Something Scratching In The Attic

Bat scratching sounds in the attic or walls.

Something scratching in the attic.

When bats enter homes through small holes sometimes they get stuck in the walls. Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn. A scratching noise in your attic usually isn t a good sign. It s very helpful to know what type of critters are living in your attic because the approach to solving the problem varies greatly depending on the type of animal.

Once in the walls bats make scratching and squeaking sounds as they tend to become disoriented when trying to get unstuck. Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury. But you still don t know what type of animal or animals are up there. You can sprinkle a 6 to 8 inch wide band of all purpose flour around the perimeter of your attic and look for footprints the following day.

You may hear scratching or thumping or scittering or nuts rolling around or even vocal noises. You may see an oily stain on the ceiling in the area below the attic. If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or opossum engaged in jumping from one area of the attic to another actively shoving or destroying something or dragging something heavy. Scratching noise at night in the attic.

Once you ve ruled out an intruder and other immediate causes for distress you may find you ve. Hearing high pitched attic noises. It is not difficult to tell you have an animal in the home but it can be difficult to identify what sort of animal it is. I think there is an animals living up there this is a common call we get here at creature control.

I hear something in my attic. In addition to hearing consistent scratching sounds another important sign you have bats in the attic is high pitched screeches. Bats are not something you re generally going to hear in your attic as they often reside on the higher portion of your attic where noises are not easily detected. Scratching sounds scratching sounds are the most common noises you will hear in your attic and unfortunately the hardest to link to a particular animal.