What animal dug this burrow?

[sourland]

Waiting on a rat picture.

 

[aart]

Good luck!
Traps should be placed along critters travel path.
Snap traps work best with bait end of trap up against a wall.

 

[paneubert]

I didn't consider a rat cause I never heard of them burrowing into the ground, leaving earth trailings outside the burrow.

Ohh they will do exactly that for sure. When I first had rats tunneling into my quail aviary, I thought it was my dog digging. My 40 pound dog.... Nope....rats.

 

[rod5591]

Update- the traps did not catch anything. The bait (peanut butter) appeared untouched. The burrow was short and had two entrances. The feces of the animal was black and round, 1/2 the size of a pea. See photo. It had also tried to dig another hole beside the foundation of my house, but only dug 2 inches deep. See photo. It is still there. My dog is unrelenting in circling the kennel, trying to catch whatever it is.

 

[aart]

Update- the traps did not catch anything. The bait (peanut butter) appeared untouched. The burrow was short and had two entrances. The feces of the animal was black and round, 1/2 the size of a pea. See photo. It had also tried to dig another hole beside the foundation of my house, but only dug 2 inches deep. See photo. It is still there. My dog is unrelenting in circling the kennel, trying to catch whatever it is.

Sure looks like rat poop...next time lay a quarter down for scale in pic.

 

[rod5591]

This is the shallow hole it dug beside the foundation of my house. I covered it with a brick to impede any more progress.

Did a rat do this?

 

[SueT]

I'm guessing armadillo.....feces look like small pellets. Armadillos will not go after bait in a trap.

 

[aart]

Did a rat do this?

Impossible to tell.

 

[PattyNH]

Update- the traps did not catch anything. The bait (peanut butter) appeared untouched. The burrow was short and had two entrances. The feces of the animal was black and round, 1/2 the size of a pea. See photo. It had also tried to dig another hole beside the foundation of my house, but only dug 2 inches deep. See photo. It is still there. My dog is unrelenting in circling the kennel, trying to catch whatever it is.

Could also be squirrel... I did some researching online and was mildly amused at how many poop websites there are lol

 

[rod5591]

It’s been raining all day. My poor chickens are walking around in mud because of poor drainage. No sign of the mystery creature.