What offspring gives the red-backed vole. Red vole. Field mouse appearance

In this post there will be scary, nasty, cute, kind, beautiful, incomprehensible animals.
Plus a short comment about each. They all really exist.
Watch and be amazed

SHCHELEZUB  - a mammal from the order of insectivores, which is divided into two main types: Cuban crab and Haitian. The beast is relatively large relative to other types of insectivores: its length is 32 centimeters, and its tail, on average, 25 cm, the mass of the animal is about 1 kilogram, the physique is dense.


MANFUL WOLF. It lives in South America. The long legs of the wolf are the result of evolution in matters of adaptation to the habitat; they help the animal overcome obstacles in the form of tall grass growing on the plains.


AFRICAN CIVET  - the only representative of the same name. These animals live in Africa in open spaces with high grass from Senegal to Somalia, southern Namibia and in the eastern regions of South Africa. The size of the beast visually can increase quite strongly when, when excited, the civet raises its coat. And her fur is thick and long, especially on her back, closer to the tail. Paws, muzzle and tail end are completely black, most of the body is spotted.


MUSKRAT. The animal is quite famous, thanks to its sonorous name. Just a good photo.


Prohidna. This miracle of nature usually weighs up to 10 kg, although larger specimens have also been noted. By the way, the prochidine’s body reaches 77 cm in length, and this is not counting their lovely five-seven centimeter tail. Any description of this animal is based on a comparison with the viper: the legs of the prochidina are higher, the claws are more powerful. Another feature of the prokhidna’s appearance is spurs on the hind legs of males and five-fingered hind limbs and three-fingered forelimbs.


CAPIBARA. Semi-aquatic mammal, the largest of modern rodents. It is the only representative of the family of water-capillary (Hydrochoeridae). There is a dwarf variety Hydrochoerus isthmius, sometimes it is considered as a separate species (small capybara).


SEA CUCUMBER. Holoturia. Pegs, sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea), a class of invertebrate animals such as echinoderms. Species used in food are collectively called trepang.


PANGOLIN. This post simply could not do without it.


Hell Vampire. Clam. Despite its obvious similarities with octopus and squid, the scientists identified this mollusk in a separate detachment Vampyromorphida (lat.), Because it is the only retractable sensitive bicheniform filaments inherent in it.


AARDVARK. In Africa, these mammals are called aardwark, which is translated into Russian as "earth pig." In fact, the aardvark looks very much like a pig in appearance, only with an elongated muzzle. The ears of this amazing animal are very similar in structure to rabbits. There is also a muscular tail, which is very similar to the tail of such an animal as a kangaroo.

JAPANESE ISPOLINSKAYA SALAMANDRA. Today it is the largest amphibian, which can reach 160 cm in length, weigh up to 180 kg and can live up to 150 years, although the officially registered maximum age of the giant salamander is 55 years.


Bearded Pig. In different sources, the species of the Bearded pig is divided into two or three subspecies. This is a curly-bearded pig (Sus barbatus oi), which lives on the Malacca Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, a Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus barbatus) and a Palawan bearded pig, who live, judging by the name, on the islands of Borneo and Palawan, as well as in Java , Kalimantan and the small islands of the Indonesian archipelago in Southeast Asia.




SUMATRAN RHINOSES. Relate to equine animals of the rhinoceros family. This rhino species is the smallest of the entire family. The body length of an adult of the Sumatran rhino can reach 200 - 280 cm, and the height at the withers can range from 100 to 150 cm. Such rhinos can weigh up to 1000 kg.


SULAVESIAN BEAR CUSCUS. Arboreal marsupial animal living in the upper tier of flat tropical forests. Bear couscous wool consists of soft undercoat and coarse outer hair. Color ranges from gray to brown, with a more light colored belly and limbs and varies depending on the geographic subspecies and age of the animal. The grasping tail, not covered with wool, is about half the length of the animal and serves as the fifth limb, which facilitates advancement in the dense tropical forest. Bear couscous is the most primitive among all couscous, which preserves the primitive growth of teeth and structural features of the skull.


GALAGO. Its large fluffy tail is clearly comparable to squirrel. A charming face and graceful movements, flexibility and insinuatingness, clearly reflect his cat trait. The amazing jumping ability, mobility, strength and incredible dexterity of this animal clearly show its nature as a funny cat and elusive squirrel. Of course, it would be where to use your talents, because a tight cell is very poorly suited for this. But, if you give this little animal a little freedom and sometimes allow him to walk around the apartment, then all his quirks and talents will come true. Many even compare it with a kangaroo.


WOMBAT. Without a photograph of a wombat, one cannot talk about strange and rare animals at all.


AMAZON DOLPHIN. It is the largest river dolphin. Inia geoffrensis, as scientists call it, reaches 2.5 meters in length and weighs 2 centners. Light gray young individuals brighten with age. The body of the Amazonian dolphin is full, with a thin tail and a narrow muzzle. A round forehead, a slightly bent beak and small eyes are the features of this species of dolphins. The Amazonian dolphin is found in the rivers and lakes of Latin America.


FISH-MOON or MOL-MOLA. This fish can have a length of more than three meters, and weigh about one and a half tons. The largest specimen of moonfish was caught in New Hampshire, USA. Its length was five and a half meters, data on weight are not available. The shape of the body of the fish resembles a disk, it was this feature that served as the occasion for the Latin name. The moon fish has a large thickness of skin. It is elastic, and its surface is covered with small bony protrusions. Larvae of fish of this species and young individuals swim in the usual way. Adult large fish swim on their side, quietly moving their fins. They seem to lie on the surface of the water, where they are very easy to notice and catch. However, many experts believe that only sick fish swim this way. As an argument, they cite the fact that the stomach of fish caught on the surface is usually empty.


TASMANIAN DEVIL. Being the largest of modern predatory marsupials, this animal of black color with white spots on the chest and sacrum, with a huge mouth and sharp teeth has a dense physique and severe temper, for which, in fact, was called the devil. Making ominous screams at night, the massive and clumsy Tasmanian devil outwardly resembles a small bear: the front legs are slightly longer than the hind legs, the large head, and the muzzle is blunt.


LORI. A characteristic feature of Lori is the large size of the eyes, which can be bordered by dark circles, between the eyes there is a white dividing strip. The face of Lori can be compared to a mask of a clown. This, most likely, explains the name of the animal: Loeris in translation means "clown".


GAVIAL. Of course, one of the representatives of the detachment of crocodiles. With age, the face of the gavial becomes even longer. Due to the fact that the gavial eats fish, his teeth are long and sharp, located with a slight slope for the convenience of eating.


OKAPI. FOREST GIRAFFE. Traveling around Central Africa, the journalist and researcher of Africa Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) more than once came across local aborigines. Having once met an expedition equipped with horses, the Congo natives told the famous traveler that they had wild animals in the jungle, very similar to his horses. The much-seen Englishman was somewhat puzzled by this fact. After some negotiations in 1900, the British were finally able to purchase parts of the skin of a mysterious beast from the local population and send them to the Royal Zoological Society in London, where the unknown animal was given the name "Equus johnstoni horse", that is, it was assigned to the equine family . But what was their surprise when, a year later, they managed to get a whole skin and two skulls of an unknown beast, and find that It looks more like a dwarf giraffe since the ice age. Only in 1909 did they manage to catch a living specimen of Okapi.

WALABI. WOODEN KANGAROO. 6 species belong to the genus Woody Kangaroo - Wallaby (Dendrolagus). Of these, D. Inustus or Bear Wallaby, D. Matschiei or Wallaby Matchisha, subspecies D. Goodfellowi (Wallaby Goodfellow), D. Dorianus - Wallaby Doria live in New Guinea. In Queensland, Australia is home to D. Lumholtzi - the wallaby of Lumholtz (bungari), D. Bennettianus - the wallaby of Bennett, or tharibine. Their original habitat was New Guinea, but now Wallaby is found in Australia. Arboreal kangaroos live in the tropical forests of mountainous regions, at an altitude of 450 to 3000m. above sea level. The body size of the animal is 52-81 cm, the tail is 42 to 93 cm long. Wallaby weigh, depending on the species, 7.7 to 10 kg males and 6.7 to 8.9 kg. females.


WOLVERINE. It moves fast and adroitly. The animal has an elongated muzzle, a large head, with rounded ears. The jaws are powerful, the teeth are sharp. Wolverine is a “big-footed” beast, the feet are disproportionate to the body, but their size allows them to move freely over deep snow cover. Each claw has huge and curved claws. Wolverine perfectly climbs trees, has sharp eyesight. The voice is like foxes.


FOSSA. On the island of Madagascar, preserved animals that are not only in Africa itself, but throughout the rest of the world. One of the rarest animals is Fossa - the only representative of the genus Cryptoprocta and the largest predatory mammal that lives on the island of Madagascar. The appearance of the fossa is a little unusual: it is something between a wyverra and a small puma. Sometimes the fossa is also called the Madagascar lion, since the ancestors of this animal were much larger and reached the size of a lion. Fossa has a squat, massive and slightly elongated trunk, the length of which can reach up to 80 cm (on average it is 65-70 cm). The legs of the fossa are long, but rather thick, with the hind legs above the front. The tail is often equal to the length of the body and reaches 65 cm.


MANUL  approves this post and is present here only because it must be present. Everybody knows him.


FENEK. STEPPE FOX. Poddivaet manula and is present here insofar as. After all, everyone saw him.


BARE DIGGER  puts manul and Fenech plus signs in karma and invites them to organize a club of the most fearful animals in Runet.


PALM THIEF. Representative of decapod crustaceans. The habitat of which is the western part of the Pacific Ocean and the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. This animal from the family of land crayfish is large enough for its species. The body of an adult reaches a size of up to 32 cm and a weight of up to 3-4 kg. For a long time, it was mistakenly believed that he could even crack coconuts with his claws, which he eats afterwards. To date, scientists have proven that cancer can only eat chopped coconuts. They, being its main source of food, and gave the name palm thief. Although he does not mind eating other types of food - the fruits of Pandanus plants, organic matter from the soil, and even similar ones.

The color of the top of the bank vole is rusty-brownish, in various shades. The tail is relatively long (40-60 mm), sharply two-tone, dark on top and whitish underneath, covered with short hair, between which you can see the scaly surface of the skin. The length of the skull is 21.7-26.0 mm. The length of the upper molars is usually less than 6 mm. The base of the alveoli of the upper incisor (visible when opening the bone) is at least half the length of the crown of this tooth from the front edge of the 1st molar. 3rd upper molar on the inside with 2, or more often, with 3 incoming corners.

Forest areas of the European part of the USSR and some regions of Western Siberia; to the north to the middle part of the Kola Peninsula, the Solovetsky Islands, Arkhangelsk and the lower reaches of Pechora, to the south to the island forests of Ukraine, Voronezh, Saratov, Kuibyshev regions, and the environs of Uralsk; An isolated location exists in southwestern Transcaucasia. The eastern border of distribution is not sufficiently clarified: individual occurrences are known near Tyumen, in the vicinity of Tobolsk, in the Vasyugan district of the Tomsk region, in the Legostaevsky district of the Novosibirsk region; on the Salair ridge, Altai and Sayan mountains. Outside the USSR, it spreads north to Scotland and Scandinavia, south to the Pyrenees, southern Italy, Yugoslavia and Turkey.

In the Pleistocene on the territory of the USSR, red-backed voles penetrated far to the south into the open landscape, adhering, apparently, to forested river valleys, and their remains, usually attributed to C. Glareolus, together with the remains of the steppe fauna found outside their current range on the Lower Don and in the Crimea; in addition, they are known from the Kanev region on the Dnieper. The earliest finds are known from England in the Upper Pliocene; in the early Quaternary, forms close to C. glareolus.

The bank vole lives in various types of forests, from coniferous in the north to broad-leaved in the south; on forest islands penetrates far into the steppe zone. In autumn and winter, often settles in haystacks, throwers and buildings. Burrows with several exits and 1-2 cameras; sometimes makes a nest on the surface of the soil. Climbing bushes and trees. It feeds on tree seeds, herbaceous plants, bark, buds, lichens and, in part, also animal food (insects, worms). Reproduction 3-4 times a year, in each litter 2-8 cubs. It harms in forests, nurseries, gardens and forest shelterbelts. In some places it does some harm in the winter in barns, vegetable warehouses and in residential buildings.

Vole subspecies: 1) Clethrionomys glareolus glareolusSchreber (1780) - the color is relatively bright with a significant admixture of reddish-red tones on the back; from Belarus and the Smolensk region to the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

2) C. g. suecicusMiller (1909) - the color is darker than the previous form, the dimensions are slightly larger than other subspecies; from the Baltic states in the northern regions of the USSR (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Leningrad, Vologda) to the Ural Range and the flat part of Western Siberia inclusive.

3) C. g. islericusMiller (1909) - the color of the top is rusty yellow, lighter than in previous forms; Moldova, Ukraine, Kursk, Voronezh, Saratov, Kuibyshev regions, Southern Urals, etc.

4) C. g. deviusStroganov (1948) - the color of the summer fur of the back is smoky gray with a fawn-rust shade; found in the lower river. Pechora.

5) C. g. saianicusThomas (1911) - the color of the top is relatively dark, similar to C. g. suecicusMill .; dimensions slightly smaller than the last subspecies; Sayans, Altai, Salair Ridge.

6) C. g. ponticusThomas (1906) - the color of the red top vole is intense, gray-brown, with a brownish-rust hue; found in the Gurian-Adzhar ridge south of the city of Kutaisi, Georgian SSR; It was previously known from several points in Turkey (Trebizond, etc.).

The top is rusty brown in various shades. The tail is two-tone, dark at the top, whitish at the bottom. The surface of the tail is covered with short hairs, sparse, so that skin flakes are visible between them.

Skull with juvenile appearance: a rounded brain capsule with weak flattening in the frontotoparietal region and a shortened, lowered, facial section and nasal bones narrowed in the middle. The arches of the cheekbones are low. Hearing drums are medium in size. In the mandibular bone, the angular region is not shortened. The roots of molars are formed earlier than in other species. The chewing surfaces of the triangular loops and the loops themselves have spaced angles and a relatively thin enamel lining.

Biology

Lifestyle. A massive species of linden-oak biotopes of deciduous forests. In the taiga zone, he prefers berry spruce forests and clearings bordering them. Avoids forests with tightly closed stands and inhabits forest edges and woodlands.

In the east of the range, preference is given to light secondary forests and fringes of conifers, preferably overgrown with shrubs. The species is common in floodplain stands.

In the south it is found in island forests, shelterbelts. From the forest belts comes out to feed on the fields, but does not move further 100 - 150 m from the edge.

In the European North, the red-backed vole often inhabits farm buildings and human habitation. In winter, animals are found in stacks and ricks. In the Ural Mountains, along with other forest voles, it populates stone placers.

The species lives in pairs or families. Activity is year-round, round-the-clock, polyphase. In the bright part of the day, up to 17 phases of activity are observed.

These holes usually do not dig, if they are, then very short and shallow. Mines forest litter and turf. Widely uses voids in the roots of tree stumps, in dead trunks, under eversion, in heaps of brushwood. Winter and summer terrestrial and subsurface nests located in natural shelters are common for the species.

Animals climb trees better than other types of forest voles, are able to climb to a height of 12 m. There are cases of nesting and birth of juveniles in bird houses - hollows.

Breedingand the abundance of the species is closely related to the abundance of complete feed. Under favorable conditions, 50% of the animals are able to breed at the age of 26-30 days, and by 46-50 days all 100% of the animals reach puberty. One female brings up to 4 litters per year, usually 2 to 3 litters. In the litter from 5 to 13 cubs. Pregnancy lasts 17-24 days.

Cubs are born naked and blind, weighing from 1 to 10 g and see through 10-12 days. On day 14-15 they leave the hole, but they switch to green fodder even earlier.

Spring-summer voles breed and die before winter. Animals born in August - September give birth in spring, but do not participate in summer breeding.

In winter, reproduction is observed during snowy winters without sudden changes in temperature.

Nutrition. In all seasons, the species diet is dominated by the seeds of grassy and woody plants of broad-leaved forests. It prefers acorns and linden seeds, in the east - cedar and berry shrubs. Green parts of plants are present in food throughout the growing season. Animal feed, mainly the larvae of various insects, are present in the diet in the summer months. In winter, the main food is shoots of berry bushes, bark, buds. With a failure of the main feed, it switches to any substitute, including mushrooms and plant roots. Stocks makes small.

Morphologically close species

According to morphology (appearance), the described pest is close to ( Clethrionomys  rutilus) The main differences: a weakly two-color tail, the skin does not show through the hairs of the tail, the tail length is less than 40 mm, bright rusty-brown tones in summer and light, yellowish-brown tones prevail in the color of the dorsal part.

In addition, the Tien Shan forest vole is often found, which is also close in morphology to the Red Vole ( Clethrionomys glareolus).

At the same time, the following geographical variability is observed: the development of brighter tones of red color in color in the direction from west to east and general lightening of the color to the south; an increase in size is observed eastward in the lowlands and with height (in Western Europe). In the east of the range, mountain dwellers are less plains and have a darker color. The relative length of the dentition becomes smaller in the direction from north to south.

15 subspecies are described, of which 5-6 in Russia.

Geographic distribution

Red voledistributed from the Kola Peninsula and the Arkhangelsk region to the Middle Urals in the east and the borders of the island forests of Ukraine and the South Urals in the south.

In addition, the species range extends north to Scotland and Scandinavia, to the Pyrenees in the south, southern Italy, Yugoslavia and Turkey.

Malware

Red vole  - the most dangerous hemisynanthropic species, actively introducing itself into the urban environment, and populating not quite favorable biotopes - upland meadows. This increases the possibility of transmission of various infections to humans and requires constant monitoring of the number of species in order to regulate it.

In the taiga zone of the European part of Russia, this species is the main pest of forest and plantation crops. During a periodic (once every 4–5 years) increase in the number of animals, the young forests and gardens adjacent to the forests are significantly damaged. Due to the ability to climb trees well, it causes damage above ground level.

In residential premises, in warehouses and storages, the red-backed vole damages and contaminates food and animal feed.

In European foci, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), this species is the main carrier of hantaviruses. At the same time, he is an active participant in the circulation of pathogens of various infectious diseases: tularemia, tick-borne encephalitis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, salmonellosis, pseudotuberculosis and many others.

Pesticides

Chemical pesticides

Manual entry into burrows, other shelters, tubes, bait boxes:

Layout of ready-made lures at food enterprises and at home:

Control measures: deratization measures

Sanitary and epidemiological well-being is due to the successful implementation of the entire range of deratization measures, including organizational, preventive, destructive and sanitary-educational measures to control rodents.

Organizational activitiesinclude a set of the following measures:

• administrative
• financial and economic;
• scientific and methodological;
• material.

Preventive actionsdesigned to eliminate favorable living conditions of rodents and exterminate them using the following measures:

• engineering and technical, including the use of a variety of devices that automatically impede the access of rodents to the premises and communications;
• sanitary-hygienic, including the observance of cleanliness in rooms, basements, in the territories of objects;
• agricultural and forestry, including measures for cultivating forests of recreational zones to the state of forest parks and maintaining these territories in a state free of weeds, fallen leaves, dead trees and drying trees; the same group of measures includes deep plowing of land in the fields;
• preventive disinfestation, including measures to prevent the restoration of rodent numbers using chemical and mechanical means.

The task of carrying out this group of events lies with legal entities and individual entrepreneurs operating specific facilities and the adjacent territory.

These events are carried out by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs with special training.

The high incidence of hemorrhagic, or, as it is also popularly called, “mouse” fever, was the reason for an unscheduled meeting of the sanitary-anti-epidemic commission (SPEC) of the administration of the Karakulinsky district municipality.

As explained by the chief physician of the Karakulinsk RB, E.V. Babikova, the epidemic situation on the incidence of HFRS in the republic remains tense.

In her report, Elena Viktorovna cited the following figures: for 11 months of 2017, 2022 cases of the disease were registered in the UR, which is 3.5 times higher than 2016. The incidence rate for SD exceeds the national average by 28 times. The greatest number of cases is observed in Izhevsk and the surrounding areas. Ours is no exception. The territory of the district is an active natural center. For 11 months of 2017, 3 cases of HFRS were registered. All these are adults. Cases of the disease in 2017, as in 2016, are mainly associated with agricultural work in personal and public households, with outdoor activities in nature (fishing, picking berries and mushrooms), and the presence of rodents in the community.

According to the results of laboratory studies conducted in the country, the infection of the bank vole with HFRS virus increased in 2017 to 20.3% (in 2016 - 3.4%).

The forecast for 2018 is unfavorable: the natural focus of HFRS is in an active state, a high number of rodents and their infection with the HFRS virus will remain. Possible increase in the incidence of the population and the occurrence of group diseases of “mouse fever” in objects inhabited by rodents.

What to do? Medical workers state: there are no specific preventive measures for HFRS in the form of vaccines or preventive medicines. The main preventive measures are rodent control (deratization), the prevention of rodents from entering the premises, sanitary improvement of the territory (including the elimination of landfills), personal hygiene, the use of personal respiratory protection (masks, respirators) when working or being in the habitats of rodents. These parameters are reflected in the decision of the SPEC on this issue. Recommendations were sent to the heads of settlements, heads of industries, enterprises, organizations and institutions of the region. The deadline is 1.06.2018.

Control over the implementation of the SPEC decision was reserved by the deputy chairman of SPEC S.A. Sharychev, Deputy Head of the Administration of the Defense Ministry "Karakulinsky District" on the development of the agricultural sector.

V. Gibadullina, member of the SPEC district.

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (“mouse fever”) is a viral infectious disease.

Sources of the disease are mouse-like rodents. Infected rodents secrete the virus into the environment with saliva, urine, and excrement. Human infection occurs predominantly by airborne dust when inhaled by dust infected by rodents. From person to person, infection is not transmitted. The incubation period is usually 2-3 weeks from contact with rodents or traces of their vital activity. The virus infects all organs and tissues of the body, but the kidneys are more affected. The disease begins acutely with an increase in body temperature to 39-40ºС. After 3-4 days of illness, the temperature decreases, but back pain, thirst, and a decrease in urine output appear. At the first sign of illness, you should immediately seek medical help. Untimely access to a doctor can lead to dangerous complications in the form of toxic toxic shock, acute renal failure. Annually, in the UR, fatalities from HFRS are recorded.

How to determine the presence of a field vole on a summer cottage mouse, effective methods of controlling a rodent? These questions are of interest to many gardeners. But which of them show the best results, how to prevent a new invasion of rodents? All you need to know about voles, you will find in the following material.

Features and description of a rodent

The vole mouse differs from its relatives in small size. An adult is capable of reaching no more than 13 centimeters in length, with the tail taking up most (up to 70%). The mouse has a pointed muzzle, small brown eyes. The ears of the animal are inclined slightly forward, but are pressed to the head. In appearance, a cute rodent causes irreparable damage to agriculture, despite its small size.

Mouse coat is very coarse, stiff. In most cases, the color of the rodent is beige, gray or brown. The abdomen of the mouse is painted white, on the back there is a clear black line. The exact color of the rodent depends on its age, young individuals have a dark color, a little older than the mouse they are lighter, old rodents are almost beige, there are gray hairs.

Mice live in natural shelters or in independently dug burrows. What is noteworthy, small animals are able to dig a hole up to four meters in length. One exit necessarily goes to the reservoir, also the hole includes a nest and several storages for food supplies. The latter are usually located at a depth of more than one meter. Favorite habitats of pests are swamps.

Vole mice differ from their relatives in some features that make it easy to recognize a rodent:

• voles are the only representatives of the class of rodents to have a black stripe on the back;
• in size, field mice are slightly larger than their relatives;
• voles are very similar to Daurian hamsters, the only distinguishing feature is the presence of a long tail;
• unlike other species, the vole has a long puberty period - about 100 days;
• mice like to settle in feed rooms, destroying the harvest;
• also voles have one feature that is not characteristic of other species - they are able to settle next to swamps.

Interesting to know!  Rodents are active in the evening, at night. In autumn and winter, they are awake even during the day. It is noteworthy that the mice do not hibernate in the winter season.

Reasons for the appearance

Why do voles start in summer cottages? Rodents need food, the constant presence of water and heat. All these qualities are possessed by storage facilities, cellars, which are available in the country. Also, rodents are able to feast on human supplies located in secluded corners of the kitchen. Ways of passage of pests are: ventilation ducts, open windows and doors, cracks in the floor, walls.

Notice the pest in the suburban area is very simple. The main signs of the animal’s life are the presence of minks, feces throughout the house, in secluded places. Also, pests everywhere leave their marks. This is due to the fact that the teeth of rodents grow throughout life, they must be sharpened. What does the vole eat? It is typical for mice to nibble the bark of trees, the lower parts of shrubs in the winter season.

Harm to humans

When penetrating into the cellar, the rodent completely destroys all the supplies for the winter. In spring, pests feed on young shoots, bark, causing significant damage to the crop that has not yet appeared. Given the harm caused by the mice, immediately engage in the destruction of rodents, otherwise the loss of edible plantings in the garden can not be avoided.

How to get rid of a mouse - vole

Mankind has come up with many methods of combating voles, all of them can be divided into several main categories:

•   that are time-tested;
• physical methods that involve the use of mechanical devices: traps, traps, mousetraps. This category includes the natural enemy of mice - a cat,;
• chemicals: a variety of aerosols, poisons, poison baits. show excellent results, but it is often dangerous for humans or animals living in the country.

When choosing the right method against a vole, take into account the features of the room in which there are pests, the presence of animals.

Folk remedies and recipes

Folk recipes against voles:

Many people prefer to use proven mechanical methods, but keep in mind that you will have to regularly clean dead carcasses. If the number of rodents is very large, then the bait may not work (the mouse can eat the bait, dodge the mousetrap). Many people prefer to have a cat, but the "pussies" live in the country with their owners only until the winter. Not every cat is capable of catching fear on mice; most pets are afraid of rodents themselves or simply do not want to hunt them.

Homemade traps show excellent results:

Chemicals

Effective drugs:

• storm wax tablets.  Place the product in boxes, burrows, drainage pipes. Pills have a deterrent effect, if the pest tastes the product, it will die within two weeks;
• universal "Granules".  They are made from natural wheat grains. The product has a cumulative effect (an infected mouse carries poison on its paws, hair, hitting its relatives);
• muskidan glue.  Effectively copes with voles, not only in the suburban area, but also in the premises. It is recommended to put it on cardboard, put the bait in the middle. When hit by glue, the mouse sticks tightly, dies quickly.

You can get rid of voles with the help of the settlement of the suburban area with natural enemies:  owls (one individual eats up to two thousand mice a year), martens, foxes feed exclusively on field mice. Weasel is able to penetrate into the rodent's burrows, destroy offspring.

Field mouse - a dangerous rodent that can destroy a lot of crops. If a pest is found, immediately start a fight with it, use the useful recommendations of specialists.