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04-12-2008, 10:33 AM
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| | | Is this a rat or a vowl
Can anyone help me as new to forum. Are the below pictures I have taken of a brown rat or a vowl. One of my neighbours up the road have two in her garden as well. her Mum thinks they are vowls. Personally I think it is a rat.    |
04-12-2008, 10:46 AM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
I smell a rat  not a vole
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04-12-2008, 10:52 AM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
Mr Scaly Tail - it's a brown rat.
Last edited by The Woodman; 04-12-2008 at 10:53 AM.
Reason: apostrophe postioning preventing potentially poor pronunciation
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04-12-2008, 11:00 AM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
It's a Brown rat and there will be lots of it's mates in the vicinity. Welcome to WAB faelan.
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04-12-2008, 01:39 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
It's a rat  (shudder)
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04-12-2008, 02:03 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
Thanks everyone for replying, much appreciated. I thought it was a Brown Rat but wasn't definite. |
04-12-2008, 06:09 PM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
The pointy nose is a giveaway (voles have blunt noses, like guinea pigs).
Voles' tails are dark and fur-covered, where rats' tails are pink/grey and naked.
Voles' ears are small and close to the head so you can hardly see them, but rats' ears stick up. |
04-12-2008, 06:15 PM
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04-12-2008, 07:23 PM
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It's true I have a blunt nose and small ears. |
05-12-2008, 06:55 AM
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| | | Re: Is this a rat or a vowl
How are your vowls, clipped or long?!? | | | |
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