What rodent is this? *Pictures*

[fishnet1971]

yup. meadow vole. Chickens will gladly eat them too.

 

[PhilErvin]

YIKES!!

Destroy it!!!

 

[sgtmom52]

It's a vole ~ my cat's favorite prey!

Voles will eat the roots of your garden plants killing them.

 

[Salve&Fluffer]

Thanks for helping me find out what it is, everyone.

It died today. In the morning it was not breathing, but it revived for a little while. It was breathing through its mouth, then its mouth and nose. Then it was moving its tail and legs. But it stopped breathing later, and its body is stiffer now.

I'm going to bury it soon.

 

[Lurken Turken]

I'm sorry.

 

[birdsNbeesNseeds]

Salve&Fluffer :

Thanks for helping me find out what it is, everyone.

It died today. In the morning it was not breathing, but it revived for a little while. It was breathing through its mouth, then its mouth and nose. Then it was moving its tail and legs. But it stopped breathing later, and its body is stiffer now.

I'm going to bury it soon.

Sorry.

Not to be mean or cold, but this was a wild animal. Probably not a good pet.​

 

[BloominOrchid]

you tried your best to help the lil guy out but it just didnt work out. Your a good person for trying to help a "pest" in the end we are all living things.

 

[Giammona farm]

Looks like a field mouse.

 

[TheFeatheredTempest]

Sorry to hear the little guy didn't make it. I've worked with wild rodents on and off for years while doing ecological research. Most people never see one of these "pests" up close and personal. When you handle them and hold them it's hard not to love them. When I have taken people out in the field with me who insist they don't like rats and mice they have invariably melted after experiencing them up close and personal. People are always surprised by how clean and soft they are, their big liquid brown eyes, their wiggling noses, their inquisitive and gentle personalities, and their itty bitty "fingers". When I hold one in my hand and feel its tiny heart beating so rapidly I'm reminded of what delicate little lifeforms they really are (much like holding a baby chick). I still cry after all these years when one dies so I understand how you must feel. You did a kind thing trying to help him.

 

[spikennipper]

Yep it was a vole, sorry to hear it passed away, I would have been inclined to leave it be, they are extremely difficult to hand rear and it's mother and siblings were most likely near by.