Attic Critter Scratching Miday

Raccoons can carry rabies as well as cause a lot of damage to your attic insulation and wiring.

Attic critter scratching miday.

Squealing typically a sign of baby raccoons. Heavy pounding noises in the attic or ceiling. Raccoons are notorious for making themselves comfy in your attic insulation. Unwelcome or not it sounds as if there is a wild animal making those scratching sounds in the attic or walls looking for somewhere to rest its head and rear its young.

Raccoons are physically the largest attic intruder so they tend to make louder scratching dragging and thumping noises. Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic. You ll hear these pests more at night as they re looking for food although colder temperatures also increases activity. Raccoons make very loud noises too.

There are a number of wild critters that could be causing the noises but among the most common are things like squirrels bats rats mice raccoons skunks opossums and birds. Chirping sounds within your home. These noises are a lot slower and heavier than squirrel and rodent noises. They are also nocturnal animals and it is common to hear them running back and forth in the attic at night and scratching the ceiling boards.

Damage to electrical wiring.