We had a small visitor to our balcony a couple of nights ago. I had initially taken my camera outside to snap a photograph of the birds footprints in the snow underneath the bird table - I thought it looked really pretty. My husband came out to see what I was doing and he noticed another set of footprints that were obviously not made by the birds. My first reaction was a mouse - to which I was told if it was, then it was a mouse on steroids. Then I started to panic thinking it was an r-a-t! (I have never been able to say that word and always spell it out - goes back to my childhood in Scotland - my Gran and then subsequently my Mum thought it was bad luck to say r-a-t so was spelt out instead and it has stayed with me throughout my life Lol!) Since moving to this flat I have convinced myself that we have an r-a-t in the roof! Each year for several months we have scratchings and movements under the roof and can be heard very clearly from the bedroom. So I was sure that the footprints belonged to the culprit in the roof! My husband thought the footprints were too small for an r-a-t - so set to and did some research. He was told it was a mouse native to The Netherlands but without seeing the animal itself could not be sure which species it is.
There is no sign of it in the surrounding area of the balcony since but I am making sure the door stays firmly shut when entering and exiting outside. How on earth it managed to get up to the third floor on the outside of the building is a mystery!!
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| bosmuis (wood mouse) picture courtesy of wikipedia user: Rasbak |
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