Mouse or rat? Pic included

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

@BovaryX I agree with the traps outside, I will remove them, just overly cautious on the rat thing

Please tell me the squirrel and mole suggestions are piss taking. My sarcasm meter is off this morning.

Not a rat - tail too hairy (see photo of my cat's latest victim)
Not a degu - too small, no fluff on end of tail (and massively unlikely to trap two in the wild in the UK!)
Not a squirrel, it just isn't!
Not a mole, it just isn't!
Not a vole - too big
Not a shrew - nose too short

The only real candidate here is field mouse going by size, photo and description.

@Thelnebriati it does look similar but why would there be two of them?

@ThunderboltandLightning completely agree ! It's the only logical thing in my eyes but unsure as I'm not an expert and other people know more than me

BovaryX I agree with the traps outside, I will remove them, just overly cautious on the rat thing

Good call. It’s sad to kill wildlife outside

Looks like an scaled Degu to me too. Poor thing ☹️

Escaped!! fuck you autocorrect 😏

Definitely not a rat. I've kept them as pets & recently had a wild rat issue thanks to our first assed neighbours

Though looking at the sizing again, I think I've changed my mind & it's more likely a wood mouse

Don't rats have rounded more pinky ears?

Poor thing.

Degu feet.

I don't think it's a degu or a rat.

Tis a mouse, only a mouse has that tail.

other people know more than me

If some of the comments on this thread are anything to judge by, no they don't!

Wood mouse. They are bigger than field mice with big ears and a long tail.

Either that of a young rat, but my money is on wood mouse.

A MOLE 😂

Zombie mole? Changed shape and ears grown weird?

Or Zombie Degu Rat

Zomburat

HELL BABS THERE'S A ZOMBURAT IN THE PARLOUR! FETCH MA GUN

@FizzyGreenWater you've hit the nail on the head there !!

I'm thinking-

Definitely not a mole or squirrel

Maybe a yellow necked mouse but it had bigger ears

Looks similar to degu thing but there was two and the odds of two unwanted pets being let loose is slim

I now don't think it was a rat but could be

I will get another picture now

You might find this useful

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/01/types-of-uk-mice/

Couldn't get a picture it's too windy and I looked in the bag briefly and couldn't see it, must of fell out of bag into big bin

Name change failure, there.

Definitely a zombie if it has disappeared. Not sure I'd be able to sleep now.

@Lweji hahah it is never mind, it is a zombie

Probably a dormouse.
Harmless (unless you're unreasonably possessive about every leaf in your garden) and very pretty.
Poor thing.