I moved into a 5 year old house about a year ago. We have all doors
closed almost all the time along with the windows. If we open any door
or window, it's during the day just long enough to go in or out. When
I moved in I found about 5 of theses piles/strings of feces and
cleaned them all up. They are hard, thin and brittle when I found
them. A month or two later I found a few more and cleaned them up
thinking I missed them the first time. It's now been over a year and I
keep finding a new pile or two every couple months. I've always found
them along the same wall which connects to the sliding screen door,
has 2 cable outlets, and 2 double panned windows. I recently looked
closely and noticed a very thin, shinny and transparent mucous-like
material around the feces and about the same lenght of the feces
(which you can't see in the picture). I live in the Sacramento area in
California and we did have a small mouse in the garage a few months
after we moved in (which is now dead and had completely different
feces). Neither I or my roomates noticed any noises or any other
signs. We do have an occassional wasp inside which I believe comes in
through the vent in the attic and then down through the living room
vent. I've done my own internet research and can't find anything close
to what I have here. Please respond if you have any idea what this is.
Thanks.
photo link
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o200/bornhauserbrew/unkownfeces.jpg |
Request for Question Clarification by
tlspiegel-ga
on
24 Oct 2006 09:56 PDT
Hi bornhauserbrew,
It's most definitely snake skin that has shed. Scroll to the bottom
of this page to view a photo.
http://www.snakepictures.co.uk/snake_shedding_skin.htm
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Snake
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals/snake.html
"The frequency of shedding varies with different species and within
species, according to the size and age of the individual. Young,
rapidly growing snakes shed their skins more frequently than the
slow-growing adults. In some species the skin is shed about every 20
days; in others, only once a year."
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If my findings are satisfactory, please let me know and I will post
this information as the official answer to your question.
Thanks,
tlspiegel
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Clarification of Question by
bornhauserbrew-ga
on
24 Oct 2006 14:32 PDT
On the photo I posted the width of the material is about 1-2
milimeters in diameter and about 10 cm if it were extended all the
way. It is solid black and holds it's shape when I pick it up. It's
because of these reasons that I think it's feces and not snake skin,
but I can't explain the transparent mucous-like material. What snake
could shed it's skin in such a way (solid black, brittle, and 1-2mm in
diameter)?
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Request for Question Clarification by
cynthia-ga
on
24 Oct 2006 15:50 PDT
Here's the image bornhouserbrew posted, only lighter:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/cynthia-ga/xyz.jpg
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Request for Question Clarification by
tlspiegel-ga
on
24 Oct 2006 15:54 PDT
Hi bornhauserbrew,
Thank you for your clarification and more details. Well... it appears
it isn't a snake skin shed from what you've described.
I hope you find out what it is. :)
Thanks,
tlspiegel
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Request for Question Clarification by
czh-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 13:19 PDT
Hello bornhauserbrew-ga,
Have you found these "piles/strings" outside your house? I think you
might be dealing with dead earthworms. I've discovered these
occasionally in my living room. I don't know how the earthworms get in
but apparently they quickly died and dry out in squiggly strings that
look like the picture you posted. I've often seen them on sidewalks
after heavy rains followed by quick heat.
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=100&hl=en&lr=&q=earthworm+&btnG=Search
What do you think? Thanks.
~ czh ~
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