Home Page
   Articles
       links
About Us    
Traders        
Recipes            
Latest Articles
long tail mice

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Downsizer Forum Index -> Conservation and Environment
Author 
 Message
dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 16 4:25 pm    Post subject: long tail mice Reply with quote
    

we have a pair residing in the bramble bed and they seem very happy with their present of wheat and dried peas.

i will set up the big remote activated camera and try to get some snaps next time i feed them as the little camera through the window in twilight is a bit messy

fun wee critters

buzzy



Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They are really lovely as long as they stay outside.

It's been mild enough (thus far) that I haven't had my usual winter small rodent invasion. Last year it was House Mice.

Henry

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Agree with you about them being nice outside. We get wood mice in the woods, and they are lovely when they are just running about, but when they invade the shelters, they can do a lot of damage and make a bit of a smell too.

buzzy



Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mistress Rose wrote:
Agree with you about them being nice outside. We get wood mice in the woods, and they are lovely when they are just running about, but when they invade the shelters, they can do a lot of damage and make a bit of a smell too.


At least Wood Mice don't smell quite as much as House Mice!

Henry

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

we have solid walls/floors so to get in they would have to use a door or window.

they are outside pets

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
we have solid walls/floors so to get in they would have to use a door or window.

they are outside pets


I love your optimism.

buzzy



Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
dpack wrote:
we have solid walls/floors so to get in they would have to use a door or window.

they are outside pets


I love your optimism.


Me too!

Are your eaves sealed?

Henry

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 16 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



mice?

buzzy



Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 16 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:


mice?


Could be - I think the picture is from that there London. I'd believe anything could happen there.

Henry

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 16 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No they aren't that neat. Wood mice smell quite mousey when there are a number of them. We evicted about a dozen from a caravan that had been in the woods for a while, and it still smells mildly of mouse.

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 16 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That's what caravans are supposed to smell of. Cars smell of new car. Lifts smell of wee. Caravans of mice.

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 16 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We have never had one before, and that was given to us about third hand having been in the woods for ages. We think we have evicted the mice, but it leaks, so we only really use the toilet.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 16 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the mice have been indoors and i assume feasting rather than out gathering.
i will give it another day and try to get some cute photos.

when i lived in a wood i got to know a few as they were keen on dog scoff ,boot laces and pillow stuffing etc etc .

i also got to see owl claws up close as the owl used my porch as a high seat.

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Downsizer Forum Index -> Conservation and Environment All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1
View Latest Posts View Latest Posts

 

Archive
Powered by php-BB © 2001, 2005 php-BB Group
Style by marsjupiter.com, released under GNU (GNU/GPL) license.
Copyright © 2004 marsjupiter.com