Mouse & Shrew -- What Would YOU Do?
springchickensoup
17 years ago
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Comments (10)I do not have a BME at all, but the pictures I really liked of it were when the plant was round and mounded with the blooms at intervals between the leaves. It looked like an old fashioned nosegay or a bridal bouquet. Paul's plant in the ground is really pretty, and so is Anna's in full bloom. And BK, yours does look like two plants--perhaps less will be more for you, if you can consider watering a second little guy? I discovered that having TWO in a container is not as visually satisfying as seeing THREE. Equally spaced, separated from one another. If they grow to touch, there will be a better balance in the pot with three....See Morevole or shrew?
Comments (7)Yes. Insectivores have pointy teeth, not chisel-y ones. The better to hunt grubs and other live prey with. Rodents gnaw, and wear down their teeth. One of the key characteristics of a rodent is the ability of its teeth to constantly grow. In fact, it must gnaw, or its incisors eventually will grow into its skull. That's the price it pays for being able to chew through a wooden barn wall to get to the grain. Lagomorphs (rabbits, hares and conies) also have regenerating teeth and must gnaw. Shrews and voles do look similar because they are small and pudgy, with short grayish fur and pointy snouts, and little pink feet. But they are from completely different orders! The Latin taxon for insectivores (which includes moles and hedgehogs, too, by the way) is Insectivora. Rodents are Rodentia. The organization the same kind of setup as the botanical taxonomy system. Here's the breakdown for your little (ex-) short-tailed shrew: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Insectivora Family: Soricidae Subfamily: Soricinae Genus: Blarina Species: Blarina brevicauda -- short tailed shrew...See MoreHelp...injured mouse...what to do?
Comments (6)It may not be suffering at all but merely experiencing shock at being "mauled" by the Dobie. Tiny little prey animals like mice are easily traumatized.....that alone can sometimes kill them without any actual physical injury. I'd just keep an eye on it for a while and see if it calms down and its activity becomes more normal. If it does, then let it loose outside. If not and some sort of injury is obvious, then you can consider how best to dispose of it. My fiercely hunting tom cat used to bring me all manner of small rodent-like animals to admire. Sometimes they would be obviously traumatized by the experience, showing signs just like you describe but with no obvious injuries. They'd recover in a couple of hours. Other times they would be obviously injured - depends on how aggressively he 'played' with them - and then I would just toss them in a brushy area to meet their maker.......or becomes something larger's snack....See Moremouse or bug- what do you think?
Comments (4)The object in question, when put in a photo editor and brightened and sharpened, does not display any insect parts such as legs, antennae, wings, or body segments....See Moremrsgalihad
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