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Scottsdale Wildlife Education: How Do You Remove A Rodent Stuck In A Dumpster?

If you own a dumpster, you may occasionally find a rodent inside if you haven’t taken the proper precautions. From a rodent’s point of view, the dumpster provides food and shelter, making it the perfect place to live. Unfortunately for you, it can be a huge hassle to have a rodent in your dumpster. You don’t want them to get hurt when it is filled up or emptied and most people don’t want to have rodents on their property at all. In many cases, the rodents are actually stuck inside. Despite being great climbers, they may have underestimated the height of the dumpster and gotten in with ease without being able to leave. Luckily, you can help them get out in a few simple steps.



Give Them An Exit
After you confirm that the rodent is actually stuck in the dumpster and not just living inside of it, you can get them out by giving them an exit. Try gently placing a box or other tall object inside the dumpster next to a wall. This will give the rodent a middle point to jump to before jumping all the way up to the top, halving the vertical distance they need to cross. You can also try lowering a thick rope, branch, or similar object. Most rodents are great climbers, so this should be enough to help them leave. After giving the rodent a way to get out of the dumpster, give them some time to leave on their own; they may be afraid of you or the new object so they won’t necessarily move right away.

Trap And Remove
If the rodent doesn’t leave after you have given them a way to climb out, then you will need to think of another plan. In some cases, it may be possible to trap and then remove the rodent. You would have to lower a live cage trap with bait into the dumpster and wait for the animal to go inside. Once they are in, you can then gently lift the trap out of the dumpster.

Get Expert Help
Most of the time, you should get expert help if you plan on trapping a rodent to get them out of a dumpster. They may have another idea of how to remove even a frightened and trapped rodent that you haven’t considered. At the very least, they will already have the necessary live traps and bait and know what to do with the rodent after it is removed from the dumpster.

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