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My husband flushed a dead mouse down the toilet and just before that we had our bathroom plumbed and a septic?

cont...tank installed. We have had a terrible dead rat smell ever since. It seems to come from our bathtub drain and jets and toilet as well. What could it be? We need help.

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  1. . . . perhaps it's time for your husband to cut back on the beer and curries . . .
  2. I would call a good plumber to check this problem out.. better safe then sorry... Specially when it comes to drinking water...
  3. Did they vent the system ?if not its going to smell
  4. I doubt your smelling dead rat. Flushing is how most people get rid of a dead mouse. Better check to see if that septic system is working properly.
  5. What you want to bet that the mouse is stuck somewhere in the septic system? I would put an enzyme down the toilet like Rid-X and see if you can dissolve the blockage. It may take a while.
  6. Yeah,...ask a professional. Maybe the tail of the dead rat got stucked somewhere.
  7. Water traps are used to prevent sewer gases from coming back up into the home.Like the " P-trap / S-trap under your kitchen/bathroom sink. Your bathtub will have one underneath it also. The trap always holds some water in it to block fumes coming backwards from the septic tank/sewer system. The toilet has a "automatic" water trap built in=so I would"nt suspect this off-hand. Are you sure that proper water traps were installed in your drain line? If you are certain about this=then I would suspect your "venting" in your septic tank is not working properly==could be blocked causing a back pressure in your drain line and "pushing" sewer gases back up through the water traps. The lowest point being the tub.
  8. I bet you the dead animal is stuck in the trap, that is the pipe that looks like U. the bottom the the U hold water to keep the sewer smells from coming back in your home. I would be a smart ass and tell my husband to fix it or get a plumber. that really was not very smart to flush a mouse in the stool. Next time put it in the trash, or in a baggy then in the trash.