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Sacha[_3_] 23-08-2008 12:52 AM

Very small rodent ID
 
On 21/8/08 21:20, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

If anyone can suggest
what this little thing is or point me at some pics, I'd love to show them to
the children. TIA.


Probably a juvenile. (Mouse!)


Not a mouse. The closest seems to be the vole theory.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon



Sacha[_3_] 23-08-2008 01:40 PM

Very small rodent ID
 
On 23/8/08 00:52, in article ,
"Sacha" wrote:

On 21/8/08 21:20, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

If anyone can suggest
what this little thing is or point me at some pics, I'd love to show them to
the children. TIA.


Probably a juvenile. (Mouse!)


Not a mouse. The closest seems to be the vole theory.


Just checked with Ray. *Definitely* not a mouse, juvenile or otherwise, so
we'll stick with the vole. Thanks everyone.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon



someone 04-11-2008 10:43 PM

Very small rodent ID
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 21/8/08 23:48, in article ,
"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:55:48 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Looking out of the kitchen window today the children saw a tiny mouse
climbing, sitting for at least ten minutes in and then disappearing
from,
some ivy and jasmine climbing that wall. When they called me to see it,
I
thought they were going to show me an 'ordinary' mouse but this was tiny
with a very dark brown back and - given I had only a quick glimpse of it
moving - what I thought were quite large ears.


It would probably be a harvest mouse. They are tiny, have large ears
and vary in colour, including dark brown.

Steve


Very probable, I think. I've found one dark coated pic on Google but the
rest of those pages won't load. It was certainly not the honey coloured
coat type.


It could be a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), they have big ears and big
eyes.

s.



Anna Amelia 08-11-2012 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sacha[_3_] (Post 811588)
Looking out of the kitchen window today the children saw a tiny mouse
climbing, sitting for at least ten minutes in and then disappearing from,
some ivy and jasmine climbing that wall. When they called me to see it, I
thought they were going to show me an 'ordinary' mouse but this was tiny
with a very dark brown back and - given I had only a quick glimpse of it
moving - what I thought were quite large ears. The location it was in is
right up against the kitchen chimney wall where the Aga gives out some
warmth and where sparrows roost in various plants, too. There is plenty of
cover there and birdseed too, from time to time. If anyone can suggest
what this little thing is or point me at some pics, I'd love to show them to
the children. TIA.

--
Sacha

Buy plants online, including rare and popular plant varieties from Hill House Nursery, mail order plant specialist
South Devon

Hello Sacha. Your little critter may also be a wood mouse. My cat brought one in at the beginning of the week who resembles your description and after looking around on the Internet I thought the most likely looking picture was a wood mouse, although some are lighter in colour than he is. Here are a couple of links to check. One is from Flickr and the other You Tube video was posted by a man who rescued 2 mice from his cat and looked after them for a while.
My Wood Mice | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
How to care for wild wood mice - YouTube


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