[Marcella]

If I kill a squirrel with my pellet gun, can I dump the dead body in my composter unit?

[JRandomFreeper]

I wouldn't. Ignoring that it's wasting food, it will smell and attract unwanted critters to your yard.

Neighbor refrigerates his until trash day, and tosses them in the trash bag with everything else.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

All the articles advise against animal remains, bones, etc in the compost. Mainly due to stink and attracting critters.

Hubby catches them in live traps. Hauls them out to the forest and lets them go. He would shoot them and skin them, but then he’d have to cook them or bury them, and he objects to both, though he would probably eat them if I cooked them.

I am experimenting with bones. I punched holes in a coffee can, threw in some old chicken bones and rib bones(after I had made broth with them) I dug a hole to sink the can in, and put a lid on it. The dog leaves it alone so far.

It’s just an experiment to see if it will give me some bone meal nutrients to recycle in the yard.