Another mystery

[Maggie3fan]

I have another critter to identify...so I'm working in my bedroom closet getting all the Christmas crap down and all that stuff to decorate and I came upon a cardboard box that had my Lenox vase boxes the original boxes I collect Lenox crystal vases and so here's what I saw these bite marks...very sharp and there's tracks and and it's just really weird no poop anywhere and whatever kind of creature was was starting to shred newspaper to make an nest but that's clean they left evidently. The thing that's bothering me is my closet... the boxes that I'm talking about were on the third high shelf up by the damn ceiling.... too high for a mouse or a rat I would think and this is too sharp so tell me what you think guys thanks. notice to drag marks to it's like this big sharp hole and then I don't know drag marks is just really weird and it's scaring me because it's obviously a very sharp thing that did that

 

[jaizei]

Unless the shelf is supported by greased, steel posts there is no such thing as too high for a mouse or rat.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Unless the shelf is supported by greased, steel posts there is no such thing as too high for a mouse or rat.

Yes and I do have them bad...i even had 2 different mice make nests in my car...in the seat! But these indentions don't look mouse or rat...ya think?

 

[ZenHerper]

Rodents don't have fangs. And they are not the least bit house trained.

My guess: cat.

 

[Ink]

Cat scratch or chewing on the box?

 

[Yvonne G]

* * * Queue Twilight Zone music * * *

 

[Maro2Bear]

Looks like the dreaded Pacific Northwest Two-Clawed Tree Sloth. I thought they were extinct. ?‍♂️

 

[Maggie3fan]

Most

Looks like the dreaded Pacific Northwest Two-Clawed Tree Sloth. I thought they were extinct. ?‍♂️

Most of the stuff in my closet IS extinct...

 

[Cathie G]

Rodents don't have fangs. And they are not the least bit house trained.

My guess: cat.

I agree. Cat cleaning claws and card board is irresistible. Picture 5?tells on the critter ?

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Chupacabra?

 

[ZenHerper]

Snipe.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Well Maggie.
.You've got cats and you've got holes.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Rodents don't have fangs. And they are not the least bit house trained.

My guess: cat.

wrong...I do have 2 cats...one is a 30 lb Maine Coon who cannot jump or climb...and the other is a 14 year old kitty who has bad hips and cannot climb or jump...so while it's a good guess...no cigar...the shelf the boxes are on is a measured 25 ft high...so nope...not a cat
you can see Simon's cancer eye in this photo....and Smokey...

 

[Yvonne G]

You need to get a new tape measure. There isn't a ceiling in your whole park that's 25' high!

 

[jeff kushner]

Big sisters have no mercy.............but you guys are a hoot!

30LBS? That is one huge kitty!

 

[Yvonne G]

wrong...I do have 2 cats...one is a 30 lb Maine Coon who cannot jump or climb...and the other is a 14 year old kitty who has bad hips and cannot climb or jump...so while it's a good guess...no cigar...the shelf the boxes are on is a measured 25 ft high...so nope...not a cat
you can see Simon's cancer eye in this photo....View attachment 338251and Smokey...View attachment 338253

I love your dial phone in the first picture. Did I give that to you? I just gave a touch tone one similar to that to Genine to give to one of the autistic kids at her school. Every time his class comes into the lunch room he runs into the kitchen and starts pounding on their phone. I just checked with Amazon and I can buy one like yours for $46, but it's an off the wall brand, not Western Electric or AT&T.

 

[Snoopy’s mom]

Jackalope

 

[Cathie G]

wrong...I do have 2 cats...one is a 30 lb Maine Coon who cannot jump or climb...and the other is a 14 year old kitty who has bad hips and cannot climb or jump...so while it's a good guess...no cigar...the shelf the boxes are on is a measured 25 ft high...so nope...not a cat
you can see Simon's cancer eye in this photo....View attachment 338251and Smokey...View attachment 338253

I was wondering if in the first picture that is the equivalent of gray hair in a senior cat. ?

 

[Maggie3fan]

I was wondering if in the first picture that is the equivalent of gray hair in a senior cat. ?

What do you mean? Simon eye?

 

[MenagerieGrl]

Maggie, I would start by ruling things out. . .My first guess would be a raccoon, BUT you say this is in a bedroom closet. What has access to the closet? Racoon = No, Cat's = yes (although way too large (No I wouldn't say fat, don't wanna hurt their feelings)) Rat's = YES. Any other critter's you've had in your house? . .
And, I know rats can jump 5'. So a High shelf would not be much of a problem, and they are exceptional climbers, as are raccoons, but I'm not so sure of the Claw? marks, or Tooth/teeth? marks. . . So. . . I'm not quite sure what made those marks