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Identify the droppings
xxnadinexx
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firstly I apologise for the poor picture as I took it in the dark.
I keep finding these little dollops of droppings around my front and back gardens (the picture was taken next to my shed).
I haven't seen a hedgehog yet but I have been putting out dog food and hedgehog food and it is getting eaten in the early hours, however I have seen rats.
I'd like to make sure what I am feeding is a hedgehog, I live in the countryside so rats are very common when the farmers fields around us have been cut. But with me not ever seeing a hedgehog i only have the droppings to go by.
Can anyone help identify them?
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Had a quick search online as I've never seen that either, would love a hedgehog in my garden! The following link is a page I found on identifying different wildlife droppings, interesting looking at the different animals, really. Well, interesting as far as investigating poo gets
http://m.downthelane.net/?url=http://www.downthelane.net/garden-wildlife/identifying-animal-droppings.php&width=412
Looks like rat poo to me. Not hedgehog.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Certainly not hedgehog poo, which is sort of long and cigar shaped, so from the above comments I would suggest it is rat poo too - such a disappointment for you.
Well spotted Mr J ... worth investigating!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ahh that would seem plausible as I keep my rabbit in there over winter, I'll get it checked out.
Such a shame as the other half bought a hedgehog house due to the droppings in the front garden, should have investigated first!
Thanks everyone! ?
This may help http://www.downthelane.net/garden-wildlife/identifying-animal-droppings.php
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.