fluids, maggots, and other risks to your health and safety. Within an hour, the death smell should be gone.
When you need dead animal removal in Toronto, don’t attempt to do the dirty job yourself, and don’t call the Humane Society or SPCA. Instead, call a wildlife removal company and let the professionals go to work for you.
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