dead mouse underneath my kitchen garbage can...how to dispose of its body

[CTyankee]

the kind of garbage can that slides out like a bottom drawer (helpful in a small kitchen).

Anyway, my cleaning lady forgot to tell me she set the trap.

I cannot bring myself to touch the thing. I have a handyperson coming tonight to do something else. I called him and asked if he would take care of disposing it.

What is the best way to dispose of it so another animal doesn't eat it and die also or so it doesn't pollute the ground in back of our house?

I will clean the area with kitchen cleanser.

Anything else I need to do?

[getagrip_already]

1. You neglected to say where you live?

Most expedient answer is to wrap it up in a plastic bag and put it out in the trash.

But if you live in an area where you can be a little more elaborate, send it out like a viking! Build it a funeral pyre, set it atop, and at sunset, set it ablaze.

Read it this poem and raise a flagon of mead!

Though my burning bier
Be but a lonely cell
And tonight I will dine
In the great hall of Valhalla
That place that still lives on
In the mind of mice

[brewens]

2. You can cut its head off and put it on a pole as a warning to other mice. :) n/t

[deRien]

7. DO NOT put it in a

plastic bag and in the garbage... I did that with a dead baby possum years ago and all I got was a garbage can with maggots all over it... the other one I buried in the backyard and let nature take its course.

I forgot to say that it was playing "possum" by the bathroom door when my son was taking a bath so it was actually alive when I put it in the garbage... the other one was dead outside...

[RussBLib]

3. Use a mask

...and gloves. Don't breathe in the stink if you can help it. Put in a Ziploc bag or similar and put in trash outside. Then clean the fuck out of the spot, with your mask on.

[Ocelot II]

4. If you buried it in the yard it won't pollute the ground any more

than anything else that dies naturally outside if it wasn't poisoned. You indicated it was in a trap, so if no poison was involved it can just be buried. Otherwise it can go in the trash. I do like the Viking funeral idea, though.

[hlthe2b]

5. I remove all remains of rabbits, squirrels and others the hawks and owls get, to a bush on openspace

wetland about 1/4 mile from my house. Remove them from the bag using gloves and let nature take its course. Wish them well on their journey and hope there is a less violent place for them in the beyond. Sometimes I make an attempt to bury but most often just make sure they are well tucked under the large mass of undergrowth

[CTyankee]

12. My good handyman can do that for me! We have just the space in the back of our house!

[enid602]

6. Sarcasm

I like to purée my dead rats, and use the purée as a substitute for spray cheese in my famous ‘Weiner ‘Crown.’ Even my most snooty guests just love it.

[CTyankee]

13. Served with Grey Poupon, perhaps?

[enid602]

14. micro

You just assemble it, and pop it on ‘high’ in the microwave until the whole house smells ‘real good.’

[CTyankee]

15. Like a bag of popcorn!

BTW, I commend you for your Tennessee Williams quote...haven't seen one like that ever!

[enid602]

16. Bette

I don’t see it on my cell, but I think it’s Bette Davis.

[CTyankee]

17. You are correct. I was thinking of Blanche DuBois of "Streetcar Named Desire" in a scene where she

was being taunted by Marlon Brando.

[Polly Hennessey]

8. My question? How did it get there? Might there be others?

I would gently wrap him in a plastic bag, put him in the trash, and apologize for what happened. 😔

[Wingus Dingus]

9. Your bigger problem is figuring out why you have a mouse in

your kitchen, and calling an exterminator to look for entry points. Don't rely on a cleaning lady for that.

[LuckyCharms]

10. Mask, gloves, shallow grave, done.

Check for signs of others. Keep cereal, etc. in sealed Tupperware like containers. No unsealed food.

Check basement if you have one. Fill pipe entrance oversized holes under kitchen and bath sinks with steel wool.

Inspect foundation all the way around the house for holes.

Set traps inside along baseboards. They run against the walls.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

11. An alternative method of disposal

Put in an envelope and mail it to the Trump campaign.

[zanana1]

18. Gather his little mouse family together.

Tell them to dress in black and arrange a skateboard for a funeral procession. Hire a mouse minister to properly lay him to rest. Either that, or put him in a mayonnaise jar and throw him in the trash.

[soldierant]

19. That would solve the maggot issue for sure.

I would think any unwanted glass or hard plastic jar or box closed tight would also do that.