Longer pieces on questions that need more room than an FAQ answer, starting with the one people ask most and can do least about: a smell coming from inside a wall. Statements about law or agency guidance name their source and the date it was read.
Usually a mouse, sometimes a bat, occasionally not an animal at all. What can be reached from the attic or below, what Colorado's health department says about disturbing mouse droppings, and why no one can promise a day count.
Looking for the reference pages instead?
The blog is where a subject gets more room than a reference page should give it. If you want the short version, start with who removes a dead animal in Colorado, the handling and disposal rules, or the locations page for the larger cities and counties.
Call and describe where it is lying and how close anyone can get to it. The first thing that gets worked out is whether this is a job you should be paying for at all.
