Unidentified Scat
Jay McBurney
finding in my utility room. At first I thought I had rats, so I put
out traps and some poison a couple weeks ago. There is no evidence
that the animal has any interest in any of the items.
The turds I have been finding are about 1" long, brown, and oblong.
They are about the shape of a hot dog. Each turd has a white clump of
something at the end. It looks like a mineral deposit of some kind,
and it is always at the end of the turd, never in the middle. The
consistency of the brown part is very fibrous. I only find one in
each place; never in a pile.
Does anybody know what type of animal could be doing this? I live
right outside of Atlanta, if that is any help.
Thanks,
Jay
Lar
jro...@yahoo.com says...
> Does anybody know what type of animal could be doing this? I live
> right outside of Atlanta, if that is any help.
>
>
>
with the reptiles in your area but I think one inch would be too large
for geckos.
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Lar
Jay McBurney
Lar,
There are a couple species of lizards that I see regularly around the
foundation of my house: anoles and some type of blue-tailed swift.
But the largest ones I have seen around have been about 8" including
the tail, so they wouldn't be capable of producing crap nearly that
size. Maybe there are bigger ones that can get into the crawlspace of
the house and into the ulitity room somehow.
Thanks,
Jay
CAT
exactly like the stuff he leaves behind.
did you say your utlity room? could be coming in thru your dryer
vent??
--Cat
Lar <lar...@attbi.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.17a15634f...@netnews.attbi.com>...
Tim
least in and around homes, but we do deal with our fair share of snakes. You
said that the white spot gives it away as a lizard? or could it be the whit
spot gives it away as being a reptile? I have seen where snakes leave
droppings that look similar to that. Just curious?
Lar
@adelphia.net says...
> You
> said that the white spot gives it away as a lizard? or could it be the whit
> spot gives it away as being a reptile? I have seen where snakes leave
> droppings that look similar to that. Just curious?
>
>
that does not have the white, and the only snakes I recall paying
attention to their droppings have been a large rat snake and a large
rattle snake and neither had the white, but I could see where there might
be snakes that did have the white. If I am not mistaken, a snake's
metabolism will be slower than a lizards so there will be fewer droppings
to find and I was taking it Jay was finding a constant deposit, much like
I see with our geckos, but because of the size it probably is snake(s).
Now that Jay has everyone's curiosity peaked he has to keep us posted.
:)
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Lar
Lar
> the tail, so they wouldn't be capable of producing crap nearly that
> size. Maybe there are bigger ones that can get into the crawlspace of
> the house and into the ulitity room somehow.
>
flour sifter and cover the area with a very thin coating of flour and
check the tracks later and maybe you can tell if you are dealing with a
snake or lizard. Keep us posted.
--
Lar
Jay McBurney
pretty big lizard. As a kid, I has a pet anole (similar to the ones I
see outside my house) and its droppings were much smaller and not as
well-formed as the ones I have been finding. There are some very
large black rat snakes (up to 6') around the property, however. And
the washer and dryer are in the utility room. Sometimes the dryer
even gets separated from the vent due to the vibration. If there is a
big snake in the house and my wife sees it, the next pile of excrement
that I have to clean up will not be from a reptile. Is there some
type of live trap that a snake could be lured into if it turns out
that there is one in my house?
Jay
Lar <lar...@attbi.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.17a21e1fd...@netnews.attbi.com>...
Lar
> type of live trap that a snake could be lured into if it turns out
> that there is one in my house?
>
>
Not sure how well I can explain how we made it. It was a funnel based
trap like a minnow trap. We used screen ( I believe it was just regular
window screening) and made a box 3-4 feet square about 18 inches high. On
one end we made a slit about 5 inches from the bottom all the way across
the box and fashioned it to fold inward with the idea a snake would
follow the indent on the end and be captured in the large screen "box".
We also placed a shoe box inside the trap with a hole in the side to give
the critter a place to hide. The trap was secured together by just using
a staple gun to tie the sides together and placing sticks in the corners
as we put it together to give it a frame. It was crude looking and ugly,
but it did work. I think the key was the size of the trap and having
enough room to place it in a corner.
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Lar
UNHOLYDIO
>as we put it together to give it a frame. It was crude looking and ugly,
>but it did work. I think the key was the size of the trap and having
>enough room to place it in a corner.
>--
>Lar
They tried that with Godzilla...and when the lizard was exposed to the
houshold chemicals under the kitchen sink..the reptile mutated..and Godzilla
was reincarnated once again...How irresponsible of you Lar..giving such advice
that could lead to the destruction of Tokyo.
The best defense against this potential threat to humanity is a monsterous
Gorilla that ihnabits an uncharted island with phillipino native girls...which
are his favorite food....
