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Does anyone know what this poo belongs to?

54 replies

Underpressure123 · 21/10/2019 17:48

I've found multiple stacks of poo in the middle of our garden as in the photo. Does anyone know what this belongs to??

Does anyone know what this poo belongs to?
OP posts:
IDrinkAndISewThings · 21/10/2019 18:36

Worm casts I'd say, my lawn is littered with them just now as it's been very rainy here and we have a very wormy garden

WiddlinDiddlin · 21/10/2019 18:38

Another vote for wormcasts rather than poo.

NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 21/10/2019 18:46

You would bloody know if it was fox. The smell is horrific.

Busybusybust · 23/10/2019 17:05

Not worm casts - much too big. Badger poo I reckon. It often has hedgehog quills in it, as badgers like eating them.

Ohhellooooo · 23/10/2019 17:09

I think badger too we used to get it around our flat in central London Shock

Hagbeth · 23/10/2019 17:11

That’s worm casts. I get lots of it in my garden after heavy rain.

Butttons · 23/10/2019 17:13

I call fox. Wormcasts wouldnt be on top of the leaf like that.

Fox poo stinks to high heaven

SameStory · 23/10/2019 17:14

I think worm casts too. I have got buckets of it in my garden at the moment after all the rain, huge piles too. It doesn't look like anything poo like.

SameStory · 23/10/2019 17:14

And yes the millions of piles of worm casts are on top of my grass. I assume it's because the soil is so soft after the wet weather.

PickAChew · 23/10/2019 17:18

Shit thread.

MrsEricBana · 23/10/2019 17:19

Yes wormcasts, ie mud not poo. It's the right size given the scale of grass, sycamore seed etc in the pic.

Damntheman · 23/10/2019 17:21

It's not badger poo. I get badger poo in my garden all the time and it REEKS. My bet would be fox.

wishywashywoowoo · 23/10/2019 17:22

Wormcasts, it's just soil

curlykaren · 23/10/2019 17:25

To the pp......Fox poo looks NOTHING like dog poo. Dog poo is well formed and easy to pick up with a poop bag. Foxes do a kind of soft 'pat' that stinks like 1000 year old milk.
From the scale of picture its too small for fox and not dog or cat. I now realise my info is not at all helpful to OP.

SafetyAdvice0FeedWhenAgitated · 23/10/2019 17:34

Not a poo. Wormcasts.

DontCallMeShitley · 23/10/2019 17:35

@curlykaren No, fox poo varies, it is not always a soft pat, ours leaves a nice firm turd with fur, feathers, small cherry pits in it. One was so firm it was still there after heavy rain and I was able to shovel it up and chuck it behind the shed. It depends on what or who it has eaten.

DontCallMeShitley · 23/10/2019 17:36

Worm casts, long and stringy looking, it means you have healthy soil.

pooopypants · 23/10/2019 18:01

I vote worm casts too

DartmoorChef · 23/10/2019 18:03

Definitely worm casts

MitMopse · 23/10/2019 18:13

Believe it or not this sort of thing used to be my job. It's badger poop!

ittooshallpass · 23/10/2019 18:58

That’s not poo... it’s wormcasts.

TabbyMumz · 23/10/2019 19:13

Worms....especially if there is loads of them.

scrivette · 23/10/2019 19:13

Worms definitely

Fuckwheresitgone · 23/10/2019 19:30

PickAchew Grin

Not rat poo that looks more like guinea pig poo.
I guess poo of wild animal changes according to diet? As both the bangers and foxes round here have more rounded /firmer poo. Both fox and badger poo stinks. By mid October I'd expect UK snakes to be hibernating? Deer poo is more like rabbit poo, but maybe different grass produces different poo? Sorry OP I can't help! If you have a dog and they eat it / roll in it I'd go with mammal poo, if they don't eat it / roll in it I'd go with worm castsWink

SafetyAdvice0FeedWhenAgitated · 23/10/2019 19:37

I have full lawn of these and no badgers in a vicinity... It's worms. I spent one year making the lawn soil perfect and leveled and they completely ruined it in the autumn😂 But hey. They are great for garden so they are forgiven.