http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums From dolphin mammal song, oil spills and marine mammals to recent finds of ice age mammals fossils and mammal seals en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:42:14 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63191-mouse-shed-type.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:38 GMT Hi,

Just thought I'd post a photo of the mouse in its own message to see if you can tell me which type of mouse we have in the shed..thinking it's a wood mouse maybe or a house mouse?? It's very tame and comes out to see us when we go in the shed and squeaks at us.. it's helping itself to the hens corn as you can see in the pic and seems very happy :)

Thanks for any info, love this site!!!

Carrie ~x~ photo taken by our 12 year old daughter.

]]> Mammal Forums carriesp http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63191-mouse-shed-type.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63188-badger-moved.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:31 GMT Hi all,
Just wanted to share what's been happening over at our house over the last few weeks. My husband, youngest daughter and I went to visit our new baby Grandaughter at the beginning of October and asked our 24 year old daughter to look after the animals and house whilst we were away. One night at about 11.00pm my mobile phone rang and it was our eldest screaming into the phone.. after a few minutes I calmed her down enough to tell us that she had been watching tv and suddenly the dogs had started barking and wanting to go outside.. she suddenly realised that she had forgotten to shut up our free range hens. She rushed outside with the dogs only to be confronted by a hen running around the garden in a panic closely followed by a badger. She ran inside.. the dogs a very soft lab and even softer springer ran after her. At the same time the hen, who obviously thought it the safest place to be ran inside the house as well and so did the badger! The hen ran into one of the dogs cages (clever hens we have lol) and my daughter quickly shut it in.. the badger was still trying to get at the hen. My daughter shut herself in the inner hall and rang me, meanwhile the dogs were trying to also get in the inner hall as they were scared of the badger. I rang a neighbour to go and help her and by the time he got there the badger had gone. We had sadly lost one hen but the one that escaped to the house was shaken up but was fine the next morning.. we were very lucky it wasn't worse. Our daughter feels very bad about forgetting to lock the hens up but we all learn from our mistakes.

Anyway we came home and since then the badger wanders our garden at night and regularly comes and looks through the glass patio doors during the evening, sometimes standing looking in at us for several minutes and ignoring our dogs barking at it on the opposite side of the glass. We found out that its lair was on some land a little way up the road and we were happy to see it in the evening although we've never been able to take a photo of it because of the shine from the glass. We have had to shut the curtains at night to stop the dogs barking at it and waking us all during the night. We have never fed him.
A couple of days ago our dogs suddenly started barking under a metal lock up we have on our property.. all hours of the day or night! I let them out, they bark I let them in.. it's a nightmare. Today we had a good look underneath and yes the badger is now living under our lock up.. its nice and cosy under there for him and he has taken some straw in there. He is a very big badger so I'm assuming he's a boy!
My youngest daughter has managed to take a couple of photo's of him although they're not very clear as she had to lie down to get them.
He is a very beautiful creature and we love having him but what I am wondering is if he will move on or will we have him for the winter now or longer? Will he attack our free range hens during the daylight hours if they wander too close to his lair? Should we feed it maybe to discourage it going after our hens? Will our dogs get used to him and actually use their pee time out in the garden to pee rather than bark.. the last one is slightly tongue in cheek ;o) Also we are in the process of selling our house.. should we tell the would be buyers or keep quiet about it as badgers around this area seem to be very common and people are getting fed up with them.. I'm not certain they would see it as a plus sadly. Photo coming soon!
Thanks,
Carrie ~x~ ]]> Mammal Forums carriesp http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63188-badger-moved.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63148-hedgehogs-still-active.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:12:57 GMT We still have a very active hedgehog in our garden this autumn. Is it unusual for them to be on the go in mid November? I'm sure that I don't remember it happening in recent autums. ]]> Mammal Forums LynM http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63148-hedgehogs-still-active.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63122-grey-squirrel-close-ups.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:26:48 GMT About this time last year I was playing around with the macro mode at 35mm on my bridge camera with grey squirrels (here: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...e-i-think.html)

And later horizontal dave had a go (he wasn't aware of my attempts though!) and won a comp with them http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...tml#post522278

So when I got my 100mm macro lens a couple weeks ago i thought I'd see how I got on:



This is the best image.

I think I ve pressed a wrong button somewhere with these two as they become a bit squished! But you can see the pic anyway!



I might have had more but a later visited ended in an arguement with an dog walker who objected to me 'thanking' him letting his dog chase all the squirrels away :rolleyes: lol ]]> Mammal Forums Ukwildlifeo http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63122-grey-squirrel-close-ups.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63119-dormouse-my-garden.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:03:54 GMT My wife spotted this fellow while I was at work on Monday:



So, finally, I get to live up to my WAB alias (even if I didn't actually see the dormouse myself).

I'd be interested to know if anyone knows of reports of dormice visiting bird feeders in broad daylight like this. The pics were taken at 2.30pm (through double-glazing, hence the poor quality) and the dormouse stayed in full view for at least 10 minutes before ambling off. ]]> Mammal Forums muscardinus http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63119-dormouse-my-garden.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63113-leopard-seal-feeds-penguins-cameraman.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:31:10 GMT Once again I know it isnt encouraged to post outside links but if this works and you can see the video it is amazing... look at the size of her.. and her teeth

jaki

Friendly leopard seal feeds photographer penguins - Asylum UK | For All Mankind -- Men's Lifestyle, Opinion and Humour ]]> Mammal Forums Garden Carpet http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63113-leopard-seal-feeds-penguins-cameraman.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63022-grey-seal-pups.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:56:03 GMT Hi all wabbers.:) Went to see the Grey Seal pups at Horsey Gap in Norfolk Today and just wanted to share some photos with you all. Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/514/thumbs/IMG_4121s.JPG (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php?photo=117517) And this is... Hi all wabbers.:)
Went to see the Grey Seal pups at Horsey Gap in Norfolk Today and just wanted to share some photos with you all.


And this is mum -


The count today was 15 pups and 2 deceased like this poor little pup



There was plenty of activity from most of the seals,


I think they knew there were lots of people watching them!:) ]]> Mammal Forums david156 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/63022-grey-seal-pups.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62981-mouse-no-photo.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:40:54 GMT Hi all, Yesterday on the way back from work, I was waiting for the train to pull in and happened to look down onto the track - and saw a mouse, I think. It appeared to be a greyish colour, with a tail that was pale and appeared hairless and about as long as, or maybe even a touch longer, than... Hi all,

Yesterday on the way back from work, I was waiting for the train to pull in and happened to look down onto the track - and saw a mouse, I think. It appeared to be a greyish colour, with a tail that was pale and appeared hairless and about as long as, or maybe even a touch longer, than the body and head, which it held out behind - slightly curled towards the tip. It had a fairly pointed face and round ears, too. After a few seconds it disappeared back into the hole (...where I saw a second running) below the track as the train pulled in.

As I said, no photo. I hope my description is good enough. I see very few mice, so to see this on the way home was a nice sighting. Two days prior I saw two much larger ones, rats I presume, at a different station emerging from a bush - they appeared to run together, then turned back and returned to the hole they came from after jumping at each other! Sweet and playful I thought... :)

Thanks for reading!

Take care,

Jason :cool: ]]> Mammal Forums Jason Green http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62981-mouse-no-photo.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62977-white-hind-scotland.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:08:24 GMT Reading the white fox thread, I thought some of you may be interested in a story that was shown on BBC Scotland's "Landward" programme last night.

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | White deer hind caught on camera

I've never seen a white deer myself, and would love to see one. I've recently seen a white Pheasant which I thought was pretty unusual, but my parents, who live on the edge of a sporting estate, see at least two or three every year. ]]> Mammal Forums earthdragon64 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62977-white-hind-scotland.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62973-furry-snake.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:30:03 GMT 8.30 am three days ago,I was driving along a quiet road when I saw a 'snake',moving quickly across the road.As I got nearer I could see that it wasn't a single animal,but 5 or 6 small furry cylinder shaped animals each approx 4 inches long.They were evenly spaced about 2 inches apart and I could see the road through the gap.
They were moving very fast and by the time I drew level they had disappeared into a garden.
(In case it helps; the road has houses with large gardens on one side,and a hedgerow on the other.There is a busy dual carriageway on the far side of the hedge.The general area is arable farmland.)

My husband suggested they might be stoats,but they didn't seem big enough and I thought stoats and weasels were solitary animals.
I am very curious about this and hope someone can shed some light. ]]> Mammal Forums arabellacatpig http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62973-furry-snake.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62955-stoats-and-finding-them.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:30:01 GMT I'd like to study stoats a bit more. I've seen them from time to time but only fleetingly.

Has anybody got any tips about where & when to find them? ]]> Mammal Forums richnfamous http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62955-stoats-and-finding-them.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62943-red-squirrels-mere-sands.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:29:19 GMT I have not found a link for you yet but some excellent news posted on Facebook today reports the record of two red squirrels at Mere Sands NNR. I must get in a visit tio this site because it was still new when I first went and believe it has really matured since that time. I have not found a link for you yet but some excellent news posted on Facebook today reports the record of two red squirrels at Mere Sands NNR. I must get in a visit tio this site because it was still new when I first went and believe it has really matured since that time. ]]> Mammal Forums Nightranger http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62943-red-squirrels-mere-sands.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62929-my-3-hedgehogs-now-have-diarrhea-and-one-has-cough.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:32:28 GMT i rescued 3 male baby hedgehogs on the 20th and 21st october they are all putting on loads of weight start weight now weighing 100g 325g (rescued 21st october) 115g 320g (rescued 20th october) 130g 395g (rescued 20th... i rescued 3 male baby hedgehogs on the 20th and 21st october they are all putting on loads of weight
start weight now weighing
100g 325g (rescued 21st october)
115g 320g (rescued 20th october)
130g 395g (rescued 20th october)

as you can see the one that weighed 115g is now the smallest, Unfortuantly one has developed a cough and all 3 have just finished a course of lungworm treatment on tuesday but the cough hasnt improved so the vet has given antibiotics for all 3 hogs which i started this morning.

Last night all 3 had very pale diarrhea which is slightly firmer now, none of them are settling this morning and they just want to eat. All that i have put in their cage is dried mileworms, dry cat food and water. I'm thinking about not putting any tinned food in their tonight to settle their stomachs

The vet i'm not too happy with as he dont have any ideas when i took it first for its cough and i cant get there either as i dont drive and public transport outta the village is every hour then oncein town i have to catch another bus so it takes about an hr in total and i have to pick my daughter up at 3.30 from school. when i phone them i can only talk to the vet that is treating them and no other will give advise over the phone. I'm annoyed as all my familys animals are seen there (goats, horse, pony, dogs and iguana) and they're fantastic but i feel you get a totally differant service from them with pets. The hogs are under the RSPCA

Any advise will be great as i'm worried about "staving" them from "wet" food over night for the diarrhea but thats esacly what i'd do if it was one of my pets or even myself or my daughter

Many Thanks
Jo ]]> Mammal Forums jo125 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62929-my-3-hedgehogs-now-have-diarrhea-and-one-has-cough.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62920-releasing-orphaned-field-mice-too-cold.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:55:01 GMT Hi,
I'm new to the forum and was hoping someone could help with a question.

My husband found a field mouse yesterday in his parking lot at work.

It is fully furred, eyes still closed. I have it on a heating pad and feeding a puppy milk supplement. He is eating well and passing urine and stools also.

Would anyone have an idea how old this mouse would be?

My most important question - I live in the North East region of the U.S. and it is already starting to get cold here. Night time temperatures are in the 40's.
Sorry, I don't know what that would be in Celsius.

Would he know how to survive if I released him when he seems ready? Do they need to find another mice colony to survive the freezing winter? Or would it be best to wait until the spring time when it turns warmer?
I'm just worried about releasing the little guy unprepared to deal with our bad winters.

Thank you for any answers... Judith ]]> Mammal Forums JudithD http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62920-releasing-orphaned-field-mice-too-cold.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62896-hedgehog-vs-squirrel.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:49:53 GMT I think i need a bit of practical advice................ I have a hedgehog in hibernation. I leave dry food nearby in case he awakes and needs a quick snack. Unfortunately, we also have squirrels that visit. Being smart little bl***ers, they have found the food and are eating it (at least i... I think i need a bit of practical advice................

I have a hedgehog in hibernation. I leave dry food nearby in case he awakes and needs a quick snack. Unfortunately, we also have squirrels that visit. Being smart little bl***ers, they have found the food and are eating it (at least i think it is the squirrels).

Does anybody have any suggestions apart from catching and relocating the culprits?

How bad is it if the hog wakes up and finds no dry food to eat - is there enough in a garden to keep him going?

Should i put some dry food in his house/nest, or might that make matters worse with the squirrels?

Any advice would be welcome.

Thx ]]> Mammal Forums Prickly Pair http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/mammal-forums/62896-hedgehog-vs-squirrel.html