Identify please, mouse or small rat

ford2600

Hi just caught this animal in a trap in hot press.
3 in long with a 3 in tail. Any expert on here who can identify for certain?
Thanks in advance.
Apologies if in wrong forum.

SillyMangoX

It's hard to tell, but with a tail that long I would be suspicious it's a young rat.

johnayo

Mouse. Put the trap down again to get his brothers.:mad:

ford2600

Was wondering that myself, but a wiki entry had body length of over 3 ins with a similar tail length. He doesn't look as big as photos show!

SillyMangoX wrote: »

It's hard to tell, but with a tail that long I would be suspicious it's a young rat.

moonshadow

Deffo a mouse,tail is to thin and the feet tell me its a mouse.

ford2600

Have 6 traps down, full with mouse's weeding cake(aka cheese!)

SillyMangoX

Invest in a good cat :P

looksee

I think its a mouse too.

Have a look here http://gardenofeaden.blogspot.ie/2011/10/what-is-difference-between-rat-and.html tho the differences are very subtle.

ford2600

Was thinking along the lines of a jack russell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh84o5STysk

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Invest in a good cat :P

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

ford2600 wrote: »

Have 6 traps down, full with mouse's weeding cake(aka cheese!)

Cheese is a myth. Good bait is chocolate, nutella, rashers.

johnayo

Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

Cheese is a myth. Good bait is chocolate, nutella, rashers.

+1 on this.

Silverfish

Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

Cheese is a myth. Good bait is chocolate, nutella, rashers.

Definitely these. Also anything almondy (marzipan or almond slices). My pet mice would take your arm off for any of these. They don't like cheese at all.

stanley1

peanut butter

kylith

I've found hot buttered toast very good as bait. Whatever bait you use, tie it on well.

jimf

thats a rat tail is a give away

Duvetdays

Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

Cheese is a myth. Good bait is chocolate, nutella, rashers.

+2

Caught 3 last week thanks to a Cadbury caramel!

Also IMO looks more like a young rat than a mouse

GoodisonPark

That's DEFINATELY a field mouse. Had some visit last winter.
Chocolate is by far the best thing to catch them.
You can be sure there's several.

Edit : if you got him in the hot press I'd be sure to place some traps in the attic as well

REPTILEDAN88

+1 with GoodisonPark its a field or commonly known as a Wood Mouse - Apodemus sylvaticus .

I have pet rats and mice and that's a mouse.

Cedrus

Mouse.
I caught two last week using mini meatballs that I'd made as treats for the dogs, from the evidence in the shed I'd say they like grass seed too but I've no idea how to get that to stay on a trap:D I now have a box of ready-manured seed for the spring.

Bizzum

Here Ya are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biArkwUaURA

Wild_Dogger

you could try catch him in a box and set him 'free' ?

Life's too short to be ...........

January

Definitely a mouse, tail is too thin to be a rat.