What in the name of goodness has made this hole?!

hieveryone

Hi all,

I have a new build house which is still in the middle of a development which is being built. There is open land across from us, but on the whole the area is built up/residential and commercial.

Walking past the side of my house today (where there is a little planted area), and spotted this :eek:

I'm not savvy with wildlife etc, so what has made this - and more to the point - what should I do?!

hieveryone

Anyone have any ideas?

Hedgehog99

Looks too neat to be wildlife. Sure it's nothing to do with the cable coming down the wall next to it?

If it's been raining recently (i.e. surrounding ground is damp), line hole floor with white paper & see what footprints you get! You can google what rat, cat, hedgehog & squirrel footprints look like.

If you find it is an animal, but still cannot identify it, ask the Springwatch guys to bring their night-vision cameras!

Good luck.

hieveryone

Hedgehog99 wrote: »

Looks too neat to be wildlife. Sure it's nothing to do with the cable coming down the wall next to it?

If it's been raining recently (i.e. surrounding ground is damp), line hole floor with white paper & see what footprints you get! You can google what rat, cat, hedgehog & squirrel footprints look like.

If you find it is an animal, but still cannot identify it, ask the Springwatch guys to bring their night-vision cameras!

Good luck.

Nope definitely not to do with the cable, it was hollow/burrowed out all the way through :eek: our front edging stones had also been dug up a little at the other side of the house, but obviously couldn't get down past the stones.

The piece of land isn't ours, it just lines our property. Also, think paper would blow away as it's on a really exposed area?

It's really bugging me! :rotfl:

Edited: the cable has been there for almost a year now with he soil always being flat around it, it's not just recently fitted.

Dippypud

Could be a rat ... they will be looking to expand their area as the weather warms ...


Have a look on pest control sites to see if any 'evidence' helps to pin-point if it is indeed a rat ...

hieveryone

Dippypud wrote: »

Could be a rat ... they will be looking to expand their area as the weather warms ...


Have a look on pest control sites to see if any 'evidence' helps to pin-point if it is indeed a rat ...

Ooohhhh dear :eek::(

Hoploz

How big is the hole?

hieveryone

I'd say it was about 5/6 inches across at the plant end, but smaller (around 3 inches) at the wire end.

tiger_eyes

Looks like the work of a drop bear. Don't walk under any trees.

Marktheshark

Rabid badger, they bite.. HARD

Rileybaby

Sorry but I'd guess at rat too.