Animals can cause a lot of damage when they live in your home or attic.
Heavy scratching in attic.
Scratching noise at night in the attic.
Heavy thumping noises are obviously going to be made by larger animals.
Once you ve ruled out an intruder and other immediate causes for distress you may find you ve.
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.
Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn.
Many of the species that you have in your attic are nocturnal and are more likely to be.
Wire chewing in the attic.
Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury.
A scratching noise in your attic usually isn t a good sign.
A scratching in the attic early in the morning call if likely to be a grey squirrel.
Raccoons are the largest heaviest attic invaders and i routinely remove them from attics.
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.
This sound is associated with them moving around the attic dragging a heavy object destroying something or just shoving among themselves.
In addition to hearing consistent scratching sounds another important sign you have bats in the attic is high pitched screeches.
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Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the.
Some of the damage isn t such a big deal such as gnawing on wooden beams or scratching off the insulation or insulating paper.
Hearing high pitched attic noises.