No prob. Hope it helps. I think you are getting rid of or watering down the scent and offering a soaked rodent. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to eat some water down tasteless meal.
Imagine someone takes a slice of pizza soaks it in a bucket for an hour then hits it w a hair dryer and is like here good as new .... ummmm no thanks.
Zip lock all the way. Dry rodent. Full scent. I bet it does the trick.