How To Know If You Have Bats In Your Attic

Any scratch marks in the attic or on the exterior walls of the house may be a sign of bats moving around.

How to know if you have bats in your attic.

You see piles of black droppings on your attic insulation. If you have bats in your attic you re definitely going to find piles of bat dropping scattered across your attic insulation. Bat skin secretes an oil that rubs off on the walls of your attic leaving a tell tale sign that you have unwanted guests. If you hear chirping bat sounds from the attic or very close to the home at night or before dawn you may very well be hearing bats.

Piles of droppings in one corner of the attic or near the entry point droppings on attic insulation stains on the attic walls from urine. Guano droppings produces an almost toxic odour that s similar to ammonia and a definite sign bats are somewhere near. Check for dark brown stains around your roofline dormers vents and roof trim. Like most of the signs above guano around the home isn t necessarily a sign but if you see it in your attic then you know you need to call someone.

Bats are nocturnal animals which mean that they sleep during the day and will only come out at night. Bats usually leave their droppings in apparently designated areas so it s almost impossible not to see it. You see the bats flying around your house during sunrise sunset.