{"id":6541,"date":"2026-07-10T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rebuildppasdev.wpenginepowered.com\/what-do-i-do-if-i-find-a-dead-animal-in-my-pool\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:22:28","slug":"what-do-i-do-if-i-find-a-dead-animal-in-my-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/what-do-i-do-if-i-find-a-dead-animal-in-my-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Do If You Find a Dead Animal in Your Pool?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Small animals like rats, mice, squirrels, frogs, and bats may end up dead in residential pools, and it is nothing to worry about. These animals do not pose a health hazard, but if you happen to come across a raccoon, you will need to act fast. Raccoons are known for carrying infections that can spread through pool water. If you spot a dead raccoon, call Animal Control without hesitation. It is always best to check with your local animal control location regarding what kind of animals you find in your pool.<\/p>\n

In other cases, chlorine in a well-maintained pool can kill germs they may carry. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Close the pool and wear disposable gloves.<\/li>\n
  2. Remove the dead animal using a net, and double bag it in garbage bags.<\/li>\n
  3. Thoroughly clean your hands.<\/li>\n
  4. Look over your pool to make sure that the pH is at 7.5 or less, free chlorine levels at 2 ppm, and maintain the temperature at 77\u00b0F (25\u00b0C) or higher for the next 30 minutes.<\/li>\n
  5. Check if the filtration system is functioning correctly and disinfect the net you used.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Small animals like rats, mice, squirrels, frogs, and bats may end up dead in residential pools, and it is nothing to worry about. These animals do not pose a health hazard, but if you happen to come across a raccoon, you will need to act fast. Raccoons are known for carrying infections that can spread […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[291],"tags":[286],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pool-maintenance","tag-pool-maintenance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierpoolsandspas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}