I Hear Scratching In My Attic

Noises in the attic at night thumping.

I hear scratching in my attic.

Bats may be heard if they have to move from a daytime roosting area to an exit point. If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or. Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn. Heavy walking or thumping.

Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the ceiling. Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening. Mice and raccoons on the other hand are typically louder. Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic.

Scratching noise at night in the attic rodents. Many of the species that you have in your attic are nocturnal and are more likely to be active at night. A nest of baby raccoons. If you only hear it intermittently is it very loud or very soft.

Bats may form a colony in your attic but you ll hear them squeaking and scratching if they get stuck in the attic. Mating adults will squeal. Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels. Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury food.

You ll hear these pests more at night as they re looking. Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic. It sounds almost like someone s fingers rubbing on the other side of the wall. This includes raccoons bats mice rats and flying squirrels.