Something is burrowing in my shed

Day Lewin

Now fielding an outsider: it may not be coming from below at all, but dropping from above!

Bat colony, or birds' nests. Both very possible. The former are protected by law from disturbance, by the way.

my3cents

Day Lewin wrote: »

Now fielding an outsider: it may not be coming from below at all, but dropping from above!

Bat colony, or birds' nests. Both very possible. The former are protected by law from disturbance, by the way.

We have bats in one of our sheds the droppings are very obvious and our dogs have no interest in them.

OwlEye

It's most likely one of these,
Heterocephalus glaber sp(Vampirus Gigantus Hibernicus).
They can get to about 7 foot in length.
Best leave town if I were you.

wicklowtown

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Power not taking any more bets but I got evens on the hedgehog with Boyle sports and early morning reports of rat being backed off the boards.also a strong afternoon market reported for fox after mention of musky smells with big money bets reported and plenty of parade ring whispers

Quick update, Jason from Parks & wildlife came out & said he doesnt think its a fox or badger as there's no other holes or damage in my garden. I asked if it could be a mole but he said we dont have them in Ireland, i would have assumed we did. He thought it might be rats but didnt think they would throw so much dirt around the shed as you cant see any or the wooden floor for earth all over it. I would have thought there would be shredded paper/plastic around the floor if it were rats. Jason found scat, some still fresh so with the lovely weather yesterday i would guess it was less than an hour old, Jason & i both thought the scat looked far too big for rats. The wet scat was in about 5 pieces and would be about an inch long and half an inch wide and, i will try to get some photos of the scat and put them up. Jason is going to come back on Saturday and loan me a trail cam and see if that catches anything over the weekend. At least it gets me out of mowing my front lawn (always an upside) as i told Jason i'd rather not disturb anything until i know what im dealing with

wicklowtown

I dont think anything can control my dogs

wicklowtown

my3cents wrote: »

We have bats in one of our sheds the droppings are very obvious and our dogs have no interest in them.

I actually wouldnt mind if it were bats

wicklowtown

Bats and hedgehogs i wouldnt mind i just dont want it to be rats or anything that might bite me or my dogs

wicklowtown

I spoke to a friend who lives down the road from me and he said he often sees foxes up our way late at night, i dont go out much at night so thats probably why ive never seen them

Doctors room ghost

Was there a tint of green in the scat

my3cents

wicklowtown wrote: »

Bats and hedgehogs i wouldnt mind i just dont want it to be rats or anything that might bite me or my dogs

What dogs do you have? Ours would have dug under the shed or stood around barking at the shed all day if there was even the slightest chance of there being wildlife under it.

RebelButtMunch

OP Do a google for mink scat. Maybe its that?

TheShow

be do do bop bop bop....

wexie

TheShow wrote: »

be do do bop bop bop....

I think we can safely assume it's not Frank Sinatra burrowing under the shed

RebelButtMunch

wexie wrote: »

I think we can safely assume it's not Frank Sinatra burrowing under the shed

Mickey bubbles?

wexie

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

Mickey bubbles?

Maybe someone was burying a safe?

:pac:

emo72

This thread has potential. It could go interstellar. Inconsiderate creature better get itself in front of that camera over the weekend.

idnkph

Anyone mention a pine-Martin yet?
Pungent smell from the scat...
Burrows too and will also scat all around their den. They literally sh1te on their own doorstep.
I am nearly sure the rest of the wee fluffy friends ( fox, badger, mink etc) mentioned don't do this.
See lots of them on the move at the moment and not all are close to forests.
They are protected so a live trap and relocation to a suitable area is essential.

emo72

my3cents wrote: »

What dogs do you have? Ours would have dug under the shed or stood around barking at the shed all day if there was even the slightest chance of there being wildlife under it.

Pretty sure they are the very rare 100% pure blooded "scaredy cat" breed of dog.

TheShow

wexie wrote: »

I think we can safely assume it's not Frank Sinatra burrowing under the shed

Scatman...

TheShow

can you send a pic of inside the shed? the borrows made etc?

RebelButtMunch

I'm going with Mink.
MOD any chance of a poll?

TheShow

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

I'm going with Mink.
MOD any chance of a poll?

and odds...

my3cents

So if anyone wants to make a book and work out the odds or even put up a poll here is what we have so far

Badger
Traffic Warden
Fox
Rats
Fox with a rifle
Vampire
Mole
Ass Blaster
Kevin Bacon
Milhouse
Hedgehog
A missing pet
Bat colony
Birds nests
Heterocephalus glaber sp(Vampirus Gigantus Hibernicus)
Mink
Frank Sinatra
Micky Bubbles
Pine Martin

my3cents

my3cents wrote: »

So if anyone wants to make a book and work out the odds or even put up a poll here is what we have so far

Badger
Traffic Warden
Fox
Rats
Fox with a rifle
Vampire
Mole
Ass Blaster
Kevin Bacon
Milhouse
Hedgehog
A missing pet
Bat colony
Birds nests
Heterocephalus glaber sp(Vampirus Gigantus Hibernicus)
Mink
Frank Sinatra
Micky Bubbles
Pine Martin

Will you give me 100/1 on a Shetland pony?

my3cents

Deleted User wrote: »

Will you give me 100/1 on a Shetland pony?

I'd need pictures of the inside of the shed, otherwise there could be some bet rigging going on. Obviously there isn't a level playing field.

TomOnBoard

my3cents wrote: »

I'd need pictures of the inside of the shed, otherwise there could be some bet rigging going on. Obviously there isn't a level playing field.

Ah, Jaze, you're making a feckin mountain out of a molehill....

TomOnBoard

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Ah, Jaze, you're making a feckin mountain out of a molehill....

Could be a termite mound

Westernyelp

Could be an Australian?

Westernyelp

Westernyelp wrote: »

Could be an Australian?

love it!:p

Day Lewin

I'm dying of the suspense...what was it? Any updates?
I did begin to think it might be the end of a tunnel that goes all the way to China: or miners looking for gold that somehow lost their way. or something like that.
Put us out of our misery, please!!
:-) !

idnkph

I think the OP went out to investigate noises in the shed..... Must have gotten dragged into the upsidedown..... STRANGER THINGS have happened. It happened at "eleven".

tacklemore

idnkph wrote: »

I think the OP went out to investigate noises in the shed..... Must have gotten dragged into the upsidedown..... STRANGER THINGS have happened. It happened at "eleven".

I'm with you on this. Genuinely worried for the OP at this stage. Should we go in after them???

my3cents

tacklemore wrote: »

I'm with you on this. Genuinely worried for the OP at this stage. Should we go in after them???

I suspect he is being held hostage by the bookies who are obviously set to loose their shirts on this one.

Jeff2

my3cents wrote: »

I suspect he is being held hostage by the bookies who are obviously set to loose their shirts on this one.

Keep up, it's she and defo been dragged into the dugout.

Poor Wicklow woman, never to be seen again.

TomOnBoard

Jeff2 wrote: »

Keep up, it's she and defo been dragged into the dugout.

Poor Wicklow woman, never to be seen again.

Ah lads, take it easy... Yeer badgering the poor woman now...

recedite

We should send a search party.
Assemble at midnight with flaming torches and garlic necklaces.
And what would you need to repel an Australian? Not sure about that one.

wexie

recedite wrote: »

And what would you need to repel an Australian? Not sure about that one.

From what I understand this works to repel them


For the love of all that is good and holy don't accidentally use this though

Hotblack Desiato

Maybe she was trying to open the safe in the shed that nobody could get open, succeeded, and accidentally locked herself inside it.

Glass fused light

Or maybe Jason from parks and wildlife showed up again and we should all chip in for a stand food mixer and a wedding cake.

crustybla

Maybe it's an Australian kangaroo-wannabe fox!

tacklemore

tacklemore wrote: »

I'm with you on this. Genuinely worried for the OP at this stage. Should we go in after them???

Yes but first let’s split up. They always “split up” in the Scooby Doo cartoons.:P

TomOnBoard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes but first let’s split up. They always “split up” in the Scooby Doo cartoons.:P

Aw Jaze, if Scooby Doo gets involved, he'll make a right dog's dinner of the whole rescue!! Don't you know he's barking???

my3cents

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Aw Jaze, if Scooby Doo gets involved, he'll make a right dog's dinner of the whole rescue!! Don't you know he's barking???

If Scooby Doo gets involved it has to be the janitor thats burrowing in the shed.

Westernyelp

If it wasn't for you pesky posters!!!!

Jeff2

I thinks this guy.

TomOnBoard

It could be alright... His brother is Robin Yashed....

Graces7

I thought pine marten, then mink.

Scat fits both species.

TheShow

Graces7 wrote: »

I thought pine marten, then mink.

Scat fits both species.

maybe a hybrid of the two....
Pine Mink?

recedite

Pink Martens?

TomOnBoard

recedite wrote: »

Pink Martens?

Wud u say its one or a pair?