What kind of garden pest/rodent is long and skinny with a rounded snout?
Question:I saw a strange pest in my vegetable garden this moring...it had the body of a ferret (long and skinny with a curved back) but had the head of a mouse/rat (but no visible teeth or long wiskers). The animal was a brownish color and about 8-10 inches long, from snout to tail. Its tail had short hairs all over it. Again, his body was very slender. I've scoured the Web for photos of it but cannot find anything really similar to it. Any ideas?? (Also, we found a dead mole in the garden yesterday...I believe this is related to our new garden resident.)
Answers:
I've never heard of a mole being 8-10 inches long before.
I would bet dollars to doughnuts that it's a weasel. These are good little predators to have around as they will kill gophers and moles. But if you have any chickens they will go after them too.
mole
A trouser snake
its a platapuss withouta doubt. carfull the males are poisenness
sounds like a mole to me
They are called MOLES. Look like mice with a different nose.
weasel
here's a photo and info page: http://dnr.state.il.us/orc/wildlife/furb...
more photos: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...
it could be either the weasel which wc said or a mink (which is from the same family, but likes the water)
Your location would help to narrow the possibilities down. My first thought was muskrat, some other possibilites are weasel, ermine, chipmunk, mink, mongoose (though they are bigger than 8-10") Based on what I just looked at online, the best guess is probably a weasel.
It could be a mole,weasel,muskrat,mink,mongo... would probably be one of those.
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