Rats Or Possums In My Roof

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.

Rats or possums in my roof.

You may see rat droppings. Their droppings tend to be scattered everywhere within a roof whereas possum droppings are usually found in small clusters often around their chosen sleeping place. If they are nesting on the insulation in the roof this can become damaged through constant urination and will require replacing. Rats and mice constantly move around except when nesting.

Possums will not usually run in the roof space. What could be making all this noise. Urine may also seep through and damage your ceiling. Rat droppings urine and nest can contain dangerous pathogens and bacteria that can make you very sick.

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. Possums and rats can cause damage in the roof by eating through electrical wires. They can be extremely noisy running and thumping through your ceiling. It s like a dripping tap once you ve heard it once you hear more often and louder each time.

In fact our clients often compare a possum moving inside the roof to that of an elephant thumping around. The leave your roof at night and come back before dawn. The 2nd noise could be rats or mice. If you have roof rats you may see rat droppings around your home outside your home or in your yard.

These droppings may be near the dropped eaten fruit mentioned in 1.