Pest-management apparatuses with separator to improve function of rodent sensor

A pest-management apparatus comprising:

• a base;
• a lid configured to be coupled to the base such that the base and the lid cooperate to define a chamber, where the lid or the base have at least one entrance opening sized to permit a rodent to enter the chamber;
• one or more separators configured such that if the lid and base are coupled together to define the chamber, the one or more separators divide the chamber into a first portion and a second portion and define a first opening and a second opening for accessing the second portion of the chamber from the first portion of the chamber, where the first opening is between the one or more separators and the lid and the second opening is between the one or more separators and the base;
• and
• an electrically-conductive member coupled to the one or more separators and to a capacitive sensor associated with the one or more separators, the capacitive sensor configured to detect changes in an electric field positioned above the electrically-conductive member caused by the rodent traversing the one or more separators from the first portion to the second portion of the chamber;
• and
• wherein when the lid and the base are coupled together to define the chamber, the electrically-conductive member is positioned to prevent non-rodent pests from interacting with or disturbing the electric field, the electrically-conductive member is spaced above a floor of the chamber to permit non-rodent pests to traverse under the electrically-conductive member, thereby minimizing a likelihood of false rodent detections by the capacitive sensor.