I have a BP that eats one adult mouse a week. Often he will skip a week. Sometimes he won't even wait until the mouse hits the aspen. The worst so far was he skipped two weeks.

My question is when he doesn't eat I leave the mouse in the tub until the next morning. How long is it safe to leave a "dead" mouse in the tub?

At normal temps it starts to SMELL in about 4 hours. By 8 hours it is kinda attached to the plate I leave it on. I suppose that if he didn't go for it by then its too late. RIGHT???!!!