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Animal poo

rosie.spencerosie.spence Posts: 8
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Morning all, found this animal poo this morning on my raised veg sleeper beds. Just wondered if anyone had any clues as to what animal this could come from? Thanks for your help! 

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  • rosie.spencerosie.spence Posts: 8

  • rosie.spencerosie.spence Posts: 8

  • david25:17david25:17 Posts: 31
    Hi Rosie,

    Looks very hedgehog like to me - cigar/sausage shaped and black. Probably been feasting on slugs in the beds. This year we've found lots of it in our garden and seen lots of hogs on the camera traps. You'd be surprised how well they can climb steps too! 

    https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/identify-wildlife/how-to-identify-animal-droppings/ 

    If you really wanted to (and I have done it), you can leave some droppings to dry and then break them up. If it's hedgehog you'd probably find bits of beetle shell and seeds. Just me? OK! 

    David
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2020
    Looks like hedgehog to me too .... possibly an adult and a smaller one?

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





  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Love these threads - you lot are, literally, sh!t detectives  :D

    East Lancs
  • rosie.spencerosie.spence Posts: 8
    The beds are quite high, probably about 2.5 feet high!
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Unless the hedgehogs in the area are extremely athletic, I suspect rat droppings.  They look pretty small.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There could be some of each ... but ‘our’ hedgehogs navigate their way up onto the Shady Bank which is edged by two sleepers on edge on top of each other. 


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





  • rosie.spencerosie.spence Posts: 8
    KT53 said:
    Unless the hedgehogs in the area are extremely athletic, I suspect rat droppings.  They look pretty small.
    I was worried someone would say it looked like rat poo. I hate rats! But then again, I guess most people do!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They don't really look like rat poo to me ... their droppings are far more regular, pellet-like and usually several in a group.

    This may help https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/how-identify/identify-poo

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





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