Holes - are they dug by a squirrel or something else?

[subwoofer 13]

OK the rat traps arrived finally and have been set for a few days, but with no luck, while the lawn damage has continued.

 

There is a new development though, the last few holes to appear have had a plant root pulled out of the soil and some of it eaten away.

 

Do the nibbled roots suggest a different culprit?

[subwoofer 13]

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[DogMagic 461]

Rats mate, no doubt. Dont expect them to just jump willy nilly into a trap though. Rats have something called neophobia (a fear of new objects). It can take weeks for them to get used to a trap bein there before they go into it.

[subwoofer 13]

Rats mate, no doubt. Dont expect them to just jump willy nilly into a trap though. Rats have something called neophobia (a fear of new objects). It can take weeks for them to get used to a trap bein there before they go into it.

 

The traps haven't got anything yet. But although not supposedly their normal behaviour I have now seen a potential culprit. A hedgehog! I didn't see it dig, but this morning found some new holes, with a root in the middle, where I saw the hedgehog.

 

Just in case it is rats, I will change the trap to a cage trap so if the hedgehog gets into it I can let it go again instead of it being killed.