The attic isn t the only place rodents and other creatures seek shelter.
I hear noises in my attic at night.
With rodents you ll usually hear them around bedtime and late at night.
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.
Heavy walking or thumping.
Squeaking or chirping in the attic high pitched chirping often indicates the presence of bats.
Some pests get into the walls of your home.
If your house is giving you the creeps because of popping noises from inside the walls and up in the attic you can probably chalk it up to something other than spirits from beyond the grave.
Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury food.
If it s the fall or.
Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic.
Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening.
Brownish stains around the opening of where they enter and leave.
You ll hear these pests more at night as they re looking.
If you are hearing scratching noises specifically as well as scurrying sounds.
Mating adults will squeal.
If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or.
Rats and mice are the most likely culprits for noises in your walls at night.
Soft kitten like mewing noises in the attic can indicate the presence of a very young raccoon litter.
Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic.
Mice or rats are your likely culprit.
But attics are the favorite spot for wild animals.
If this is the case the kitten like noises give way to raucous thumping noises and soft snarls as the kits grow older and begin to wrestle and play.
Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels.
No that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.
Signs of bats in the attic.
Bats may form a colony in your attic but you ll hear them squeaking and scratching if they get stuck in the attic.
Scratching sounds in your walls.
Critters just love to live in the attics of homes and the walls ceiling gaps crawl spaces etc.
A nest of baby raccoons.
If you hear a fluttering noises in the attic around sunset which is when bats are most active you probably have bats in the attic.
Since rodents don t weigh much you typically don t hear them until they start clawing or scratching.
There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to call in the pros.
Occasionally when the house is very quiet you will hear them during the day as well.
Noises in the attic at night thumping.
