Last spring when emptying the composter I found a glis glis in it. Anyone else ever had a glis glis? Apparently, they reside in a fairly small part of the country, so I didn't originally know what one was and came in a bit shaken after I'd seen it.
It looked like a squirrel had mated with a rat or a rabbit. My husband had me make a drawing of it, and then googled it and said "Wow! It was an edible doormouse!"
Apparently, they overwinter in composters and are usually disturbed from hibernation around April by people like me. It's not really a "pest" in the sense that they overwinter in the composters, but are not known for setting up families in there or anything. Plus, they are rather charming if you manage to get a good look at one.
Anyway, curious to know more about them and whether anyone else has come across any?
Do they tend to ever return to the same composters once they've vacated? (just wondering what my chances are of moving the compost this spring without any surprises )
It looked like a squirrel had mated with a rat or a rabbit. My husband had me make a drawing of it, and then googled it and said "Wow! It was an edible doormouse!"
Apparently, they overwinter in composters and are usually disturbed from hibernation around April by people like me. It's not really a "pest" in the sense that they overwinter in the composters, but are not known for setting up families in there or anything. Plus, they are rather charming if you manage to get a good look at one.
Anyway, curious to know more about them and whether anyone else has come across any?
Do they tend to ever return to the same composters once they've vacated? (just wondering what my chances are of moving the compost this spring without any surprises )
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