Title: Mice, Voles, and Moles
Headings: Field Rodents: Mice, Voles, Chipmunks, and Moles
Field Rodents: Mice, Voles, Chipmunks, and Moles
Control

Content: In out-buildings, such as barns, cats have been a popular method of mouse control for a long time. Although mice have an aversion to some odors and tastes, at present no repellents have been found to solve a mouse problem completely. The use of frightening sounds is not effective in field situations. Voles
Meadow voles, commonly known as meadow mice, are stocky with small, but prominent, beady black eyes and almost concealed ears. Their short tails are about twice as long as their hind feet. Meadow voles are five to seven inches long at maturity and weigh twice as much as house mice. Their dense, shaggy fur is gray to brown with gray under-parts, sometimes mixed with yellow or buff. Their close relative, pine voles or pine mice, have smaller bodies, shorter tails, sunken eyes and underground burrow homes. Pine voles feed on plant roots and crowns. In Connecticut, meadow voles are more abundant and destructive than pine voles.