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Help!! How to know what animal has pooped in garden

claresexton4claresexton4 Posts: 7
in Wildlife gardening
My little one has been playing in the garden all morning. Now worrying as I have just been out there and found this poo. Not sure if it is rat poo??
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  • ThankthecatThankthecat Posts: 421
    Looks like hedgehog poo to me. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2018
    Yep ... you've got a  hedgehog visitor :D

    https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • claresexton4claresexton4 Posts: 7
    Do you know if I should be worried about hedgehog poo? At least it’s not rat poo hopefully, was freaking out that we had a rat in the garden 😂
  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    I agree, it looks like the deposits the hogs leave here. I don't believe it's any more of a health issue than other poo might be!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    claresexton4 said:
    Do you know if I should be worried about hedgehog poo? At least it’s not rat poo hopefully, was freaking out that we had a rat in the garden 😂
    Gardens are about 50% poo. If it's brown it's basically been through an animal at least once. :)

    Most diseases from animals are passed to us via urine anyway so you'd never see it.

    My son is just starting to crawl so I appreciate your anxiety. :|  Trust their immune systems though they're tougher than you think.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • claresexton4claresexton4 Posts: 7
    wild edges said:
    claresexton4 said:
    Do you know if I should be worried about hedgehog poo? At least it’s not rat poo hopefully, was freaking out that we had a rat in the garden 😂
    Gardens are about 50% poo. If it's brown it's basically been through an animal at least once. :)

    Most diseases from animals are passed to us via urine anyway so you'd never see it.

    My son is just starting to crawl so I appreciate your anxiety. :|  Trust their immune systems though they're tougher than you think.
    Thank you, I know I was probably worrying unnecessary but I had made the mistake of googling it!! And just worried with two little ones 
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    pansyface said:
    ...mouse farts... 
    Goodness..  :D
    Utah, USA.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I grew up on a farm with cow poo, pig poo, chicken poo, horse poo, dog poo and cat poo ... not to mention all the wild animals' poo I must've met up with as I played in the barnyard,  ditches and meadows ...  I have a fantastic immune system ... just teach your children to wash their hands properly when they come indoors ... they'll be fine  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Dovefromabove said:
    just teach your children to wash their hands properly when they come indoors ... they'll be fine  :)
    and don't eat the wild sausages :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    What Dove said (again).
    Please let your children get dirty and build up a decent immune system otherwise the first nasty germ they meet will see them off! All this anti-bacterial nonsense will be the end of us. Really!
    Somebody get me off this soap box before I start in earnest (I'm seeing a theme here Dove :D )...it's one of my pet peeves.
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