Something Living In My Roof

Many animals move into homes looking for food or shelter and end up getting a little too comfortable.

Something living in my roof.

It is elevated insulated and well out of harm s way. The most common place raccoons will occupy in your home is the attic. They can cause all sorts of damage and make noise all through the night. Fill gaps of 1 2 inch width or.

If you can catch the animal then placing a large sturdy box or a strong washing basket can help you to catch them and then putting a blanket over the box can help to calm the animal. Here are the most common animals that could be living in your ceiling and how to identify them. Inspect window and door framing and check the eaves as well as the flashing around attic vents chimneys and fans on the. Mouseproofing the house look for holes and gaps on the exterior lower level of your house first.

Hearing scratching sounds in the night. This is a much larger animal than a rat or bird and it usually easy to tell its presence from the much heavier and slower footfalls and they don t gnaw wood like the rodents will. Because raccoons are the largest animal that will break into your attic or home it is also the easiest to identify. Last night i went out and when i came back dh said he d heard something scrabbling about in the ceiling above our living room.

Stations are not required as we are confident that no possums are present. However if you ve got anything obvious like a tree right next to the house with branches that overhand the roof you might want to trim that back. Strange noises in the attic or walls. Part of our living room has a flat roof so i said it was probably a cat or birds on the roof.

They can ascend the corners of most houses and easily climb up and down downspouts. Check around pipes conduits coaxial cables. Squirrels are the most common critters to invade attics. Rats love to live in the roof space of our homes.

If there is an injured animal on the roof or it falls from the roof and is injured one of the most important things is not to put yourself in harm s way. Once it s confirmed that the possum s are gone bait can be laid throughout the roof cavity to control the rats. Chances are you ve got a new furry or feathery friend living in your home.