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Title: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on April 23, 2010, 22:57:23

.....light coloured fur with white bits underneath, huge ears, long tail and moves more like a kangeroo rather than scurrying. It's living under the paving slab that covers our outdoor back drain and is feeding on the seed that the birds discard from the feeders. Made me jump tonight when I went to light the greenhouse heater, any ideas? If I can get a picky I will but it moves really fast. :o

Ninny

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Georgie on April 23, 2010, 23:00:14

Field/wood mouse. They very cute :)

G x

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on April 23, 2010, 23:14:38

Thanks Georgie, looks like the woodmouse which makes sense as we back on to woodland. Seems a good friend for the garden too with the other preferences in its diet.

Ninny

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: macmac on April 23, 2010, 23:15:46

(http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt149/macmac-photo/july_41.jpg)
is this one ?

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on April 23, 2010, 23:24:10

Looking similar, the ears were pointing towards me and looked big, eyes were big too.

Ninny

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 24, 2010, 09:22:38

Wood mice jump a lot; they're far more agile than house mouse.

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: caroline7758 on April 24, 2010, 10:14:45

Think there must ave been a field mouseon our patio last night as nesxt door's cat was sitting there. >:(

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Georgie on April 24, 2010, 20:40:09

When I had field mice in the garden they used to scale the Forsythia to get at the nuts in the bird feeder. They are incredibly agile and great fun to watch - certainly not something to worry about.

Well captured Macmac. :)

Well, it could have been many things, Caroline. What makes you think it was a field mouse?

G x

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: caroline7758 on April 24, 2010, 20:47:06

Just because we often seeone there! ;)

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Georgie on April 24, 2010, 20:50:31

Quote from: caroline7758 on April 24, 2010, 20:47:06
Just because we often seeone there! ;)

Oh right, norty puddy! ;D

G x

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on April 24, 2010, 21:00:33

Not very clear as taken through the glass window

(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/ninnyscrops/DSCF0947.jpg)
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/ninnyscrops/woodmouse.jpg)

Ninny

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Georgie on April 24, 2010, 21:12:57

Deffo field mouse ;D

G x

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on April 24, 2010, 21:59:49

Thanks for the i d Georgie :)

Ninny

PS. Just had to add all the fuchsias are out in the wide world now ;)

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on May 04, 2010, 21:38:29

Update on our fieldmouse.....................hadn't seen him/her for a couple of nights.

We thought it was because as we are now dog-sitting for the next two weeks, it possibly had been frightened off, until our neighbour, yesterday on commenting on the collie, mentioned that her Billy the cat had brought in a mouse! She managed to get it off him and it ran under the washing machine. She has one of those humane traps and with the aid of a bit of digestive biscuit lured him in. He/she is now residing in a local field a car drive away.

A happy ending :)

Ninny

Title: Re: Mouse outside the house.....
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on May 04, 2010, 21:39:53

.............the fieldmouse, that is ;D ;D

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