Animal In Attic

Occasionally we find chipmunks opossums birds and snakes.

Animal in attic.

Raccoons can enter your attic through loose shingles and or openings the roof and eaves. Check on almost any surface not covered by insulation and there should be a layer of dust with animal tracks. Look at photos of raccoon feces or squirrel feces or rat feces or mouse feces or bat feces. The roof rat is more common in warm areas and more likely to enter the attic.

Or you can check for muddy footprints. Rats and mice in the attic. These small rodents can fit through tiny entry holes and infest an attic in large numbers. The methods vary considerably depending on the type of animal in the attic.

For example we must consider these factors. By turning on bright lights and a radio you can make your attic an unpleasant environment to encourage raccoons to leave on their own. Animals in attic common wild animals in attic include squirrels mice rats raccoons and bats. Roof rats in particular are very common in attics in warmer areas and norway rats in cities.

Rats and mice are very common animals in attics throughout much of the country. The most common critter to enter attics in many areas including where i work in florida is the rat. Mice are common in many areas as well. You can also look at the animal tracks left in the dust in the attic.

Raccoons are capable of ripping shingles off and chewing holes in buildings. There are two main species of rats in the us the roof rat and the norway rat.