Rats Or Possums In My Roof

The leave your roof at night and come back before dawn.

Rats or possums in my roof.

In fact our clients often compare a possum moving inside the roof to that of an elephant thumping around. Other tell tale signs that a possum is living in your roof can be stains on a ceiling or drip marks down your walls caused by urine. They normally scurry around both day and night. You may see rat droppings.

Possums in my roof you may be hearing noises you may even be think i ve got possums in my roof or something scratching in the walls or even just chewing somewhere and you can t be sure you know where. What could be making all this noise. Possums will not usually run in the roof space. If you have roof rats you may see rat droppings around your home outside your home or in your yard.

The 2nd noise could be rats or mice. Rats and mice constantly move around except when nesting. These droppings may be near the dropped eaten fruit mentioned in 1. It s like a dripping tap once you ve heard it once you hear more often and louder each time.

Rat droppings urine and nest can contain dangerous pathogens and bacteria that can make you very sick. Possums and rats can cause damage in the roof by eating through electrical wires. I am hearing noises in my roof what is it. If they are nesting on the insulation in the roof this can become damaged through constant urination and will require replacing.

Urine may also seep through and damage your ceiling.