Naquada

I normally keep some fox and hedgehog food in the garage for the summer (and the winter for the foxes), and whilst I was working out there yesterday I heard a scuffling noise coming from the tub of food.

Looking inside was a solitary field mouse looking up from the bottom.. It was fairly obvious that a family of field mice had moved into the bag, thinking they’d found mouse heaven; a years supply of free grub and a warm place to nap out the winter!! Unfortunately George seemed to be the only survivor of the ‘all you can eat Christmas buffet’, the others seeming to have died, I guess through slack of water..

Now its been proved that field mice are amongst the most intelligent mice out there, and its been proved that they often work out strategies for situations before heading into them, and often manage to get themselves out of tight spots with a little thinking time and team work.. But it seems poor ‘George’ and family didn’t think this one through so hard.. having eaten their way to the bottom of the large tub of food, they’d eliminated all ways of escape, since the top of the tub was now far beyond jumping distance..

I decided to take George down to the bottom of the garden and let him loose with a strict warning not to come into the house… He jumped out of the tub and sat there for some time in the grass, before scampering off into the undergrowth..

I swear he looked back and winked before he dived under next-doors shed… Cute isn’t he??