Big mouse or small rat? Photo included

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Urgh urgh urgh. Found this in the middle of the living room this morning. Obviously exterminators are going to be called as soon as is reasonable. Is it a rat or a mouse? Child’s Farm Detangler shown for size reference.

If you use poison, it melts the mouse from the inside, they swell up and bumble about. They they die secretly for you to smell for months. If you use old fashioned traps they die instantly. Just then pop in the bin. You could also buy the noise emitters which you plug in. I lived in Amsterdam and had so many mice, and the plug ins worked.

Not sure where other posters are getting rat from?

It's 100% a mouse.

A rat is totally different to a mouse. It’s not the same at all.

OP’s rodent is a mouse. I’m guessing people don’t see mice frequently.

Look at the ears, those are mouse ears not rat ears.
Clearly a well fed mouse.

That's a mouse.

Snappy traps, poison and block all holes, put all food away.

It was probably already poisoned and that's why it died in the middle of your room!!

Mouse.
Face shape is wrong for a rat.

MrsPell They eat soap!!! We aren't the tidiest people (middling I suppose) . They don't go for food, they have gone for soap downstairs too!

Definitely a mouse. I've kept both mice and rats as pets and know the difference. We also had mice in our old house that were coming in through holes behind the kitchen units. Plenty of expanding foam and wire wool, snappy traps with peanut butter and a (un)willing husband dealt with it. We caught about 10 before we saw no more.

A mouse. They aren't so bad except they wee everywhere. You can get humane traps. You need to find the source. If you have decking there could be a nest.

These pictures are making me physically shudder (not envy).
It’s a mouse OP.

Am I weirdo because if I found a,mouse or rat in my house I'd want to snuggle it and keep it as a pet. .

@Awwlookatmybabyspider

Am I weirdo because if I found a,mouse or rat in my house I'd want to snuggle it and keep it as a pet. .

Even a dead one?

Oh is he dead. I thought he was asleep.

Mouse 100%

If you are squeamish, have small children and are willing to throw money at the problem then the electric mouse traps are spendy but v good. I caught loads with ours. A little light flashes when you’ve caught one and you just tip it out into the bin. You can reuse the same bait most of the time as they don’t get as far as eating it.

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Oh is he dead. I thought he was asleep.

😂😂😂

And yes speak to your neighbours if your houses are joined. It may be they have poison down already anyway (which would explain this dead one expiring in the middle of the room).

Mouse.

We get both brought in by the cats. This is a large mouse and so is yours.

OP I feel your pain. Ive had to deal with rodent issues a few times, once a pretty serious rat infestation that still haunts me. I feel 🤮 even writing it.

However, I see you are getting professionals in so that is absolutely the right thing to do. I guarantee you'll feel much better once they've been. It is so routine for them, and they'll have it sorted quickly.

While that's a 🐭 you still want it sorted.

PP about poison aren't talking about professional pest controllers. In my case, they used boxes with poison which they came back to check & remove. No half-poisoned rodents wandering around.

Also, re holes ... pest controllers I used said they can get in anywhere eg the small gap at the back door for example. It's basically impossible to block all these points. But they will give you good advice on remedies / approaches.

You'll feel much better in a while!

Sorry my image didn't post, or hasn't as yet.

I’d say it’s a mouse, doesn’t look anything like a rat to me (we have rats in the garden so unfortunately I am quite familiar with what they look like 🤢)

We had rats in our house about 15 years ago. The good news is that if you have mice, you don’t have rats - the rats outcompete the mice. Or so the exterminator told me.

You need to get a cat. I live in a big old house surrounded by fields- two cats, not a rodent in sight.

It’s a mouse. Pretty harmless, although of course can chew things and cause destruction.
Please don’t use poison it is a horrific death and they can take it back to their nests outside and affect the whole food chain, such as large birds and including killing pet cats. I’ve known that happen it’s not unheard of at all.
My mum lives rurally and has trapped and rehomed mice a couple of times. They are just trying to live their lives and don’t carry disease or want to harm you 🤷‍♀️.

Argh! Who cares? It’s a rodent and you have to burn the house down immediately!