Scratching In Roof

The following video comes from a resourceful client doing his own investigative work.

Scratching in roof. We ve noticed a scratching sound in the loft void above our bathroom over the last 3 4 days. Roof rats travel as much as 100 meters 300 feet away from their nests around dawn and dusk to forage for food and water. Once in the walls bats make scratching and squeaking sounds as they tend to become disoriented when trying to get unstuck. For the past 2 nights we have been hearing a scratching sound in between the ceiling and roof.

It just keeps scratching just the roof space in our room only and no other part of the house. If you are hearing scratching or gnawing sounds in your roof void it is unlikely to be elephants well not fully grown ones but whatever it is can sound pretty big ceilings amplify sound like the sounding boards of musical instruments. Bat scratching sounds in the attic or walls. In addition to hearing consistent scratching sounds another important sign you have bats in the attic is high pitched screeches.

Though bats are typically quiet nocturnal animals they do make high pitched screeching sounds around dusk or dawn. The reality is the scratching may come from a bird mouse rat or possum one or multiples and if it s rodents they love gnawing through the wiring and plumbing so vital to your home. I e climbing up a ladder to the first floor and lifting roof tiles off i assume. Birds nesting in your roof may spread mites fleas and disease while possums chew cables and wood leaving a messy trail behind them.

Animals may be scratching to make room for nesting burying food or even just walking and creating similar sounds. We had pigeons in the attic loud scratching noises at night and sometimes cooing. They will congregate where water is available. We banged the roof in the hope that whatever it is will scurry away but no luck.

And if the noises are heard at night when there is little other sounds our ears are more sensitive and. He heard scratching noises in his ceiling and suspected a bat. Oh went up in the daytime they go out during the day to find all that scratching and cooing had resulted in 2 nests with babies. It goes on between 2 4am.

When bats enter homes through small holes sometimes they get stuck in the walls. So we had to wait for the babies to grow and leave oh was called a murderer for wanting to chuck em out. Squealing sounds of heavy walking from the. The most common animals to make these sounds are squirrels rats mice and raccoons although.

Where the noise is coming from the roof is slanted as is the ceiling on the inside so i m not sure how much room there is for whatever it is between the roof tiles. If you simply plug any holes in your attic or under your roof you may get may get rid of rats easily.