Personally I would not have done it because I think it should be returned to the Earth and not take up space forevermore, but I feel the same way about human bodies. I realize a lot of people don't feel that way.
.No , maggots come flies laying their eggs on a dead animal. no flies will be down in the dirt where you burried your dear Rat.
R.I.P dear Rat .
So I recently just burried my rat and I burried it in jelwry box(the one that you buy the jelwry in with the nice case and the soft inside for the jelwry on display) and I covered the cracks and the outside with tape, then I wrapped cling wrap then taped it and reapeated it again then I got 3 ziplock bags then folded the corners so they would wrap the box and taped them and repeated it for each one and then i got some more cling wrap and taped it and then I got two walkmartbags and put it inside and balled up the bag and taped them good. so can maggots get through that? including it has to get through the jelwry box itself? if so how long do you think it should take because I wrapped it up good and layered it.