Ready Or Not Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hello all Can someone tell me what these droppings are and if I should be concerned?. Found them on the mirador. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newjersey expat Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 probably a rat. They look like the ones we found in our Bodega. It was a rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Either rats or mice -- bigger is rats, otherwise mice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdawgs Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Rats, could be squirrel, but most likely rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 Looks like you need a ...kitty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 I think too small for rat. But correct size and shape for meeses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newjersey expat Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Not really. The rat we caught in the bodega was a hefty size and those look like the turds. Perhaps it got bigger eating the dog food stored there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready Or Not Posted April 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Thanks everyone.. I have never seen a rat or mouse on the property or any of these droppings anywhere on the property except on the mirador.. So I am wondering - how do they get up there ( 3 stories ) and why because there is nothing up there just cement.......Seems strange.. Or is this normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Rats can climb you can find them living in roofs just about anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 My guess is bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 I agree. Otherwise, why would they be so concentrated in one area? Bats tend to roost in the same place each night, whereas rats and mice....are all over the place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Buildings where bats have resided for years can suffer incredible damage from the guano and urine left behind. Readers are cautioned that bat cleanup requires special equipment as it can pose incredible safety hazards. Bat Biology & Control Bat Bugs Guano Cleanup Images Scientific Name: Order of Chioptera Identifying Bat Droppings If you find piles of mouse like fecal material in your attic or on the ground outside your house, then you probably have bats. (Bats defecate before they enter your home and below where they roost for the day see photo)Make sure that the fecal material is not old by laying down a piece of newspaper and see if any more droppings fall on the paper. If there is, you have bats. (Just a word of caution about droppings. They can carry a fungus known to cause Histoplasmosis. Don't breathe the feces and avoid contact with them. Ideally, you should wear a HEPA filter mask and spray the fecal material down with 10% bleach solution). You can distinguish between bat droppings and mouse droppings in two ways. First, bat droppings tend to be clustered as they will pile up below where the bat is roosting. Second, bat droppings will have a shiny speckled appearance (from all the insect wings) and will crumble like dust when touched. Mouse droppings on the other hand, tend to be scattered about and become hard when dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready Or Not Posted April 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Hola The cleaning lady said bats too. She said to put aluminum foil up around the areas to dissuade them. So we will see how that works. Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaponicsman Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Watch out for these, too. This is a tick nest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 EEEEWWWW!!! Thanks for the photo! And it looks so much like Beluga! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattoleriver Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Must've been a big mother tick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 That photo is a little ... uh odd? We have tons of ticks here...but eggs that size would produce some mucho grandees!!!! Snopes is saying that it might be dewberries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Snopes seems to be overly cautious as other sites are calling the above photo a definite hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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