Is this a mouse or a rat?

[Hohofortherobbers]

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

Definitely a juvenile rat. This is a bigger version I spotted round my bin.

How can you be 100%.Plenty of people saying it’s a mouse.

Definitely a young rat

If that is an apple next to it, it is a baby rat.

She’s rat experienced isn’t she.

lots of people never see them (I don’t)

Do mice not like apples? I have loads of apples in my garden I wonder if that explains my rat friend!

That's a baby rat. Our cat catches them regularly 😩

Look at him, he’s furious. 😅

I absolutely hate rats. I realise this is a me problem.

Mouse
Rat is bigger with longer tail

Actually,after the second photo
I'd say rat
Gosh horrible face

Oooh, I didn't mind my little fella but if he's going to grow into this brute I'd better pick up the fallen apples!!!

First picture cute, second picture god no!

I've just zoomed right in and I'm leaning towards Roland now

We have regular rats coming in from the shithole of a garden next door.

At this time of year, we're seeing lots of smaller rats as there are lots of juveniles around. They are much smaller than the big adult rats, but still way bigger than a mouse.

And if you're seeing one, there's probably quite a few lurking unseen, sorry.

I would say 100% a rat. Way, way too big to be a mouse, and identical to the little ratty bastards that keep coming into my garden.

Naked tail is a rat, could be a young one.

that's a rat for sure

It's a baby rat. Look at the size of the feet. Mice are much smaller with a shorter tail.

Thing is, out in the day is not good, and while I didn’t mind mine he was getting more confident and also getting really big! He was cute when we first started seeing him. Then he was less cute, as he dangled from our hanging tree feeders . Then he looked like he’d be able to open the doors soon. So we shut the buffet down.

I’d say that that’s a house mouse - which are quite a lot bigger than field mice but still smaller than rats. The face and ears are the wrong shape to be a rat, even juvenile, and the tail while bald looking isn’t thick enough at the base to be a rat.

I used to keep fancy mice and rats as pets, and my cats bring in field mice, house mice, shrews and rats relatively regularly, so I have had quite a lot of hands on experience with both!

And mice are tiny.

Baby rat

They aren’t born huge……

100% a young rat, mummy rats never have just one so you have a litter very close by

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