Cat poop or wild animal droppings? Warning; pile picture!

  • Erstellt am 2018-07-10 13:03:02

andimann

2018-07-10 13:03:02
  • #1
Hello everyone,

(hopefully I won’t get banned right away for posting a bunch of s***...)

some animal is leaving a pile on our lawn almost every night, strangely always in almost the same spot (plus or minus 2 m). At first, I suspected the neighbor’s cat, but the pile is actually too big for a cat, right? Also, don’t they usually do it more in the flowerbeds and not right in the middle of the lawn?



Question: Can someone tell me if these are cat droppings after all? Then I would need to have a talk with the neighbors.

I’m slowly getting fed up with having to clean up the pile every morning, and I’m even less keen on my kids stepping in it while playing or my son trying to taste it first. My nephew once caught worms that way, and that was pretty nasty. Something like that doesn’t have to happen.

And if it’s something else: what is it and above all, how do I get rid of it?
Barbed wire, spring guns, anti-aircraft guns, nuclear bomb?

Best regards,

Andreas
 

Knallkörper

2018-07-10 13:37:20
  • #2
I would not necessarily rule out a large cat. It is not a fox or marten. The raccoon might still be a possibility. Do you have any at your place, do your trash bins stand outside? I can't think of any other wild animals...
 

apokolok

2018-07-10 14:24:33
  • #3
Sprinkler system with motion detection. Or sneak around yourself with the hose. Alternatively, tougher measures. It must be a cat, not a fox running into your garden every night, that's too regular for that.
 

M4dman

2018-07-10 15:30:18
  • #4
Hi,
Nice picture

So it's not completely out of the question, but I actually wouldn't guess cat poop.
More likely fox

Excerpt:

    [*]approx. 5-8 (10) cm long, approx. 2 cm thick and sausage-shaped
    [*]usually tapered at one end/pointed
    [*]color between black and gray



What a topic XD
 

andimann

2018-07-10 15:56:08
  • #5
Hi,
first of all, thanks for the answers. Raccoons are rather unlikely, they are still quite rare here (Nuremberg area). The trash bins are outside, but nothing is rummaged through. At least the lids are never open, or anything like that.

I will set up the GoPro in time-lapse mode, maybe then I will discover the culprit. And then at least I will know what the best caliber is...
and then... Hail to the King, Baby...

Best regards,

Andreas
 

Knallkörper

2018-07-10 16:10:43
  • #6


Not fox. The location doesn’t fit... I say that as a hunter.
 

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