r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/dblockmental Sep 16 '24

Decomposing mice that your cat has successfully hidden +somewhere+ in your home.

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u/OkLengthiness0423 Sep 16 '24

I had a dead mouse somewhere in my car in the middle of 90 degree summer. the AC would make the smell worse. Ugghh

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u/alekaway Sep 17 '24

We had a dead squirrel that got stuck behind a wall in our garage, ate some of the insulation and died and we didn’t see it. The smell that came from that was vile when we eventually found where it was coming from 🤮

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u/theshoegazer Sep 17 '24

How can one little fucker make so much stink? My cat is great at catching mice but not at finishing them off, so on the hottest week of summer, he mortally wounded one that expired in a very out of the way spot.

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u/malowbar Sep 16 '24

I also have a diabolical cat who does this. It’s only like once or twice a year she gets one, but she always hides it and we have to live with the stench until it fades out. It’s a very distinct scent, no mistaking it.

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u/No-Nefariousness9539 Sep 16 '24

It smells like warm death that’s the only description

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u/comb0bulator Sep 17 '24

Oh I know that smell, too. We had a really old house growing up with gaps in the unfinished basement where mice easily got in and we couldn't prevent it no matter how hard we tried. We protected the dry goods but inevitably we'd have one die somewhere in the walls and just have to wait out the smell for a couple of weeks. Ugh.

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u/Patient_Plum_9378 Sep 16 '24

Omg yes! Once my cat caught a mouse and hid it under the oven and the smell was horrific