what would cause this damage

[oggy]

last night a few of our rabbit hutches were damaged

we know our cats and dog didn't do it, so what would cause this?

 

[Samon]

Have any random dogs been in your garden? Looks very much like a dog attack.

 

[Opal]

A lion maybe?

 

[oggy]

Have any random dogs been in your garden? Looks very much like a dog attack.

possible, i was thinking fox or dog

 

[Samon]

possible, i was thinking fox or dog

Hmm..maybe a fox, but they are usually better at getting in and killing the inhabitants. Looks like boredom bite marks tbh.

 

[British Red]

Looks like rat damage to me

 

[Mesquite]

Looks like rat damage to me

In the first picture it looks like there's rat dropping on the floor near the wall.

 

[bojit]

If it's a rabbit hutch i would say it would be a fox some neighbors at our old house had chickens in a bomb/fox proof coop , the local foxes were always trying to get in but without much luck . the damage they did looked much the same .

Craig...........

 

[British Red]

In the first picture it looks like there's rat dropping on the floor near the wall.

I'd say so, certainly ratish in size and shape

 

[oggy]

i just went and looked at the droppings, they are smaller than the guinea pig dropping and a light brown colour, does that sound like rats?

 

[British Red]

Yep .

 

[Samon]

Rats it is then I guess, thought I could see big fang marks on the first picture. The rats at AirBus used to eat all the wood that had oil dripped on it, little biggers would eat through massive containers like it was cheese!

I hear a good way to kill the rats without laying poison is to make them eat wall-filler powder, put it all over some dry food bait.(drys in their gut and kills them)

 

[oggy]

thanks for all your help guys, i knew you guys could solve it, i just can't belive i missed the droppings till you guys mentioned them

 

[Bushcraftsman]

you guys should team up with ace ventura and start your own pet detective company, i hear he's not doing too well nowadays

 

[filcon]

I think its a fox, spread some sand around for footprints.

phil

 

[Opal]

It wasn't a lion then? :togo:

 

[bojit]

It wasn't a lion then? :togo:

Well maybe a small rat shaped one !

Craig......................

 

[Samon]

Well maybe a small rat shaped one !

Craig......................

With a ravenous hunger for cheese and wood! :O

 

[Big_bazza99]

There are 2 long scars from the main damage at the corner. Are these damage too or just marks in the grain? If this is damage, how would a rat create those scars? Could it be an owl?

 

[Mesquite]

There are 2 long scars from the main damage at the corner. Are these damage too or just marks in the grain? If this is damage, how would a rat create those scars? Could it be an owl?

That looks like wood that has peeled out along the line of the grain