Dead mice can be deposited into a plastic bag to take out with the trash or directly into the outdoor garbage can.
Dead mouse in ceiling.
Set snap traps along the mouse trails.
Exterminating mice look in the attic for urine stained areas and trails of mouse droppings small black pellets the size of rice grains.
If you re too squeamish to undo a snap trap to release the dead mouse you can.
Typically a dead rodent mouse rat squirrel or other will emit a foul odor for a week to a couple weeks.
But below are some tips so you can avoid that.
Along ceiling joists set two traps side by side with baits at opposite ends.
It s a bit of work but once you come directly on top of the spot with a dead rodent you will know it the smell changes.