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GRAPHIC DEAD RODENT PIC

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Peaches77 · 12/10/2017 20:57

having a nightmare mouse in the house so OH said caught in a trap and showed me the pic I think it's a rat he said he was jut up close to it plz opinions

GRAPHIC DEAD RODENT PIC
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Bimblepops · 12/10/2017 20:58

A mouse, a poor little mouse

Grimbles · 12/10/2017 20:58

Y tho?

TheFlandersPigeonMurderer · 12/10/2017 21:00

A mouse Hmm

Maudlinmaud · 12/10/2017 21:01

Ye that's a mouse. Rats have horrid teeth.

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Peaches77 · 12/10/2017 21:01

Sorry I have a massive fear of rodents I'm not even in the house ATM

I know not everyone understands but sometimes we can't help what we are scared of Blush

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PointlessUsername · 12/10/2017 21:02

There will be more than the one

LovelyPrep · 12/10/2017 21:03

It's a little mouse.

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Peaches77 · 12/10/2017 21:03

I know Sad

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user1489434024 · 12/10/2017 21:04

You know this is bad karma right?? They like grey hairs. Get rid of one and they come back with vengeance. Stop killing them!

user1489434024 · 12/10/2017 21:05

There had to be a kinder way to get rid of them??

Maudlinmaud · 12/10/2017 21:07

I think there are humane traps but I'm not sure they are too effective. Op get a cat, I don't know if it's an old wives tale but the smell of cat is supposed to scare them off

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Peaches77 · 12/10/2017 21:09

I know there are humans traps we did that last time but back they are again...in
Sorry I can't live with mice in my house Sad

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WhoWants2Know · 12/10/2017 21:11

That's a mouse. But rats don't always have horrid teeth. I had to dispose of 3(!) last week that were just lying dead in the garden when I woke up. And weirdly, they were adorable except for the tails.

I understand being afraid of rodents. I used to freak out at the thought of one being in my house. It's taken me years to get to the point where I can manage to dispose of a deceased one, and even then I'm quivering.

myusernameisnotmyusername · 12/10/2017 21:15

We’ve had mice and tried humans mouse traps. They managed to eat the food and not get caught. The killer mouse traps are horrible but you have to get rid somehow. We got a cat in the end.

PointlessUsername · 12/10/2017 21:25

I agree a cat is the only way to stop them coming back.

ChristinaParsons · 12/10/2017 21:28

That is a rat. Can tell by the tail

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Peaches77 · 12/10/2017 21:31

Omg Sad why do you think that

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Pastacube · 12/10/2017 21:34

look ratty me too, though hard to judge scale. I had a humane trap and caught a mouse almost daily, we used to just let it go outside and it came back. was tiny.

ChristinaParsons · 12/10/2017 21:34

Mice are much smaller

ChristinaParsons · 12/10/2017 21:35

A mouse would not be as long as the tail on that beast!

MaidenMotherCrone · 12/10/2017 21:37

That is a juvenile rat. I suggest a pest control service to sort out the problem. There will be more!

Heychickadee · 12/10/2017 21:37

I’ve got pet rats, that definitely looks like a mouse

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Peaches77 · 12/10/2017 21:38

The trap that it's is in has these dimensions

Height: 5.6cm (2.2") x Length: 10.4cm (4.1") x Width: 4.7cm (1.8")

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Pastacube · 12/10/2017 21:38

Here is the mouse we had, it's hard to see scale but it was about an inch long really small.

GRAPHIC DEAD RODENT PIC
CantChoose · 12/10/2017 21:39

I’m pretty sure that’s a small rat.