I Hear Scratching In My Attic

Heavy walking or thumping.

I hear scratching in my attic.

Bats may be heard if they have to move from a daytime roosting area to an exit point. Mice and raccoons on the other hand are typically louder. Mating adults will squeal. Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic.

In addition to hearing consistent scratching sounds another important sign you have bats in the attic is high pitched screeches. Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening. Noises in the attic at night thumping. Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn.

Many of the species that you have in your attic are nocturnal and are more likely to be active at night. Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic. Bats mice and raccoons will all make noise in an attic and all of them can scratch but the scratching of bats it typically very soft. You ll hear these pests more at night as they re looking.

Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the ceiling. Bats may form a colony in your attic but you ll hear them squeaking and scratching if they get stuck in the attic. A nest of baby raccoons. A scratching in the attic early in the morning call if likely to be a grey squirrel.

If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or. Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels. If you only hear it intermittently is it very loud or very soft. It sounds almost like someone s fingers rubbing on the other side of the wall.