Raccoons make very loud noises too.
Scratching in my attic at night.
With rodents you ll usually hear them around bedtime and late at night.
In the walls in the ceiling down the halls you hear some squealing.
If you hear animal sounds in your attic you can often identify the type of animal based on the type of sounds it makes.
It could even be from the heating cooling system or branches of a nearby tree scraping against the roof.
So scratching sounds in the attic at night could be from a number of different nocturnal animals.
A scratching noise in your attic usually isn t a good sign.
Contact the critter control office near you.
Squirrels typically live in trees but once they gain entrance into a home they go ahead to get comfortable in the attic.
If you are hearing scratching sounds at night or during the day within the walls ceiling or attic of your home you most likely have an animal problem.
They are also nocturnal animals and it is common to hear them running back and forth in the attic at night and scratching the ceiling boards.
Once you ve ruled out an intruder and other immediate causes for distress you may find you ve.
Occasionally when the house is very quiet you will hear them during the day as well.
What you ll hear is a faint scratching sound that s isolated in one area.
Usually coming from your walls ceiling or attic if you are sitting in an upstairs room.
But most of the time it s an animal and it s pretty easy to tell when the noises are coming from something living.
Animals in crawl spaces.
Scratching noise at night in the attic.