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Mouse or rat? Pic included

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:32

Mouse or rat? Found it in the garden, about the size of a hamster

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:49

It does look like those @gonewiththerain but I'm in the uk

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Queenie8 · 05/12/2019 07:49

Could it be someone's pet chinchilla?

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:51

@BovaryX I know Sad

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MyOtherProfile · 05/12/2019 07:51

Young rat. They get everywhere.

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Herocomplex · 05/12/2019 07:51

Can we see a pic of the tail?

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:51

There was also another dead one so I wouldn't of thought they were pets

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Pannalash · 05/12/2019 07:52

Looks like someone’s pet, doesn’t look like a rat to me poor little thing.

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:52

Tail

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Lweji · 05/12/2019 07:53

I wasn't familiar with them, but looking at photos it looks more like a degu indeed than a rat.
Too big for a mouse and doesn't look much like one.

Can you post a photo of the entire body with tail?

(Biologist here with some experience of lab animals)

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stripeypillowcase · 05/12/2019 07:53

the ears look more like squirrel. rats have more rounded ones

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BertrandRussell · 05/12/2019 07:53

Has it for a long tail? Looks like a degu.

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Amicompletelyinsane · 05/12/2019 07:54

It looks more degu. Doesn't look like a rat

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:54

@Lweji I can't sorry I've binned them now

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MyOtherProfile · 05/12/2019 07:55

Yes I hesitated over the ears but the face is like a rat. I wondered if the ears look angular because of the angle of the photo. Are the ears at all rounded face on?

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BertrandRussell · 05/12/2019 07:55

Ah- I think the furry tail definitely points to degu.

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Frlrlrubert · 05/12/2019 07:58

Furry tail is saying degu to me too. Could have been dumped as unwanted pets? Wouldn't last long in winter, poor thing.

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bengalcat · 05/12/2019 08:00

Baby rat

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BovaryX · 05/12/2019 08:00

@BovaryX I know sad

Do you know how it met its unfortunate demise? It really is quite a sweet little thing

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 08:02

I cAnt remember the ears, I just took one photo :( I remember they were pulled back as if it was pulling a sad face, but I assumed it was because it had died iyswim

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BovaryX · 05/12/2019 08:03

Biologist here with some experience of lab animals)
Sad

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CuriousaboutSamphire · 05/12/2019 08:03

Furry tail totally rules out it being a rat!

Not sure about degu, aren't their tails bushier, ears round and noses more blunt?

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CalleighDoodle · 05/12/2019 08:04

I though degu too.

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 08:04

@BovaryX there was two, a mouse trap 🤦🏻‍♀️ BlushSad

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Theworldisfullofgs · 05/12/2019 08:05

It's a rat, not a degu.

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BertrandRussell · 05/12/2019 08:06

It's a rat, not a degu.“

Even with the furry tail?

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