Rescued this little fellow from our dogs this afternoon.

 

 

As you can see, he isn't much bigger than a 10 baht coin (so body about 3 cm long), but with a very long tail. He was hiding in an old tire we keep under our pick-up to prevent the dogs from chewing the 4-wd wire harness (but that's another story). He isn't very scared and will almost let you touch him before he moves away.

 

Before deciding what to do, I would like to know if he is an adult and able to fend for himself, or if he is only a baby and need to be fed until he is a little bigger. If letting him go, I have to bring him to somewhere away from our house as his life expectancy would be very low if staying around the house. And if I am to feed him, of course I need to know what he eats.

 

So any mouse experts out there who can identify the species? Any information you can give is much appreciated.

 

Sophon

 

Harvest mouse. Common all over Europe and Asia. most likely fully grown.

Let it go in a field near you.

On 13/04/2017 at 7:12 PM, Panda13 said:

That was after morning exercise.

That was after morning exercise.

Same ad this guy, Supermouse.

2 hours ago, Panda13 said:

Same ad this guy, Supermouse.

It also looks a little bit like

Ok, you got me, I give up.

On 23/04/2017 at 8:38 AM, overherebc said:

Harvest mouse. Common all over Europe and Asia. most likely fully grown.

Let it go in a field near you.

Thanks, that might be it. However, when I read the Wikipedia page on Harvest mice there are a few inconsistencies. Fully grown Harvest mice are between 55 and 75 mm long, our guest is clearly smaller than that (even if you stretch him out), so if he is a Harvest mouse he is probably not fully grown. And the tail of a Harvest mouse is supposed to be the same length (or slightly shorter) than the body, while the tail of our guest is more like 150% of the body length.

 

Maybe some kind of subspecies?

 

Sophon

11 minutes ago, Sophon said:

Thanks, that might be it. However, when I read the Wikipedia page on Harvest mice there are a few inconsistencies. Fully grown Harvest mice are between 55 and 75 mm long, our guest is clearly smaller than that (even if you stretch him out), so if he is a Harvest mouse he is probably not fully grown. And the tail of a Harvest mouse is supposed to be the same length (or slightly shorter) than the body, while the tail of our guest is more like 150% of the body length.

 

Maybe some kind of subspecies?

 

Sophon

I just googled 'very small mice in thailand' quite a few different types so would probably take a mouse expert to identify it 100%, so many possibilities. If it's eating while in the box then that might show it's ok to release in a field I would reckon.

With my vast knowledge of mice (and in the absence of an expert able to make an identification), I can confidently state that he's an incredibly cute, tiny mouse .