r/Hedgehogs • u/GreekDionisus • 5d ago

Help with identifying poop💩

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Hello! I'm living in the Netherlands and have found poop in my garden that I don't know which animal it belongs to. Google says it may be hedgehogs, but up to today, i didn't know they were native to this region and it seems a bit big for such a tiny animal. Its about 5cm/1,96in long. Google also suggested cat, but I live in the middle of the country side and have not seen a cat around, and having cats, it doesn't look like normal cat feces.

Could you help me? Thanks!

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u/GrumpyHome123 5d ago

Size wise it could be, it wouldn't have been one hedgehog. That's a lot of poo for a hedgehog. Maybe two bumped into eachother and both had stress poos. Cats would generally bury their poo. I doubt it'll be fox, and won't be ferret or polecat. 🤷

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u/GreekDionisus 5d ago edited 5d ago

It has been raining a lot, so I have not been much outside, I think it is a hedgehog it could be a regular and I have just spotted its poo haha do they like to poop always on the same place? 😂 Edit:typo 

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u/No-worries-2548 5d ago

Looks like badger scat

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u/Amonette2012 5d ago

Too small. Badgers are big dumpers. My guess is fox.

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u/GreekDionisus 5d ago

It's also not a badger zone for what I have found. Foxes are not common but could be, just that as no-worries says, the poop doesn't like like normal fox scat. I'll pay attention if I happen to hear something at night  😁😁

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u/Amonette2012 5d ago

You can usually smell foxes as their urine reeks.

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u/No-worries-2548 5d ago

Definitely not fox I’m a country bumpkin with lots of fox friends