# Ok, what kind of gross animal did this in my laundry room? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226 "2007-01-31T04:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheBaptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@TheBaptiste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBaptiste)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/1 "2007-01-31T04:00:38Z")
In my 31 years I have never seen anything so nasty. My brother in law advised that he saw a grey mouse leaving the area last night and climbing into a whole in the wall. He said it was moving slow and missing half it’s tail. We do have bait station all over the house from previous incidents. IMHNSO these dropping look to large to come from a mouse. Please tell me we do not ahve rats in our 800k house ☹ Pics of said poop [poop](http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m143/vdub18tspics/IMG_2087.jpg) [poop2, the same with different lighting](http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m143/vdub18tspics/IMG_2086.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheBaptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@TheBaptiste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBaptiste)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/2 "2007-01-31T04:02:31Z")
FYI, those poops are roughly 2 inches long. Oh my good, I forgot this site does not have a edit button and I found too many typos in that last post ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TheBaptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@TheBaptiste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBaptiste)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/3 "2007-01-31T04:03:44Z")
Ahh more typos 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/4 "2007-01-31T04:04:50Z")
Nothing I love more than pictures of poop. Ever checked out ratemypoo dot com? Good stuff! That being said, those are NOT mouse turds. I don’t know what they are, but mouse turds are about the size of a grain of rice. Those look like the size of one of those PlayDoh extrusion mold deals. PS. Did you really need to drop the value of your house in there? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/5 "2007-01-31T04:05:33Z")
Don’t worry. When you sign up, you get a five-minute edit window on each successfully-posted message specifically to catch typos. 🙂 Unfortunately, I am not a poopologist, so I can’t answer your question. But I do know that rats are not finicky creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/6 "2007-01-31T04:08:33Z")
You do not have rats. It **isn’t** either rat or mouse poo, being wayyyyy too big for either. Mouse droppings are…well, think “tiny raisins”. And for rat poo, think “large dry pellets”. Neither of them leaves huge, long poops like that. My guess would be (a) raccoon, (b) opossum, © skunk, or (d) small dog, that somehow got into your house. ---
**Author:** ![TheBaptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@TheBaptiste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBaptiste)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/7 "2007-01-31T04:08:59Z")
I know, scary stuff. I have been to ratemypoo dot com. I am a poop connoisseur. Sorry about the $$$ drop. I get that habit from my father, he always drops the price of everything buys. This seems to be very common amognst those who grew up poor and did well for themselves in later life. Me on the other hand, I grew rich, became poor and climbed my way back up. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/8 "2007-01-31T04:11:05Z")
I think they’re way to big for a rat. I’m thinking a capybara. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/9 "2007-01-31T04:13:03Z")
Possibly [Opposum poop](http://www.livingwithwildlife.org/wildlifehelp/animals/what_opp.gif) The [babys are kind of mousey looking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVUyuWnQxI&mode=related&search=) (video). ---
**Author:** ![TheBaptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@TheBaptiste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBaptiste)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/10 "2007-01-31T04:21:01Z")
I have the pest control guy coming in the AM, I will be sure and post his opinion on what kind of creature this is from. I have to really think I would notice having (a) raccoon, (b) opossum, © skunk, or (d) small dog in the house. I do have a shih-tzu but his crap puts these to shame :). ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/11 "2007-01-31T08:36:05Z")
It looks like ferret poo (size, look and the fact it is against the wall). ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/12 "2007-01-31T09:00:34Z")
[QUOTE=jcheckwood] I am a poop connoisseur. [/QUOTE] A poop connoisseur? Sorry, but this is the funniest thing, in a very absurdist way, that I’ve read on here in quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/13 "2007-01-31T10:51:11Z")
Look like a work of a cat to me. No rodent would leave that. ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/14 "2007-01-31T10:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=jcheckwood] In my **31 years** I have never seen anything so nasty. [/QUOTE] I don’t know if you have a particular sensitivity to animal poop or you have lead a very very lucky life. Never seen anything so nasty? I think I see much nastier things on a monthly basis, and that’s in person. If you count the Internet then probably daily. ---
**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/15 "2007-01-31T12:56:30Z")
Can’t you guys tell he’s a “poop connoisseur”? He took 2 pictures of the poop w/different lighting! Please don’t confuse the poop connoisseur with the king pooper of a by-gone age, the poopasaurus rex. (seriously now…it looks a little small for cat poop. I’ll cast my uninformed vote for wild ferret house invader.) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/16 "2007-01-31T15:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=groman] Look like a work of a cat to me. No rodent would leave that. [/QUOTE] Nah, cat poop is girthier. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/17 "2007-01-31T15:40:02Z")
A poop connoisseur is someone who really knows his shit. (ducking and running) Hey, SOMEbody had to say it. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/18 "2007-01-31T15:56:49Z")
Toad poops look like that, but I doubt a toad would poop so many. Or get into your house and poop on the floor like that. Which is really not helpful, but I wanted a chance to type “toad poop.” Raccoons will eat rodents, so it’s possible the mouse you saw was an escapee from the raccoon’s clutches. If it’s a raccoon. ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/19 "2007-01-31T16:40:50Z")
Looks like dog crap to me. Maybe your dog got into something that didn’t agree with it and had a little problem with it’s stomach. Just a guess really, but I’ve had a lot of small dogs in the past and can tell you that when they’re having stomach problems, you’re NEVER gonna know what’s gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226/20 "2007-01-31T17:09:50Z")
Hate to say it, but: The Poop Connoisseurs BAND NAME!!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-what-kind-of-gross-animal-did-this-in-my-laundry-room/390226.md?page=2)