DID YOU Hear THAT?
I hear something running around in my ceiling and I don’t know what it could be!
We get calls like this frequently at Pest Detective L.L.C. The noise could be any number of animals that have decided that your house is just the place to spend the summer, overwinter or bear their young. Squirrel, Opossum, Raccoon, and Bats are just a few of the animals that find their way into our homes and make our lives more then just a little crazy.
One of the best ways to keep this chaos from happening to your family is to look around your house about once a month. Look for defects like holes in the soffit (The soffit is the part of the roof under and behind the gutters.). A leaky gutter can soften the wood and make it very easy for any climbers or flyers to enter. Also look for faulty screens on roof vents. Trees close or overhanging the house make great ladders for the climbers and will lead them to the roof. Once there they will find any hole and proceed to enlarge it so they can get in and build a nest. Other times it is just fun for the animals to run around and play tag — the animal version of course. Once in the attic, Squirrels and Raccoons love to play on and within the heating duct work. They can eat the insulation off the wiring and build nests in the insulation. These are just a few of their more common habits.
Bats like the attic for raising young and sleeping during the day. They sometimes end up flying into our living quarters and scare the daylights out of us. Pest Detective L.L.C. has been helping clients work though these and other animal home invasion problems, and we would be happy to help your family solve yours. Give us a call or email us and know that help is on the way. Soon to come are descriptions and habits of some of the animals you may have encounters with at home in order help you identify them.
