{"id":28214,"date":"2019-04-01T07:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T07:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28214"},"modified":"2019-04-01T07:14:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T07:14:16","slug":"little-mouse-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28214","title":{"rendered":"Little Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

From time to time we have seen a little mouse in the garden. Last year we used to see it in the chicken run and this year we have seen it scurrying around the garden in and out of the borders.<\/p>\n

Yesterday the little mouse was sunning itself on the path and we were able to get close to it.\u00a0 I have been noticing bits of peanut on the path and had put them down to squirrels but am now wondering if they are bought in by the mouse because yesterday the little mouse was munching on a bit of peanut close to the chicken run.<\/p>\n

I was able to get super close to it to take some photos. Sadly we are wondering if there is something wrong with it, for it to be letting us get so close, to it.<\/p>\n

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Little mouse<\/p><\/div>\n

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Close up of little mouse<\/p><\/div>\n

I didn’t use a zoom, this is simply me pointing the camera right in front of the mouse.<\/p>\n

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Little mouse with the girls in the background for size comparison<\/p><\/div>\n

The little mouse is eating a bit of peanut. It isn’t bothered by the girls nor are they bothered by it. I think because we have had a little mouse in the run, possibly the same one, they are used to each other.<\/p>\n

I know some chicken owners say their girls would eat a mouse but our girls have never taken any notice of the mouse. As you can see both sides are quite casual about each other.<\/p>\n

We wonder if it is the same mouse we are seeing and perhaps it is elderly. Either way we don’t fancy it’s chances of surviving much longer while allowing us to get so close to it. I am sure a tame mouse is not a safe mouse in a garden environment.\u00a0 It is lovely for us to be able to get so close but it is also worrying for the future of little mouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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