2015 breeding season

[casportpony]

Gopher or mole?

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

What is this? He is bigger than mice but smaller than rats.

Reminds me of this, an Indian Gerbil.
http://alsirhan.com/Animals/Libyan_Jird.htm

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Gopher or mole?

-Kathy

No, he is much smaller, and gopher is much prettier lol

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Reminds me of this, an Indian Gerbil.
http://alsirhan.com/Animals/Libyan_Jird.htm

This one we call call it Yarboo here, its smaller than this one in my video, and there are plenty of them here and people love them, but they just lives in the desert not close to humans or farms.

 

[DylansMom]

This one we call call it Yarboo here, its smaller than this one in my video, and there are plenty of them here and people love them, but they just lives in the desert not close to humans or farms.

In that case, could it just be a young Norway rat? I understand they are a big problem in Kuwait and they burrow underground to enter houses and other areas in search of food.

 

[DylansMom]

By the way, is there any article about fighting mite and rats here?

There are lots of threads about rodent problems in the Predators and Pests section.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

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He could be, i haven't seen anything like him before, as i know Norway rat start to appear again 5 years ago, but i haven't seen them in person before. This guy in my video is almost 15 cm.

 

[casportpony]

Indian Gerbil?

-Kathy

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

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Thank you, i will check it tomorrow, just read Norway rat is much bigger so it couldn't be Norway rat

 

[DylansMom]

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It could just be a juvenile, Norway rats are the same as Brown rats, which is what I have. They will grow to be almost twice that size (not counting the tail).

My cats have caught them in all different sizes. They are self sufficient at a pretty young age/small size, so maybe he just moved out and is setting up his own colony?