Animal In Attic

Raccoons are capable of ripping shingles off and chewing holes in buildings.

Animal in attic.

Animals in attic common wild animals in attic include squirrels mice rats raccoons and bats. Mice are common in many areas as well. Occasionally we find chipmunks opossums birds and snakes. By turning on bright lights and a radio you can make your attic an unpleasant environment to encourage raccoons to leave on their own.

If you have rats the entire building must be sealed first and then all the rats trapped and removed. Check on almost any surface not covered by insulation and there should be a layer of dust with animal tracks. These small rodents can fit through tiny entry holes and infest an attic in large numbers. Raccoons can enter your attic through loose shingles and or openings the roof and eaves.

The most common critter to enter attics in many areas including where i work in florida is the rat. Animals inside the attic this is our area of top specialty. Roof rats in particular are very common in attics in warmer areas and norway rats in cities. Rats and mice in the attic.

The roof rat is more common in warm areas and more likely to enter the attic. Look at photos of raccoon feces or squirrel feces or rat feces or mouse feces or bat feces. For example we must consider these factors. You can also look at the animal tracks left in the dust in the attic.

Rats and mice are very common animals in attics throughout much of the country. It is not easy work and there are many important variables removal of critters in the attic requires very specific special knowledge.