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Is this a mouse or a rat?

108 replies

Hohofortherobbers · 02/08/2025 15:39

Just seen this little fella under the shed, what do you think? Mouse or rat?

Is this a mouse or a rat?
OP posts:
Hatty65 · 02/08/2025 15:41

Rat, by the look of it.

TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 02/08/2025 15:41

I think it's a mouse but I'm no expert.

It looks quite small, and I think rats usually have longer tails.

CharlotteFlax · 02/08/2025 15:41

Mouse. Rats are BIG.

Confuuzed · 02/08/2025 15:42

Mouse.

ByTheNine · 02/08/2025 15:42

I'd say rat.

Greybeardy · 02/08/2025 15:43

Mouse. Rats are huge!

Iwiicit · 02/08/2025 15:43

It's small but it looks like a rat, so maybe a baby rat 🐀

growinguptobreakingdown · 02/08/2025 15:44

Baby rat.Mice are much smaller and that tail looks bald and ratty.

Civilservant · 02/08/2025 15:45

Baby rat?

Prayingforananswer · 02/08/2025 15:47

Baby rat. With cats and living next to a field, I even know some varieties of field mice!

OSTMusTisNT · 02/08/2025 15:49

Mouse, how cute 😍

Makingpeace · 02/08/2025 15:49

growinguptobreakingdown · 02/08/2025 15:44

Baby rat.Mice are much smaller and that tail looks bald and ratty.

Agree!

fuzzwuss · 02/08/2025 15:49

Young rat

Chonk · 02/08/2025 15:57

I also think it's a baby rat.

Seeline · 02/08/2025 15:58

Too big for a mouse.
Juvenile rat.

Allthegoodhorses · 02/08/2025 15:58

Baby rat. Mice are much rounder.

Holdonforsummer · 02/08/2025 15:59

Rat

Eyesopenwideawake · 02/08/2025 16:00

I'd say mouse, from the rounded ears.

FloofyBird · 02/08/2025 16:00

Too big for a mouse

myplace · 02/08/2025 16:03

Young rat. I had to stop feeding the birds, as they’d got overly confident like your chap.

CoastalCalm · 02/08/2025 16:05

That is 100% a rat

SpandauValet · 02/08/2025 16:07

Young rat. Body is too thick/wrong shape for a mouse.. out in the day isn’t good 😬

FinallyMovingHouse · 02/08/2025 16:08

Baby rat - v cute, but likely not what you want!

BlackBean2023 · 02/08/2025 16:08

This is definitely a rat - a young one.

ugh, I hate rats!

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 02/08/2025 16:08

@Hohofortherobbers big enough to be a rat!!