Name that animal dropping.

10 years ago

Doesn't seem to be a separate forum, but can anyone identify this? Some kind of wild animal I assume. I have seen foxes, raccoons, deer, and of course the usual birds. Thank you.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

My eyes say raccoon. Did anyone see the episode of duck dynasty where they were picking black berries and Si picked up some from the ground and ate them then started spitting it out? Yes it was actually raccoon scat. Which when they are eating black berries it looks quite similar. Si went to the eye doctor that day. Lol

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
Looks like deer scat, to me! There is a Name This Animal forum over in the nature.net listings, but I don't mind talking about animal poop!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
10 years ago
where are you ... what current berry crop is available ...

reminds me of raccoon ... i believe the term is scat ...

ken

second pic???

https://www.google.com/search?q=raccoon+scat&biw=893&bih=745&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiDiam13dTJAhUCOT4KHaNOAn4Q_AUIBigB&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=raccoon+scat+vs+coyote+scat&imgrc=_
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User
10 years ago
deer
fatamorgana2121
10 years ago
Deer would be my suggestion as well.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
10 years ago
IMPE, raccoon feces smell vomitous.
dovetonsils
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks all. I thought it might be deer but I am used to the pellets being larger. Anyway, after I cleaned up the mess yesterday, he came back and made a deposit on exactly the same spot! I guess he is marking territory. I may have to use deer spray on the lawn.
bossyvossy
10 years ago
Dang deer
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
10 years ago
An acquaintance in Wisconsin once complained about kids messing with his newly installed sod at night. Some of it was rolled up each morning, exposing the roots. He finally installed a camera, and discovered that the deer were visiting. They would paw at the edge of a piece of sod, to feed on the exposed roots. Dang deer, indeed.
Olychick
10 years ago
I would say raccoon scat. Look online at pics of deer droppings - they are usually more individual spread out pellets, IME. Maybe different deer species have different looking scat? A few years ago a raccoon staked out our upper level porch that was seldom used by humans, as his personal bathroom. It was foul and impossible to discourage him; I had to wait for him to die, which took a few years. So, they will return to the exact same spot to poo.
kentuck_
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
As best as I can see from the picture, it is most likely raccoon droppings. Deer scat, although similar looking, is pelletized whereas the picture above is small seeds which is indicative to raccoon scat. Also deer scat would not be in neat little piles, it would be more spread out. As coon scat dries, it breaks apart into neat little piles as in the picture. Here, the deer scat also has much larger pellets, about 1/2 inch in diameter or larger and the droppings are not that dark.
dovetonsils thanked kentuck_