What could be hissing at me whan I'm gardening?

**LibertyGal72** · 20-04-2011, 12:16am

so Scatterbrain, did you discover what was hissing at you?

**Dink** · 20-04-2011, 06:09am

Are you certain it's an animal? I did start giggling imagining that it was your shoes hissing at you (you know how some do??).

**Faith** · 20-04-2011, 07:53am

I'm sure frogs/toads can hiss

less likely to run away than a snake or cat...they wouldn't usually hiss unless cornered and confronted.

**Islander** · 20-04-2011, 10:32am

Originally Posted by fifitrix

I would also be surprised if it was a snake - they just don't confront and would be long gone before you got close enough. Could it be a cat? My neighbours cat hissed at me the other day when I disturbed it behind some wood on my patio (which I thought was a tad rude tbh :lol)

I've been confronted by an adder who raised itself up and hissed at me. I think she might have had baby snakes nearby. Scared the crap out of me.

Unlikely to be a snake in your garden though, unless you live somewhere remote.

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**Islander** · 20-04-2011, 10:33am

Just had a thought. Could it be an escape of water or gas?

D x

**bubblewrap** · 20-04-2011, 10:41am

Could it be some sort of cat deterrent that someone laid previously?

**scatterbrain** · 20-04-2011, 11:53am

Thanks everyone. It's still in the area hissing today, but not all the time (OH went out there & now says I'm imagining it).

We back on to a road then there's a forest area/graveyard past the road so it won't be someone's irrigation/hose unless the sound is travelling strangely as it sounds like it's in the back bushes. There are a lot of trees/bushes & it's completely overgrown/wild in that part of the garden. I know we have lots of birds & I'm pretty sure at least the pigeons are nesting up there, so it could be birds I guess. I can't see any bees, but haven't beaten around the area with a stick to see if anything is fished out.

So still a mystery for now.

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