Is this a dropping?

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ambereeree · 09/12/2019 07:41

Saw a mouse run under the stairs this morning. Now I've seen this. Is it a rat?

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TheoriginalLEM · 09/12/2019 07:43

Looks like neither rat or mouse

AltheaVestr1t · 09/12/2019 07:44

Looks like a piece of fluff to me - rat and mouse droppings look like grains of rice, but brown/black.

bonzo77 · 09/12/2019 07:46

Neither. Rat droppings are bullet shaped and about 1.5cm long (we have pet ones so I know). Mice ones are size of a grain of rice. And there are rarely only one with either.

bonzo77 · 09/12/2019 07:47

Oh and the appear in corners and along walls

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ambereeree · 09/12/2019 07:51

OK saw two black grain droppings behind the sofa with a chocolate Christmas decoration. I'm near a field so one may have got in. No droppings under the fridge or dishwasher.

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Frenchw1fe · 09/12/2019 07:56

Mice love chocolate so perhaps. We live in the country and definitely get mice in the loft. You need to go round your hose looking for holes, they can get in really tiny holes the thickness of a pencil. We put wire wool around pipes in the kitchen and covered air vents with mesh grills.
Peppermint oil on cotton wool will act as a deterrent but you have to renew it regularly.

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ambereeree · 09/12/2019 08:00

Thanks all.

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Sprinklemetinsel · 09/12/2019 08:04

Use tissue to pick it up and squash it.

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ambereeree · 09/12/2019 10:21

It looks like a weird blob of mud. Found another so think the kids did it. But arghhh droppings before christmas

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ambereeree · 09/12/2019 19:06

@Frenchw1fe I found the hole and saw one pop it's head out. Both got a fright so filled it up sharpish.

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