Help Identify droppings **Warning: poop pics**

[zazouse]

looks like domestic dog poop, wild critters like foxes would have hair, feathers and mabe seeds because of their varied diet unless it was just feeding on dog food.

 

[subhanalah]

looks like domestic dog poop, wild critters like foxes would have hair, feathers and mabe seeds because of their varied diet unless it was just feeding on dog food.

I'm pretty sure it's just feeding on her eggs hahaha

 

[h2ofouln]

I have heard of fox crapping on hay bales before they like to climb on a hay bale likely looking for the mice that could be living in or around it

that what they eat the most of is mice they stand on top of the hay and wait and pounce

 

[FormerCityGal]

looks like domestic dog poop, wild critters like foxes would have hair, feathers and mabe seeds because of their varied diet unless it was just feeding on dog food.

That's what I thought too. I have seen coyote scat around and it looks quite different than the one in the pic.

 

[kgy28]

Looks human to me

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

It's hard to distinguish predator poops without more info. You should put something of a standard size, like a coin, in poop or foot print photos, for scale. Exact diameter is very helpful in distinguishing between fox and coyote.

Foxes are not the only predators who leave scat on elevated surfaces. Coyotes and fishers do, too. Even a bobcat might do it.

Presence of fur and bones usually means wild rather than domestic, but absence of fur or bones does not rule out wild predator. Scat appearance varies with diet.

One predator it is definitely not, is raccoon.

See my blog, if interested, for info on setting up camera traps and tracking mammals:
http://ouroneacrefarm.com/topics/wildlife/mammals/

 

[zazouse]

Looks human to me

Yea i was thinking the same thing , even pig poop can look like this as well as a dog.

 

[h2ofouln]

It's hard to distinguish predator poops without more info. You should put something of a standard size, like a coin, in poop or foot print photos, for scale. Exact diameter is very helpful in distinguishing between fox and coyote.

Foxes are not the only predators who leave scat on elevated surfaces. Coyotes and fishers do, too. Even a bobcat might do it.

Presence of fur and bones usually means wild rather than domestic, but absence of fur or bones does not rule out wild predator. Scat appearance varies with diet.

One predator it is definitely not, is raccoon.

See my blog, if interested, for info on setting up camera traps and tracking imammals:
http://ouroneacrefarm.com/topics/wildlife/mammals/

I've been trapping animals for years I've only seen fox poop in elivated places i only do it for a living so what do i no

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

I've been trapping animals for years I've only seen fox poop in elivated places i only do it for a living so what do i no

Totally agree that this is extremely common fox behavior, but I have been tracking for years, and have seen other species do it too, albeit less commonly. Quite common with fisher, fairly common with raccoon, and occasionally with coyote.

 

[h2ofouln]

Yeah I apologize for my earlier comment im eating my words the person Who taught me everything I know told me that just because it's not common here doesn't mean that it's not common somewhere else