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TonyIN

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Not tractor related (until they nest in one)....
Not sure what the dogs got this time, but it's the third one in 2 weeks. They've been sniffing around the woodpiles a lot, but usually do because of the mice.
Each time, I've found one of these in the middle of the yard, dead between their paws.
Seems a lot bigger and heavier than the field mice around here, but the only rats I've seen (and it's rare) are down by the river and are much bigger.
Any ideas?

Thanks
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though it looks somwhat the worse for wear "tis indeed a mouse unless you have really large gloves. There are numerous species of mice in at least a couple of genera in U.S. (Mus and Peromyscus) so the sizes/colors vary quite a lot. Voles and shrews are often mistaken for mice as well though the animal depicted is neither.

fwiw,
kevin
 
It wasn't carrying a suitcase from Washington DC, was it?

Seriously, from its size, and the size of its head compared to the rest of the body, it could be a half starved young Norway rat.
 
tail looks to fat for a mouse ,must be a rat.by the size of it's head I'd bet a rat of some sort.
 
Sounds like kev8n is very knowlegible about that class of animal but since we lived closed to a town we dealt with some huge rats invading our grainary and it seems rats had that shape head vs a field mouse which was much more proportionable to the body. To find a rat in the yard is rare unless he was starving or thirsty unlike the mouse rats travel very low profile and usually travel along walls and in walls very stealthy. In my opinion it looks like a mouse and a Guiena (spelling) pig got together in a cladestine hookup :-O the head just doesn't match the body so if that is the case let's name it a moupig or pigmou.
 
I've been thinking baby rats too, but really don't know enough about them. It's been extremely dry around here this year and didn't know if they were traveling beyond their comfort zone for water, food, etc.

The pond is a few hundred feet away as is the creek. To me the head is a rat, but never seen them this small.

If it is indeed a rat, it just moved up on my most wanted list, right above my snapping turtle. Best way to eliminate? Dogs can obviously get to where they are. Tempted to let the dogs do their thing, but if these are the babies, mom and/or dad got to go too.

We get the occasional field mouse in the house during the winter and I really don't want these guys doing the same...

Thanks and keep the ideas coming. I'm still learning.
 
there not that bad in the house,LOL.they only keep you awake at night.Had one no two one year in a house trailer,put out poisen and he came walking into the kitchen half dead.Second one ran across the bathroom floor while I was sittin,Scared the crap out of me ,litteraly.
 
Maybe ir"s a nutria baby. Feed them, fatten them up, skin them for food and pelt. At least that"s what they do with them in Houma, Louisiana.
 
Looks like a rat to me, but could even be a baby possum too. My dogs kill them all the time, they are after leftover food in their bowls and I honestly think the dogs leave it there on purpose to keep themselves entertained during the night.
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