I was a bit confused at the answers as being a lifelong cat owner I know that they always try to Bury it.
All cats, even wild ones up to tiger size, use unburied poo as territorial markers. The ones that bury it are doing so to avoid challenging the dominant cat in the area (this can include their owners). Chances are OP could have a tom cat visiting who seems to think he owns the place so is leaving a marker in nice prominent places to tell other cats it's his. Foxes do similar behaviour though and you'll always see fox poo left in a prominent place like on top of a stone or molehill. Rural fox poo is easy to distinguish due to the content of blood, which gives it the dark colour, as well as bones and fur. Urban foxes probably have a similar diet to cats though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Cat poo, definitely. Looks exactly like our cat's poo, who's got a touch of colitis. He's an old bean, and doesn't ever cover it over. Luckily (sort of) he only goes in our garden or the waste land next door - not in my neighbours garden. I think it's cos he's old and can't be bothered to jump the fence, thankfully.
I find a plastic freezer bag which I use like a glove is good for scooping it (and bits of the soil underneath) up.
For ages, I was blaming it on another neighbourhood cat. Used to stare daggers at it whenever I saw it! Oops.
Fox poo here is generally blacker and harder than the poo in your photo.
I'm in enough trouble this week for dissecting owl pellets in the house.
You really know how to party, w.edges....
By the way - definitely cat.
and they sh*t anywhere and everywhere here - grass, tops of planting in borders, paving, beds with bamboos skewers, paths.... I won't go on, as you get the picture....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm in enough trouble this week for dissecting owl pellets in the house.
We hear owls all the time, but I can't say I've noticed any pellets, despite them sitting on the house roof when they're "branching" (scared the life out of us the first time, thought we had a poltergeist in the loft!).
Foxes mark their territory with poo. I get it on top of pots too. This is quite common; how you stop it is another story.
I also get badgers' poo. I am told that you can tell the difference by the smell. But I'd rather remain ignorant. "Experts" also pull it apart and analyse the components, they could tell you. Again, I am not that keen on knowledge.
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That poo in the picture looks unformed and I suspect full of worm and such, yuck.
By the way - definitely cat.
and they sh*t anywhere and everywhere here - grass, tops of planting in borders, paving, beds with bamboos skewers, paths....
I won't go on, as you get the picture....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What did you find in the pellets?
Foxes mark their territory with poo. I get it on top of pots too. This is quite common; how you stop it is another story.
I also get badgers' poo. I am told that you can tell the difference by the smell. But I'd rather remain ignorant. "Experts" also pull it apart and analyse the components, they could tell you. Again, I am not that keen on knowledge.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."