weeburnsyg
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Hi all, I have a bizarre question that has stumped me and my FIL (who is a cow breeder and lives next door). I hope somebody can help
I have two miniatures and I sometimes use sections of my big garden for them to graze in for a few hours some days. After a couple of times doing this a fortnight ago when I was doing poo patrol (yes, that what's we call it in our house lol), I came across what I initially thought was very loose horse poop, loose and scattered but not essentially diarrhoea. I did notice that its texture was a little strange, more fibrous, and it didn't have that lovely horse manure smell after it was disturbed. This happened on two occasions and noted in the morning time. I observed the ponies in their own field and there didn't appear to be any further issues so put it down to a different grass maybe upsetting one of them temporarily and to keep an eye on it.
So, this week I have been using another section of the garden and low and behold on the second morning when I was sectioning it off and getting it ready I found three lots of this scat. Bemused and bewildered I have spent ages on Google trying to figure out what animal is leaving this mess behind. It's definitely not coming from my ponies.
It did it again and two mornings later I once again found three lots in close proximity to each other where my ponies had been. Earlier in the week I turned into detective mode and so far this is what I have deduced;
* It appears to poo in an area that the ponies have been in, as if it is marking the area (but isn't that normally done with urine?)
* It appears to be nocturnal
* The scats all appear around a similar size and scattered a bit, a slightly smaller amount that a miniature would pass
* It never poos in the field the horses live in normally
* The poop is all dark brown/black as the photos show
* The scats are all within a 5-metre range in from a long hedge that runs along with our garden. On the other side is an unused and very rundown large field - a haven for wildlife.
I had thought a badger with very loose scat due to whatever it's eating?
Any poo aficionados out there that can identify this?
I'm obviously curious but I could do with identifying it too to make sure there are no risks to my ponies etc.
Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
I have two miniatures and I sometimes use sections of my big garden for them to graze in for a few hours some days. After a couple of times doing this a fortnight ago when I was doing poo patrol (yes, that what's we call it in our house lol), I came across what I initially thought was very loose horse poop, loose and scattered but not essentially diarrhoea. I did notice that its texture was a little strange, more fibrous, and it didn't have that lovely horse manure smell after it was disturbed
. This happened on two occasions and noted in the morning time. I observed the ponies in their own field and there didn't appear to be any further issues so put it down to a different grass maybe upsetting one of them temporarily and to keep an eye on it.So, this week I have been using another section of the garden and low and behold on the second morning when I was sectioning it off and getting it ready I found three lots of this scat. Bemused and bewildered I have spent ages on Google trying to figure out what animal is leaving this mess behind. It's definitely not coming from my ponies.
It did it again and two mornings later I once again found three lots in close proximity to each other where my ponies had been. Earlier in the week I turned into detective mode and so far this is what I have deduced;
* It appears to poo in an area that the ponies have been in, as if it is marking the area (but isn't that normally done with urine?)
* It appears to be nocturnal
* The scats all appear around a similar size and scattered a bit, a slightly smaller amount that a miniature would pass
* It never poos in the field the horses live in normally
* The poop is all dark brown/black as the photos show
* The scats are all within a 5-metre range in from a long hedge that runs along with our garden. On the other side is an unused and very rundown large field - a haven for wildlife.
I had thought a badger with very loose scat due to whatever it's eating?
Any poo aficionados out there that can identify this?
I'm obviously curious but I could do with identifying it too to make sure there are no risks to my ponies etc.
Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
