Jane Judge's Mice

I don't know Parsley. Was it a shock to find them all in Henry?

I was reminded of this thread as I had a dream last night that the hole got bigger and they were in fact guinea pigs..

There are still only 3 of them from what I can tell and they are still busy. They haven't grown so they aren't rats

I was reminded of this thread as I had a dream last night that the hole got bigger and they were in fact guinea pigs..
Ah, sweet ?

I did think the one without a tail was a mutant hamster.

Oops, a giant mutant hamster!

It was a shock Jane as I had used it to vacuum the garage before I opened it up. ??

a mutant hamster

Oh gosh at hoovering with them all in there Parsley, I bet they wondered what on earth was going on! ???

If your house is reasonably well sealed, and you keep doors closed, I'd leave them alone and enjoy watching their antics. Looks like they have a cosy nest so hopefully won't want to move.
This morning I was sorting bottles and jars to bring to bottle bank- left in box outside kitchen. There was something in the bottom of a jar and I realised there were 3 dead pygmy shrews. Not sure how/why they got in jar- there was some water in it, they may have drowned.

Oh Farmor

Yes, I was sorry to see them, they must have been a family. I've found dead ones occasionally, caught by cat, who doesn't eat them, though will demolish a mouse, leaving only a tiny bit of innards.
Only good thing is that there must be a reasonable population of pygmy shrews where I live.

they are very cute

There must have been a nest of pygmy shrews in a garden we were sitting in not long ago because their cat found it.
The cat was shut indoors but not before two shrews had been demolished.

Once the cold weather comes they will want to get in. Keep the doors closed when you go in and out and make sure there are no cracks - they only need to be the size of a pencil. Owls, cats, and foxes will be hunting them.

I think your thread title sounds like a book JaneJudge!

Parsley If their pee smells awful, they are house mice. Fieldmouse pee is nowhere near as revolting.

we have plenty of owls, buzzards and red kites

the buzzard is hell bent on winding up the corvids though. You could watch him all day. He goes over to where they must nest/sit in the trees and the corvids noisily chase him off and he lands in the field over the road for a bit, sits on the telephone pole and then waits until they have all settled back in the trees and flies over again, then they chase him off again

Thank you Elegran. I can confirm that their pee does indeed smell awful and in fact it is the first sign that they have taken up residence again in the garage. Horrid little blighters.