What to do with dead rodents?

So, the property I moved to came with too many guests. Mountain Beavers, Ground Squirrels, Moles, Rats, Mice, etc. It is the result of being in a slight country setting smooshed between some urban areas, so all the predators have been relocated, and the little critters multiplied out of control here. I am thus trapping and catching things every day trying to cull the herds a bit.

My question is what to do with dozens of little carcasses besides flinging them deep into the blackberry briars. Anyone have a solution that disposes of them and helps my soil later, or gives a use to them other than little maggot farms. (O don't have chickens, yet.) Thanks.

We've had mice and microbats that have died inside the house- I bury them in a low-frequented area of the veggie patch and forget about them. Haven't ever accidentally dug one up again before it's fully decomposed. You might have to get creative with locations or make a system if you have a ton of them though.

Karla Waterman wrote:We've had mice and microbats that have died inside the house- I bury them in a low-frequented area of the veggie patch and forget about them. Haven't ever accidentally dug one up again before it's fully decomposed. You might have to get creative with locations or make a system if you have a ton of them though.

Thank you! Saw another post after I put this up about burying them around fruit trees.  Great idea. Will start doing that and around veggies.

I have one rule about compost.
Anything that was once alive can go in the compost bin.

Do you have any ravens, vultures, or birds of prey flying around? That is mother nature's clean up crew.

A friend of mine leaves them up on a platform for the owls to take. He thinks this will encourage those raptors to both multiply and hunt the particular critters he'd like fewer of.

I bury many of  similar in my compost, but I try to wrap them in brown paper with some sawdust to absorb the juices to try to keep all the goodies from leaching away.

I nailed a 12" x 12" piece of plywood on top of a post in the garden.
All deceased rodents go on the platform,
Within a short while, owls, ravens, hawks, or our outside cats, someone cleans up.
Does nothing for the soil but feeds a hungry critter.