Mystery Turds! :-)

[Blutack]

Found in the middle of a tarpaulin covered log-pile, alongside a 10-15cm dished bed of dead Beech leaves. Evidently left by an animal who can't be bothered walking far to go the loo in the night, but who was it?



Many thanks folks!

 

[British Red]

Looks like rat to me

 

[Blutack]

That was my first thought too, but I wondered if they were too big for that? Also, the rat poo I've seen before was much darker in colour.

 

[ozzy1977]

Rat .

 

[Puddock]

Definitely rat...

 

[ged]

No mystery, trust me, it's a rat.

 

[Chiseller]

As said :thumbup:

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[dwardo]

Kind of it to leave you the 20p.
Rat definitely.

 

[Angst]

It was me, I'm not good first thing! And leave my money alone!

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[British Red]

See a doctor Angst

 

[Mesquite]

That was my first thought too, but I wondered if they were too big for that? Also, the rat poo I've seen before was much darker in colour.

The colour is somewhat dependent on what they eat. Like everyone has said it's definitely rat

 

[Spaniel man]

Quite possibly rat, but could also be squirrel. They look very similar, but you can usually tell by the smell. If you look carefully, there appear to be long grey hairs attached to some of them (squirrel tail hair?) Hard to tell without more context, but it is definitely one of the two..

 

[ozzy1977]

Whats the smell like

 

[Spaniel man]

Squirrel poo:

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[Spaniel man]

Rat poo:

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[Blutack]

Thankyou everybody :You_Rock_. I was really hoping it WASN'T going to be a rat of course. I'll have to get my air rifle sighted in again over the weekend now!

 

[mousey]

My degu's poo looks like that - perhaps a bit smaller, they are kind of ratish but more of a cross between chinchilla and a guinea pig. Although they are more warm climate creatures I don't think they'd survive wild in the winter in the UK

 

[Blaidd]

Let us know what it tastes like, rat poo and squirrel poo taste different. Maybe. (My wife says I have mind if a 12 year old)

 

[British Red]

Quite possibly rat, but could also be squirrel. They look very similar, but you can usually tell by the smell. If you look carefully, there appear to be long grey hairs attached to some of them (squirrel tail hair?) Hard to tell without more context, but it is definitely one of the two..

Awesome series of posts and pictures, thank you for educating me

 

[Spaniel man]

Awesome series of posts and pictures, thank you for educating me

My pleasure. I could of course, be talking a load of s**t