Something Living In My Roof

Rats love to live in the roof space of our homes.

Something living in my roof. They can cause all sorts of damage and make noise all through the night. 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. 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. Because raccoons are the largest animal that will break into your attic or home it is also the easiest to identify.

They can ascend the corners of most houses and easily climb up and down downspouts. The most common place raccoons will occupy in your home is the attic. Mouseproofing the house look for holes and gaps on the exterior lower level of your house first. Stations are not required as we are confident that no possums are present.

Part of our living room has a flat roof so i said it was probably a cat or birds on the roof. Chances are you ve got a new furry or feathery friend living in your home. Squirrels are the most common critters to invade attics. Fill gaps of 1 2 inch width or.

Strange noises in the attic or walls. In new zealand the other animal that can be a cause of noises in the roof is the possum australian brushtail possum. 1 raccoons are excellent climbers so it s fairly difficult to keep them from climbing on the roof. Inspect window and door framing and check the eaves as well as the flashing around attic vents chimneys and fans on the.

Check around pipes conduits coaxial cables. 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. It is elevated insulated and well out of harm s way. 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. 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. They chew their way in and then keep chewing once they get in making a lot of damage along the way.