I Hear Scratching In My Attic

Bats may be heard if they have to move from a daytime roosting area to an exit point.

I hear scratching in my attic.

You ll hear these pests more at night as they re looking. If you only hear it intermittently is it very loud or very soft. Heavy walking or thumping. Mice and raccoons on the other hand are typically louder.

A nest of baby raccoons. Many of the species that you have in your attic are nocturnal and are more likely to be active at night. Bats may form a colony in your attic but you ll hear them squeaking and scratching if they get stuck in the attic. Mating adults will squeal.

Noises in the attic at night thumping. Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the ceiling. Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic. Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury food.

A scratching in the attic early in the morning call if likely to be a grey squirrel. It sounds almost like someone s fingers rubbing on the other side of the wall. Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn. This includes raccoons bats mice rats and flying squirrels.

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. Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic. Scratching noise at night in the attic rodents. Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening.