Cute little thing, but will she/he be moving in?!

KayDee · #1 (**permalink**) 23-06-2009, 09:16 PM

Hello all,

Was sitting on my back step enjoying the last of the sunshine when I spotted a little creature rustling about behind my bin. A quick scout on google revealed it to be a field mouse. Not hugely surprised as we live near a big green space, but a little alarmed to find it two feet from my back door!

Should I be worried about getting lots of little visitors?! I am delighted to know that there are cute wee fellas like that nearby, but not thrilled about the prospect of them possibly coming to stay.

Is there anything I can do to deter them from coming too close to the house? Also, I have woodbark down in my old borders on top of black sheeting and have noticed that it has been disturbed recently - is it possible the mouse was trying to nest there? And if it does decide to take up residence either in my garden or house (yikes), could I relocate them?

Thanks
KayDee

bobbarber · #2 (**permalink**) 26-06-2009, 04:40 AM

Hello KayDee, and a warm welcome to the forum. I don`t think that you need to worry about it coming into your house, it`s natural habitat is the field, the hedgerow and the garden. I had one outside my door last year and it used to hide under the hedge and then scamper out, grab one of the seeds that I had put out for the birds and scamper back. They are charming little creatures and unlikely to invade your house, unlike their cousin the house mouse. I can`t help you about relocating them as I am not up to date on the law in the U.K. Personally I would leave it be...Bob

KayDee · #3 (**permalink**) 27-06-2009, 12:45 PM

Thanks for that bobbarber! That was very reassuring. And, yes, I agree - it was a very charming little thing! After my initial panic subsided, I have already begun to spend time watching for it again. Hope I get lucky!