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Verona has a new pet; she rescued it herself from a neighbour’s garden. She saw it crouching under a piece of wood, shaking, so picked it up and bought it home in the palm of her hand with a wide smile on her face.

She says he has bitten her twice, but not hard!

After a read of her Wildlife book, she identifyed her new pet as a male vole. She’s not sure if he’s a bank vole or a short tailed vole and she’s called him Claus.

So far Claus has some feta cheese, blackberries and some pyracantha berries from the garden which Verona picked for him.

Claus has been introduced to the cat, who, fortunately is too old and full to be bothered.

Claus has a nest built from dead grass, old feathers and some of Verona’s hair - he seems to love it and burrows down deep inside!