Animal In My Attic At Night

We deal with animals in attics daily.

Animal in my attic at night.

Gnawing or squeaking at night rats scampering or scurrying noises squirrels or rodents purrs whimpers snarls growls hisses screams and whinnies raccoons how to safely get rid of animals in your attic. You may hear one or more of these pest noises coming from upstairs. It will make heavy thudding dragging slower moving sounds. We first will be discussing animal noises in the attic.

Raccoons are often the loudest sound you will hear in your attic. They are the largest animal that will enter your home. But when you read the signs it s easy to identify what animals you have. It s important to clean up the animal waste for sanitary and health purposes and because the scent can attract new animals into your attic.

For more information on attic cleanup please see my full attic restoration page. If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or opossum engaged in jumping from one area of the attic to another actively shoving or destroying something or dragging something heavy. Raccoon noises in the attic. Rarely will you actually see the animals in the attic.

It happens for me less than 5 of the time. Learn to identify opossum poop rat poop squirrel poop raccoon poop. 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. Raccoons in the attic make several different types of noises.

Most raccoon noises in the attic.