If you are hearing animal sounds in your attic at night it is most commonly a raccoon because they are nocturnal animals and thus most active at night.
Animal sounds in my attic.
Critters just love to live in the attics of homes and the walls ceiling gaps crawl spaces etc.
The first indicator of an animal problem in the attic is the noise.
Noises in the attic can come from several different types of animals.
But you still don t know what type of animal or animals are up there.
With bird habitats becoming more and more scarce around the u s these animals are beginning to find alternative options such as our homes.
Raccoons are often the loudest sound you will hear in your attic.
They can just somehow tell they have a snake up there.
They are the largest animal that will enter your home.
This is an immediate sign that birds are nesting within your home or business.
Slithering sounds is how my customers have described it to me.
Raccoons make certain attic noises.
By turning on bright lights and a radio you can make your attic an unpleasant environment to encourage raccoons to leave on their own.
A large slow nocturnal animal you might just hear walking in the attic.
Mice and squirrels can be heard gnawing and moving throughout the attic.
You may hear scratching or thumping or scittering or nuts rolling around or even vocal noises.
Sounds coming from your attic could be from a number of causes pipes settling wind but the most common cause is the presence of an animal or animals in the attic.
You re most likely dealing with a nocturnal animal since you hear noises at night so it may not be squirrel.
Raccoons are capable of ripping shingles off and chewing holes in buildings.
It will make heavy thudding dragging slower moving sounds.
Raccoons rats mice and squirrels all scratch.
Most of the sound will be during the daytime since most birds are diurnal.
But attics are the favorite spot for wild animals.
One of the most obvious and distinct noises in the attic or within the home is chirping.
Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury food.