Field Mouse

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  1. Low on the food chain, these pests reproduce at an alarming rate.
  2. They aren’t especially vicious and rely on their size, speed, and own ingenuity to survive.
  3. It feasts on whatever it finds.
  4. Mice unfortunately are prone to carry disease, usually not plagues, but virulent things all the same.
  5. After maybe two weeks of pregnancy the mother births three to five baby mice.

 

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House Mouse

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  1. As a wild animal the house mouse mainly lives associated with humans, causing damage to crops and stored food.
  2. House mice have an adult body length (nose to base of tail) of 7.5–10 cm and a tail length of 5–10 cm.
  3. House mice consume and contaminate food, pet food and animal feed.
  4. Pregnancy period is about 19–21 days, and they give birth to a litter of 3–14 young (average 6–8). One female can have some 5–10 litters per year.

 

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Brown Rat

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  1. The Brown Rat’s fur is coarse and usually brown or dark grey, while the underparts are lighter grey or brown.
  2. Adult body weight averages 550g.
  3. The brown rat is usually active at night and is a good swimmer, both on the surface and underwater, but unlike the related Black Rat, they are poor climbers.
  4. The brown rat is a true omnivore and will consume almost anything, but cereals form a substantial part of its diet.
  5. They can also serve as a reservoir for Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, though the disease usually spreads from rats to humans when domestic cats feed on infected brown rats.

 

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