Longer pieces on the parts of this that do not fit a county page or an FAQ answer: where Florida counties disagree with each other, what the statute does and does not reach, and what actually decides whether an animal can be reached without damaging anything. Every claim about law or agency policy is quoted from the source and dated.
Florida health authorities call armadillos an uncommon, possible source of Hansen’s disease, not a sure thing. Here’s what their own words say, and how to deal with the dead one in your yard.
Many Florida houses have drywall on furring strips over block and ducts in the attic, so a smell at a wall may have traveled. What a dead rodent in a wall usually means, and what else it could be.
Florida puts the air handler and the ductwork in the attic, which is also one of the likeliest places for an animal to die. That is why the smell arrives on the air conditioner's schedule, and why it seems to come from nowhere.
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 Florida, the disposal rules, or your own county page.
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.
