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Cat brought strange creature home
I have 3 cats but a few months ago one of them came home with this
creature he had picked up. He did not kill it but the 3 of them were chasing it around but neither of them would harm it. It managed to get under the furniture and so I was able to catch it. It had been making a squeaking noise and was about the same size as a mouse. But it had no front legs and a sort of bottle nose like a dolphin. My first thought was that it was a baby hedgehog but they have front legs. Does anyone know what it might be or has anyone had their cats bring in something similar ? I took the creature back out and put him under the fence which borders the woodland. He was not hurt and soon took off. I kept my cats indoors for a while so they would not bring him back. -- Count Baldoni |
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Cat brought strange creature home
I'm glad you rescued this little creature (whatever it was).
Gail "Baldoni" wrote in message ... I have 3 cats but a few months ago one of them came home with this creature he had picked up. He did not kill it but the 3 of them were chasing it around but neither of them would harm it. It managed to get under the furniture and so I was able to catch it. It had been making a squeaking noise and was about the same size as a mouse. But it had no front legs and a sort of bottle nose like a dolphin. My first thought was that it was a baby hedgehog but they have front legs. Does anyone know what it might be or has anyone had their cats bring in something similar ? I took the creature back out and put him under the fence which borders the woodland. He was not hurt and soon took off. I kept my cats indoors for a while so they would not bring him back. -- Count Baldoni |
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Cat brought strange creature home
Baldoni writes:
I have 3 cats but a few months ago one of them came home with this creature he had picked up. He did not kill it but the 3 of them were chasing it around but neither of them would harm it. It managed to get under the furniture and so I was able to catch it. It had been making a squeaking noise and was about the same size as a mouse. But it had no front legs and a sort of bottle nose like a dolphin. I think it had front legs, you may not have seen them. Unless the cats got them. The funny nose usually indicates a mole. |
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Cat brought strange creature home
"Baldoni" wrote in message It managed to get under the furniture and so I was able to catch it. It had been making a squeaking noise and was about the same size as a mouse. But it had no front legs and a sort of bottle nose like a dolphin. Sounds like a shrew. Was it one of these? http://www.borealforest.org/zoo/shrew.htm |
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Cat brought strange creature home
On Jan 13, 12:06*am, "Upscale" wrote:
Sounds like a shrew. Either a shrew or a kangaroo mouse. Shrews have the bottle nose, but they have front legs. Kangaroo mice don't have front legs for running, but typically don't have a bottle nose. Maybe it's a new breed of kangaroo shrew? |
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Cat brought strange creature home
Upscale was thinking very hard :
"Baldoni" wrote in message It managed to get under the furniture and so I was able to catch it. It had been making a squeaking noise and was about the same size as a mouse. But it had no front legs and a sort of bottle nose like a dolphin. Sounds like a shrew. Was it one of these? http://www.borealforest.org/zoo/shrew.htm It looked like one of those but I think it was a baby. -- Count Baldoni |
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Cat brought strange creature home
studio was thinking very hard :
On Jan 13, 12:06*am, "Upscale" wrote: Sounds like a shrew. Either a shrew or a kangaroo mouse. Shrews have the bottle nose, but they have front legs. Kangaroo mice don't have front legs for running, but typically don't have a bottle nose. Maybe it's a new breed of kangaroo shrew? I am in the UK I will check if they are a native of this country. -- Count Baldoni |
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Cat brought strange creature home
After serious thinking Gail wrote :
I'm glad you rescued this little creature (whatever it was). Gail "Baldoni" wrote in message ... The strange thing about it all was that the 3 cats did not harm it in any way when they had the chance, nor did they play with it. -- Count Baldoni |
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Cat brought strange creature home
cindys explained :
"Dan Espen" wrote in message ... Baldoni writes: I have 3 cats but a few months ago one of them came home with this creature he had picked up. He did not kill it but the 3 of them were chasing it around but neither of them would harm it. It managed to get under the furniture and so I was able to catch it. It had been making a squeaking noise and was about the same size as a mouse. But it had no front legs and a sort of bottle nose like a dolphin. I think it had front legs, you may not have seen them. Unless the cats got them. The funny nose usually indicates a mole. -------- I agree. Sometimes, the nose looks like a miniature octopus. These are called "star-nosed" moles. Best regards, ---Cindy S. It may have been a baby mole. -- Count Baldoni |
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Cat brought strange creature home
studio formulated the question :
On Jan 13, 12:06*am, "Upscale" wrote: Sounds like a shrew. Either a shrew or a kangaroo mouse. Shrews have the bottle nose, but they have front legs. Kangaroo mice don't have front legs for running, but typically don't have a bottle nose. Maybe it's a new breed of kangaroo shrew? I think this is the fellow here although he was young. Maybe I missed his front legs due to them being small. http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/ma...more_info.html It mentions that it is illegal to trap these in the UK. -- Count Baldoni |
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