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Another garden poop ID request please :-)

dq2vjt6vcyJj1UZ-2Xdq2vjt6vcyJj1UZ-2X Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Hi all,

I'm completely new to gardening and keep getting what I think is poop in my garden. It's wet and flat and doesn't have much of a shape I could match to images of garden animal poop online. It does not smell much but once you pick it up it does smell like poop.

Anyone any idea at all what it might be or from what kind of animal? It would be much appreciated!

The white-ish bit at the top is also fairly weird...

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    My bet would be a cat whose owner doesn't feed it a decent diet.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That’s my bet too. 

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





  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Bird droppings are generally topped with white - ie urine but the mass in your photo doesn't show anything definitive.Hard to estimate without some sort of scale re size.
    Are you sure it is actually faeces ?  If so it is most likely a cat which is feeling a tad unwell.
  • dq2vjt6vcyJj1UZ-2Xdq2vjt6vcyJj1UZ-2X Posts: 3
    Thanks all, it's too big for bird droppings, I'll try to get some sort of scale/size on the image next time. I do have 2 cats or so visiting the garden during the day (unsure if they are stray cats or from one of the neighbours), I'll see if I can identify anything in the mass next time.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I'd go for cat too.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    edited September 2022
    It's almost always a cat :( 
    East Lancs
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Lots and lots of water applied from a height or at pressure until it's all washed into the soil.  Add a bit more soil to bury it. 

    Is that your lawn?  Daisies, clover, a litle grass.  Let it grow a bit taller that might discourage its performance.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • dq2vjt6vcyJj1UZ-2Xdq2vjt6vcyJj1UZ-2X Posts: 3
    bédé said:
    Lots and lots of water applied from a height or at pressure until it's all washed into the soil.  Add a bit more soil to bury it. 

    Is that your lawn?  Daisies, clover, a litle grass.  Let it grow a bit taller that might discourage its performance.
    Yes, that'S my garden. And it's actually that bit where the grass etc seems to grow the slowest. Over the past few days, cats/foxes seem to have made it a point to turn that corner of the garden into their personal loo! Good point on letting it grow a bit longer, I'll give that a try! Love daisies and clovers so I'll see if I can encourage them to grow or get some seeds.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Could it be Dog Vomit slime mold,  that stinks. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    @wild edges Another possible reason could be cat that has eaten some poisonous plant to get some green to get rid of hair in the stomach. My cat seems to find such plants. 

    It’s definitely a mix of dried food and some other stuff. 
    I had similar in my garden coming from a fox. Someone in the neighbourhood feeds the foxes with dry food. 

    I ♥ my garden.

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