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What rodent is this?

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    #32
    BarryD2
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    Looks like it has a thickish tail so could be a young rat. Rats are brazen too, when they consider it their territory. Shrewd creatures and can squeeze through the smallest gaps, amazing climbers. You're never too far from rats but generally you don't want to be sharing buildings with them.


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    #33
    bfa1509
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    Looks like some kind of sideways species of rat. I've never seen a species of this orientation before.


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    #34
    s7ryf3925pivug
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    I've seen a couple of similar rodents around outside which I took to be fieldmice. This one looks a little bigger maybe. Also found a dead tiny one also outside that I took to be a shrew. Had a kinda curved narrow snout.

    Here is another pic where he came out to have another look at me. Bit blurred.


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    #35
    volchitsa
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    Any rats I've ever seen have been massive. Way bigger than that.

    I don't know how fast they grow, but I wouldn't say there's much chance of seeing a rat on its own that isn't already adult sized.

    I think that's something else, and if you say you've seen other small rodents around I think it's more likely one of those (probably too big to be a fieldmouse though)


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    #36
    volchitsa
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    Otto Brave Gesture wrote: »
    I've seen a couple of similar rodents around outside which I took to be fieldmice. This one looks a little bigger maybe. Also found a dead tiny one also outside that I took to be a shrew. Had a kinda curved narrow snout.

    Here is another pic where he came out to have another look at me. Bit blurred.

    Lol, looks like a raccoon or a fox in that one!!!
    (Which it obviously isn't, of course! Just the photo, or maybe it's just me.)


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    #37
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 4,800 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Be god lad and that bag of dog nuts is north of 60 pound.
    I’d be keeping it well away from a mouseen at that money.
    The fcuker will be gorging on them and will sh1te on what’s left.
    They do draw what they don’t eat into the nest.
    Hel rob you


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    #38
    The Rabbi
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭The Rabbi


    Half drown it then hit it with a sledge.And don't start fretting about it.Second time is easier.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It's an adult Wood Mouse (also called a long tailed field mouse).

    A standard mousetrap will do the job.


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    s7ryf3925pivug
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    The Rabbi wrote: »
    Half drown it then hit it with a sledge.And don't start fretting about it.Second time is easier.


    Recognition! /zoidberg


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    #41
    Birdnuts
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    Oakley Microscopic Theatre wrote: »
    It's an adult Wood Mouse (also called a long tailed field mouse).

    A standard mousetrap will do the job.

    That would be my call - as rodents go their pretty harmless


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    corks finest
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    Oakley Microscopic Theatre wrote:
    It's an adult Wood Mouse (also called a long tailed field mouse).

    GPMG needed ,with tracer


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    #43
    Blaizes
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    Get a cat and a plug in ultrasonic rodent repeller have only ever had mice so don’t know but looks too small to be a rat unless it’s a baby hopefully not!


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    #44
    Greyfoot
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Greyfoot


    corks finest wrote: »
    GPMG needed ,with tracer

    Ahahaha,and call in the coordinates for a mortar strike once you run out of belts


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    #45
    bogman_bass
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    corks finest wrote: »
    GPMG needed ,with tracer

    Think of the collateral damage! Use your head lad!
    9mm only!


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    #46
    twin_beacon
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    looks more like a mouse to me, rat's tails are longer


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    #47
    Chisler2
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    Otto Brave Gesture wrote: »
    If he's not a health hazard I've no desire to kill him but I still don't want him pooping in my garage.


    Dog-food, bird-seed etc. stored in rodent-proof containers take away all incentive for rodents to come near sheds or garages. Full-sized plastic bins with lock-over handles (lid cannot be pushed off/wiggled under) are perfect.......followed by sealing their entrance-points when you are sure they are not inside.


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    #48
    Andreas77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭Andreas77


    So what is this creature? Mouse or rat,. Can you provide more pics please so we can see better


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    cj maxx
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    Andreas77 wrote: »
    So what is this creature? Mouse or rat,. Can you provide more pics please so we can see better

    The tail looks too short for a rat. It doesn't look like a house mouse. I don't know


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    Birdnuts
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    cjmc wrote: »
    The tail looks too short for a rat. It doesn't look like a house mouse. I don't know

    Its a Wood mouse - generally they don't invade human dwellings unless the weather is very poor, which might explain its presence in this case


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    cj maxx
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    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Its a Wood mouse - generally they don't invade human dwellings unless the weather is very poor, which might explain its presence in this case

    Is a wood mouse different to a field mouse ? Where do they live


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    #52
    Greyfoot
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    cjmc wrote: »
    Is a wood mouse different to a field mouse ? Where do they live

    In the woods?


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    Chisler2
    Registered Users Posts: 436 ✭✭Chisler2


    Boxcar_Willie wrote: »
    Field Mouse


    Endangered species these days, due to changes in agriculture!!


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    s7ryf3925pivug
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    Andreas77 wrote: »
    So what is this creature? Mouse or rat,. Can you provide more pics please so we can see better
    At this stage I am pretty certain it's a fieldmouse. It is pretty similar to other mice I saw outside near the garage that I also took to be fieldmice. I thought this one seemed bigger or rounder but maybe he was just better fed.

    Sticking with the plan I mentioned earlier of sealing garage door and using live trap then to remove him and any of his friends. Will also put dog kibble and birdseed into appropriate containers.

    Will leave the humane traps out now and then I think in future. Had two robins get stuck in garage recently after Ibleft the door open (or one robin twice). So mice could easily enter the same way.

    The side the garage was completely overgrown with nettles and some brambles for some time. Got a guy to clear it with a digger last week, as well as pull up big tree stumps there. Additionally some cut wood was removed. So maybe I destroyed his home. Must leave some piles of wood and overgrown parts or I'll accidentally sterilize my garden.

    No more pics. Have a crappy video but no room on my phone and not sure it's worth digging out. Will show more pics if I take more.


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    #55
    The chan chan man
    Registered Users Posts: 824 ✭✭✭The chan chan man


    That is a gorgeous little mouse.

    Not a rat!


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    #56
    holliehobbie
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    He is better fed from all that lovely dog food he's been eating!!


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    #57
    Birdnuts
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    cjmc wrote: »
    Is a wood mouse different to a field mouse ? Where do they live

    No - we currently only have 3 species of mice in the country ie. House Mouse, Wood Mouse and the recently arrived Dormouse


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    Andreas77
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    please upload more pics as they come in


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    s7ryf3925pivug
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    Andreas77 wrote: »
    please upload more pics as they come in
    I probably will if I take any more. Why do you want to see them though?


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    cj maxx
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    Birdnuts wrote: »
    No - we currently only have 3 species of mice in the country ie. House Mouse, Wood Mouse and the recently arrived Dormouse

    Is that a dormouse then. I've only seen field mice a couple of times years ago but that doesn't seem like I remember.


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    s7ryf3925pivug
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    door seal came. Painted pva sealant on floor at door to prep it. Robin came in and hopped about. Mouse came out to have a look. Within a metre of me; didn't seem bothered at all.


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