What Animal was this?
#1
07-31-12, 05:22 PM
What Animal was this?
Hello,
I bought a house and ripped out the kitchen and found some little fecal on the cabinets. I don't know exactly what kind of little animal it was.
Looks like hamster, because fecal from mice are more elongated if I am not wrong.
Thank you
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I bought a house and ripped out the kitchen and found some little fecal on the cabinets. I don't know exactly what kind of little animal it was.
Looks like hamster, because fecal from mice are more elongated if I am not wrong.
Thank you
Here is the link to the full size picture
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6931/dscn0114r.jpg
#6
08-01-12, 12:38 PM
I agree-mouse droppings; probably a small mouse or two. They get into structures-including my own-that’s what they do in life. Food, shelter, and reproduction. I always have traps and rodent bait set in various places. Carefully sealing everything helped slow down the trespassing for sure but it still happens occasionally.
#8
08-01-12, 02:23 PM
You do the best you can but realistically speaking eventually a rodent will be successful one way or another. After sealing, etc you still need to be vigilant as structures expand/contract, caulk falls out, siding warps, etc. The best sealed houses are all brick structures. Mice get in garages because the door(s) can’t seal perfectly as they need to go up/down a lot.
#10
08-01-12, 05:28 PM
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If it makes you feel any better, I have an all brick house and I still get an occasional mouse now and then. 
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Rodent Identification by Dropping Shape and Size
I know this is kinda gross, but you can usually tell what type of rodent problem you have if you observe the size and shaped of the rodent droppings. Many sites explain the difference. ]Mouse poop is small and shaped like a wide grain of rice. Rat poop is large and football shaped. Hope that helps.
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