unidentified animal poop

[tonypockets]

this poo keeps appearing in and near my pond and i suspect my newts are disappearing.anyone know what left it?

[katielee]

This is a wild guess as dont know anything about poops! A heron?

[Kayleigh]

I thought Rat..

[tonypockets]

its possible but i only get one dropping a night usually in the water was hoping for something a bit more exotic

[tonypockets]

i thought a heron might have fishy bits in its poop but these are pure poo

[katielee]

Apparently heron poo is white like most other birds...this does look like a rat poo as Kayleigh suggested from the pics onthe internet

[katielee]

Google Image Result for http://www.rodentcontrolsupplies.com/ground_rat_droppings.jpg

Exceptionally long link for a pic of rat poo lol

[willowjay]

Ignoring the poo for a second - your newts will be leaving the ponds anyway at this time of year - if they haven't already gone. So it is possible that the poo depositer has nothing to do with the newts.

In our little garden pond the newts chase each other around in May, lay, chill out, then gradually disappear. We now have about half a dozen babies and one female who seems to be hanging around a bit later than usual.

[tonypockets]

thanks for the replies ,mainly worried about my newts but now wifey is worried about rats.if its not killing my newts i can live with it.

[RED]

Looks like frog/toad to me.

Does it seem like its loose bits inside a see-through sack ? (Try squishing/prodding it)
If so then it's definitely amphibian poo.