Wild baby mouse or baby rat?
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dspch911
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Don't really know, but we had mice as kids and that looks too big for a mouse.
SQ
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Another picture
Five ways to tell the difference: from http://www.ehow.com/how_7826138_identify-infant-mice-rats.html
1. Check and compare the size of the rodents. If they are larger and weigh more comparatively than the other rodents at the same age, the babies are rats.
2. Examine the tail. If it is thick and shorter than its body, it is a baby rat. Long and thin tails indicate baby mice.
3. Ears are quite large when compared to a mouse's head. This is not the case with rats, for the ears are small in relation to their head. This is one of the best ways of determining the difference between the two.
4. Lift the baby's muzzle. A narrow and sharp muzzle indicates a mouse, while blunt and large identifies an infant rat.
5. Check the size of the eyes. Mice have prominent and large eyes while rat eyes are small.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_7826138_identify-infant-mice-rats.html#ixzz34C5mSpbZ
Five ways to tell the difference: from http://www.ehow.com/how_7826138_identify-infant-mice-rats.html
1. Check and compare the size of the rodents. If they are larger and weigh more comparatively than the other rodents at the same age, the babies are rats.
2. Examine the tail. If it is thick and shorter than its body, it is a baby rat. Long and thin tails indicate baby mice.
3. Ears are quite large when compared to a mouse's head. This is not the case with rats, for the ears are small in relation to their head. This is one of the best ways of determining the difference between the two.
4. Lift the baby's muzzle. A narrow and sharp muzzle indicates a mouse, while blunt and large identifies an infant rat.
5. Check the size of the eyes. Mice have prominent and large eyes while rat eyes are small.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_7826138_identify-infant-mice-rats.html#ixzz34C5mSpbZ
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SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
Baby's ears look a bit large and tail looks thin .... so mouse?
What do you think?
What do you think?
dspch911
Senior Member
looks like a baby rat to me, but I've not seen very many baby mice !!
the tail seems too short for a mouse.
shrug
edited: oh I see, the ears are kinda big compared to baby rat's ears. the tail still seems short to me but I guess it gets longer as they age......?
the tail seems too short for a mouse.
shrug
edited: oh I see, the ears are kinda big compared to baby rat's ears. the tail still seems short to me but I guess it gets longer as they age......?
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victoria
Well-Known Member
It looks like a rat to me. It's not very developed but is already quite a bit longer than the quarter. Mice would be much more developed before they got that long.
SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
Here is the link to info about the baby. I do not have the baby.
http://www.ratshackforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=444396#post444396
Thank you all for your comments and ideas.
I will pass it on
http://www.ratshackforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=444396#post444396
Thank you all for your comments and ideas.
I will pass it on
That could also be a baby shrew or vole!
SQ
Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
That was more then 4 years ago!
