Is this a mouse or baby rat?!

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So we seem to have an influx and our cat keeps on catching them! Our neighbours garden is a mess and v v overgrown, so perhaps coming from there?

Baby mouse or rat?!!

Looks like a rat to me. Sorry if that’s not what you want to hear....

It’s not a mouse. Probably a rat but could be a vole.

Rat!!

Take that back. It’s a rat. I googled images of voles. It’s def not one of those. I have pet rats and can confirm they look like that when they’re about 6 weeks old.

When i say “It looks like a rat to me” I was being British. OP, that is definitely a rat. And there will be lots of them.

It’s a Rat and yes there probably is a nest in the overgrown garden.

Contact local council pest control team. They will be very keen to solve a rat problem ASAP and determine the source. If it is a source like a public drain they can fix it. If neighbours garden they can get local enforcement team to issue a notice. Most other types of pest on private property are considered your own problem or have a cost but they will be interested in rats due to big public health risk (though will depend on local policy).

And yeah looks like a rat to me, defining features are a snub nose and thick, hairy tail, and tail same length as body.

We have one living in our wall cavity!! 😬 failed to catch it so far.

I think the Gruffalo can’t be far behind.

"Ees a rare Siberian hamsterrr!" chanels Manuel from Fawlty Towers

It's a rat.

🤣🙈🤣

Thank u everyone 😬

Yep,sorry it's a ratty. My cat brought me a fully grown one that I swear was half the size of my cat! Thank fuck he'd killed it outright

Yes, we had one larger one a while ago, half eaten 🙈

It’s a baby rat. You’d be surprised how small wild mice are!

Baby rat!

Please call out pest control. It will cost you, but rats carry dangerous diseases. They are not harmless like mice. They will pit down poison or possibly humane traps if you want to pay more, and find the root cause of the problem. They breed fast, there will be lots of them. You can pay for local council pest control or go to someone like rentokil.

Actually possibly not humane for rats. Just got to kill them I think :(

We have one living in our wall cavity!! 😬 failed to catch it so far.

Im telling you right now - you have more than one I'm afraid. They don't hang about on their own 😂 absolute nightmare things. Burn the house down and move out x

That's a rat, this is a mouse (and they are tiny)

Rat 😬

Take off and nuke the site from orbit. Only way to be sure.

Contact local council pest control team

Definitely. If they're in your cavity they need dealing with - rats have been known to chew through electric cables, and vermin damage is often not covered by household insurance I believe.

Beat me to it @MrsMoastyToasty.

My son has a Siberian hamster. I've lost count the times I've repeated that line from FT

Have you got any standing water around your property that might be attracting them, e.g. a broken drain (glares at landlord)?

Not all councils have a pest control service. Their website will tell you whether they have or not (if you are in a non-unitary area, you want the council that you pay your council tax to).

That said, you need someone in to deal with this, ideally tomorrow before they chew through your wires and burn your house down for you.