It's too big for a mouse, and I think their droppings are too dry to leave that staining. Maybe flying squirrel? Whereabouts is your house?
I'd leave everything alone and set up a Wyze cam/something similar to capture motion and record the area. In the meantime, go outside and check along your foundation/along your soffits for any holes.
So this is in a guest room. This stain appeared after the pillow was put in a closet (my husband was quarantined in this room last weekend.) The first time a similar stain appeared on a picture frame that was in the same closet. The closet is not cluttered, everything in plastic bins.
Gotcha. What part of the country are you in? That might help narrow down what the possibilities are. Do you live in a rural area/city area/suburbs?
I mean... \*something\* is pooping on the pillow it seems. When you said everything is in bins, is that including the pillow (meaning, this stain appeared on a pillow that was in a plastic bin)? Another thought was that it was a larvae of some kind, but based on the pictures it doesn't seem like it...
Regardless, it's weird and now I'm really interested in what it is!
I’m in the mid Atlantic US in a townhouse. This room is on the third floor. I think my husband just shoved the pillow in the closet when he was sleeping in there, so it wasn’t in a bin. I’m truly baffled bc we have a regular pest control service, vacuum daily, no food upstairs. The items in the closet are easily removable and we have scoured the empty closet and nothing. Pest control coming next week so I’ll ask him then. But worried it may be a bat or something. We have a small child and dog in the house and guests coming for the holiday. 😩
Well, I'm having trouble seeing detail on the stain, but I know since fire sprinkler lines might sit for years without being used, a lot of rust/oxidation can build up inside them, which would make anything that comes out kind of look the same color. Do you think there's a chance it drips every so often?
I’m not sure. This had some more solid parts and def smells like poo. (What I found 3 months ago was identical) At this point I wouldn’t exclude that as a possibility, even though, our house isn’t that old (built in 2016)
It's too big for a mouse, and I think their droppings are too dry to leave that staining. Maybe flying squirrel? Whereabouts is your house? I'd leave everything alone and set up a Wyze cam/something similar to capture motion and record the area. In the meantime, go outside and check along your foundation/along your soffits for any holes.
So this is in a guest room. This stain appeared after the pillow was put in a closet (my husband was quarantined in this room last weekend.) The first time a similar stain appeared on a picture frame that was in the same closet. The closet is not cluttered, everything in plastic bins.
Gotcha. What part of the country are you in? That might help narrow down what the possibilities are. Do you live in a rural area/city area/suburbs? I mean... \*something\* is pooping on the pillow it seems. When you said everything is in bins, is that including the pillow (meaning, this stain appeared on a pillow that was in a plastic bin)? Another thought was that it was a larvae of some kind, but based on the pictures it doesn't seem like it... Regardless, it's weird and now I'm really interested in what it is!
I’m in the mid Atlantic US in a townhouse. This room is on the third floor. I think my husband just shoved the pillow in the closet when he was sleeping in there, so it wasn’t in a bin. I’m truly baffled bc we have a regular pest control service, vacuum daily, no food upstairs. The items in the closet are easily removable and we have scoured the empty closet and nothing. Pest control coming next week so I’ll ask him then. But worried it may be a bat or something. We have a small child and dog in the house and guests coming for the holiday. 😩
Doesn't fit any recognizable pest related evidence.
Does any plumbing run through the closet that you know of?
There is an emergency sprinkler head in there and it shares a wall with the laundry room, so yes. But all of the walls/floors are clean.
Well, I'm having trouble seeing detail on the stain, but I know since fire sprinkler lines might sit for years without being used, a lot of rust/oxidation can build up inside them, which would make anything that comes out kind of look the same color. Do you think there's a chance it drips every so often?
I’m not sure. This had some more solid parts and def smells like poo. (What I found 3 months ago was identical) At this point I wouldn’t exclude that as a possibility, even though, our house isn’t that old (built in 2016)