You may hear scratching or thumping or scittering or nuts rolling around or even vocal noises.
I hear an animal in my attic.
Some kind of wildlife is often the culprit for the noise in their attic.
If you are hearing animal sounds in your attic at night it is most commonly a raccoon because they are nocturnal animals and thus most active at night.
The one exception is the nocturnal flying squirrel.
They are the largest animal that will enter your home.
It will make heavy thudding dragging slower moving sounds.
Raccoons are often the loudest sound you will hear in your attic.
The first indicator of an animal problem in the attic is the noise.
Although birds can do so as well.
You can attempt to rid the animal from your house using a few different methods.
But you still don t know what type of animal or animals are up there.
It s very helpful to know what type of critters are living in your attic because the approach to solving the problem varies greatly depending on the type of animal.
If during the day then it is almost certainly a squirrel.
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If you hear it at night primarily it is either mice raccoons bats or in some cases a flying squirrel.
Noises in the attic should send off alarm signals in your mind to call american animal control llc right away.
Most people who hear noises in the ceiling assume the noise is from some type of animal in the attic.
Animals generally enter through the attic where they then fall or crawl down into the wall from the top.