There’s a mouse loose in the (MH) house! (16 Viewers)

[Riverbankannie]

We are travelling with the Nutrocker Pat s. For a week or so, they have been complaining about a scratching sound in the MH roof above their drop down bed over the cab. Less than a year old and only stored in their drive, we have stayed together apart from one night in Italy. That night they slept in the house of their friends whilst we went to a sosta nearby.
During the night, their alarm went off. Could be a mouse said their host!
Since then the scabbling rustling noise.
Well, I said, no, in the engine bay, yes, in the kitchen cupboards, yes, but in the roof? It must be birds on the roof (there were a lot around an apple tree on their pitch a few nights later), it must be your concertina blind on the overcab window (it had got windy and cold and they kept it closed)

But then, after Slovenia, Austria and southern Germany we arrived in mid Germany and were out with more friends for all day and “evidence” was found.
So next day a trap was purchased and lo and behold a little Italian mouse has had a very long journey and now lives in Bad Neustadt.
Thankfully no friends or relatives have been discovered but we are still not sure why it lived in the roof (a 2023 Pilote) - a few times it must have been very hot up there.

 

[ChrisL]

It looks more like a rat to me but I may be wrong, there are some species that live in attics in the UK so perhaps it's an Italian version of one of those.

 

[Riverbankannie]

It looks more like a rat to me but I may be wrong, there are some species that live in attics in the UK so perhaps it's an Italian version of one of those.

It was definitely a mouse and a very tiny one at that.

 

[Simon Meadwell]

Need to try and find the entry point now. They leave a smell that other mice follow. I caught 5 in my moho last time. Filled all visible holes under moho with a mix of fine wire mesh or wire wool stuffed in holes.
No damage to moho but ate all plastic including spoons, a deck chair arm , plastic bowls even a bottle of touch up paint. Poo and wee everywhere had to disenfect the whole moho.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Need to try and find the entry point now. They leave a smell that other mice follow. I caught 5 in my moho last time. Filled all visible holes under moho with a mix of fine wire mesh or wire wool stuffed in holes.
No damage to moho but ate all plastic including spoons, a deck chair arm , plastic bowls even a bottle of touch up paint. Poo and wee everywhere had to disenfect the whole moho.

Thats a job for when we are home and can get underneath. Last few places have all been very wet, very muddy and cold. Just waking up to 1° in Luxembourg.
Only worn a dress one day in whole 4 weeks.

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[Jim]

Certainly looks like a young rat to me.

 

[Jim]

These colder nights mean the mice will be looking for somewhere warm and dry!

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[BouncyBoatFolk]

It looks more like a rat to me but I may be wrong, there are some species that live in attics in the UK so perhaps it's an Italian version of one of those.

Yep, I thought 'Roland ' as well, small or not. Might be stunted if all it's had to eat is insulation.

 

[Silverback]

My vehicles are kept in garages with Mousetraps in when l am not Camping..

 

[Nanniemate]

It was definitely a mouse and a very tiny one at that.

I think.maybe the photo makes it look bigger.

I hope it had a passport and emergency money to get home

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[Winger]

The length and thickness of its tail would make me believe it’s a rat

 

[Blaydon]

Give it a ballot paper and a pencil and see how it votes. Then you can see if it’s a rat or not (fill in your own preferences as to who a rat would vote for).

 

[Nanniemate]

If Riverbankannie and Nutrocker Pat want to believe it a mouse and it makes them feel better

It's a MOUSE

 

[Jammi]

Definitely a rat. It has a long, thick, bald tail! Young rats look vet mouse like.

 

[Gromett]

Looks like a very young rat to me also. Sorry.
That tail and the shorter nose is what makes me think that.

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[Gromett]

Thought I would just ask ChatGPT. I know this is not conclusive and I wouldn't rely on it for anything important just thought it would be interesting what it thought.

 

[stevewagner]

Eets no a rat eets a hamster!

 

[BillyJanetandBella]

Maybe...........Armadillo in disguise!
Crunchy on the in side........crunchy on the out side!
Take a bite, see how it turns out..

 

[stewartwebr]

I’m in the rat camp as well, the tail is too thick for a mouse. But who am I to say what it is if it wants to identify as a mouse I’m cool with that

 

[Jammi]

On the positive side. Mice aren’t supposed to like living near rats. So if it is a rat you shouldn’t get mice!

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[Kannon Fodda]

It's a rodent - identity crisis averted

 

[Gromett]

On the positive side. Mice aren’t supposed to like living near rats. So if it is a rat you shouldn’t get mice!

On the pig farm I worked on rats and mice lived side by side. The didn't socialise but you would see the rats running along the walls directly over the top of the food hoppers which they would steal from.
The mice lived behind the food hoppers and ate from the floor/front.

 

[Jammi]

Oh well, that blows that theory out the water