I Hear Scratching In My Attic

Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic.

I hear scratching in my attic.

Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the ceiling. Noises in the attic at night thumping. Bats may form a colony in your attic but you ll hear them squeaking and scratching if they get stuck in the attic. If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or.

Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels. It sounds almost like someone s fingers rubbing on the other side of the wall. Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening. Bats may be heard if they have to move from a daytime roosting area to an exit point.

This includes raccoons bats mice rats and flying squirrels. A scratching in the attic early in the morning call if likely to be a grey squirrel. Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn. Mating adults will squeal.

A nest of baby raccoons. If you only hear it intermittently is it very loud or very soft. Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic. 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. Heavy walking or thumping. Mice and raccoons on the other hand are typically louder. Bats mice and raccoons will all make noise in an attic and all of them can scratch but the scratching of bats it typically very soft.