I was assuming this was a wood mouse, but started to doubt myself. It had got itself inside my suet block feeder and was having the time of its life...
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Mouse ID question (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Swindon Addick
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Farnboro John
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It looks like a Wood Mouse to me. The tail, though long, is very thin - that on a Yellow-necked is more substantial. The eye in the face looks huge, because the face itself is small. Finally the coat seems brown with not much orangey tone to it, rather a yellow tint to the flanks.
Overall size is hard to judge on a photo though you of course have the option of measuring the grid size of the cage!
Cheers
John
Overall size is hard to judge on a photo though you of course have the option of measuring the grid size of the cage!
Cheers
John
Thanks. Either species is a garden tick so I'm happy enough just knowing which it is.
The squares in the feeder are an inch each side.
The squares in the feeder are an inch each side.
