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shrewThis forum post has messages dated from 09/08/06 through 09/09/09, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. - Small Mammals
| shrewI have a bunch of shrews in my back yard how can i get rid of them? |
| If they are in your backyard, why not just leave them there? Or get a hunting cat. |
| Shrews are unusual among mammals in a number of respects. Unlike most mammals, some species of shrew are venomous. The other venomous mammals are the platypus, solenodon, and slow loris. Also, along with the bats and toothed whales, some species of shrew use echolocation Shrews have a high metabolic rate and so must feed almost constantly when not sleeping. Shrews are not able to hibernate. |
|  I never knew what a shrew was until now. I thought it was just an ugly name you call people. I live in west texas and we don't get them. We have prarie dogs and armadillos. |
| I don't think we have shrews here in AZ or maybe we do and I've just never seen them. All I've seen out here are coyotes!! |
#6Somewhere over the rainbow | Shrews are more disgusting than mice. |
| By no means do I think I'm right about this, but the shrew may only be in this part of the USA: parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. |
| whales are largest animals in the world.infact the enourmous which can measure 30 metres long, is probably the biggest animalthat has ever lived.whales are able to gro so large because their huge weight is supported by the water.if a land animal grew to its size its legs would collapse under the weight of its own body. the sperm whale preys on gaint squid.it is able to dive to depths of over 3000 metres and stay under water for over an hour in search of its deep - dwelling prey. there are different types of whales such as sei whale , killer whale , sperm whale , blue whale , whale shark , etc.. |
| got shrews? I just moved into my beautiful new...old house. We have this really neato room in the front that has windows all around it and decided that it would be the greatest place for not only our pc's, but also our birdies in the summer. Which as long as the air is on...is. The morning sun comes right in, but isn't too hot yet and by the time it is, it's indirect. Ok...so to the point already. One night...the early riser, me. Decides to stay up all night and watch the sunrise...(after playing my MMORPG all night). I hear something scratching in the wall. hmmmmm mice? I know we have a crawl, so I'm thinking, well maybe it's down under the house and because it's so quiet, it just sounds near. Next day...my dogs begin finding game in chasing something around my cute little office with the birds. What has having my precious birdies brought in with their birdseed? Sunlight....neh? SHREWS!! My daughter said that she lay on the couch (in the next room) and watched a little animal which was smaller than a mouse, black with a long nose...eating bird seed. So I begin my research this morning. PHEWWWWW!!! Shrews are NOT rodents! They are, in fact, mammals. They have 5 fingers on each of their feet (hands?). They can be quite aggressive, which is bothersome with my 4lb. Chihuahua. And than too...some are endangered here where I live, so I'm in a sucky position. Can't kill it (wouldn't anyway) and it's really tiny, so how the hell do you keep it out?! Live with it? ehhh no. My daughter thinks it would make a fine pet. I think it would make good hawk food...which is why the hawks find our neighborhood a nice nesting place as well. And of course the reason why I can't let my baby Chi outside in the yard. So get rid of the shrews...get rid of the hawks. But I'm still not quite sure of how to do that without harming a shrew, so the research goes on here. |
#11Evolutionary Biologist | Shrews are one of the smallest mammals in the world, some species can weight under 2g. As insectivores they feed on high quality food, such as nuts (or seeds), small insects and invertebrates (they can also feed on dead animals - seen in live vole trapping). Because of their high metabolism (due to the fact that they are so small) these mammals need to eat almost all the time, some eat as frequently as every 15min and some eat only every 2h. If you can't kill the shrews because they are rare, threatened, endangered or red listed you might be able to discourage them by getting rid of the bird food - one less thing for them to feed on. Unfortunately, you would, for a time, lose your bird visitors, but since hawks would probably feed both on the shrews and the birds (birds are usually light but may be bigger, offering the hawks more meat and use less energy foraging) you may also get rid of the hawks, once they realize that their food resource has depleted. It might be worth a try. Good luck. |
| I live in Chagrin Falls in northeast Ohio. I have had shrews in the house on a couple occasions. The first time I had a pair of them and I accidentally caught one in a mouse trap baited with peanut butter. When I realized it was not a mouse, I took the traps off the floor and live trapped the second one by putting some peanut butter in a plastic milk jug with the opening forced toward the floor. I just sat around watching TV at night and waited for it and it went right in - capped the jug and took it a couple miles away from the house and let it go. I have another one now. Just saw the bugger the other night. I'm not sure how well they see as they tend to run around more than mice even when people are in the room. I'm deluding myself that, as opposed to mice, which climb into, crap all over and destroy everything, the shrews keep to the floor and are in the house accidentally. I'll try the milk jug trick again and see if that works. |
| why are there shrews???? Who created them??? Sooooo curios. |
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