You may hear scratching or thumping or scittering or nuts rolling around or even vocal noises.
Animal running in my attic.
Most larger animals such as raccoons and opossums will love to hang out in your attic so if you happen to notice the noises right up at the top of your home running back and forth along the floor making the loudest noises you ve ever heard a small animal make the crafty critters could be the root cause.
But you still don t know what type of animal or animals are up there.
The first indicator of an animal problem in the attic is the noise.
This is the squirrel seen to the left the common one with the fluffy tail.
This is a good place to start because most of the time that sound is going to be one of these two critters.
Although several species of squirrels will live in attics the eastern gray squirrel is the most common culprit.
They are the largest.
Droppings or urine nests made of paper leaves and twigs squirrels rodents birds disturbed insulation squirrels and raccoons.
If pests have nested in or destroyed your insulation you may need to.
Signs animals are in your attic.
Ducts ripped apart raccoons.
I ll start with squirrels which are the most common type of critter nationwide to invade attics.
Raccoons are often the loudest sound you will hear in your attic.
Squirrels in the attic.
Common animal entry points.
The two most common kinds of animals that will enter your attic are raccoons and squirrels.