While it s true that many more species of animal in the attic are nocturnal it s also true that squirrels are the single most common invader of attics.
Nocturnal animals on roof.
Here are the most common animals that could be living in your ceiling and how to identify them.
Thus most of the noise you ll hear will be at night often soon after sunset and soon before sunrise as the animal exits and then re enters the attic in its nightly foraging for food.
Some of the time these are animals that have incorporate a roof into their normal nighttime routine rout but most of the time the critter is on the roof because it is in fact nesting there or going into the attic.
Raccoons are active at nighttime nocturnal.
Anyway when it comes to sounds in the attic from animals you re in luck at least in terms of identifying the animal if you hear the noises during daylight hours because that almost surely.
Chances are one of the following animals is inhabiting your house.
In some cases animals such as raccoons and squirrels can use their dextrous paws to cause damage that will allow them to get into the roof space so if you do see an animal on the roof it is important to try and get it quite quickly.
They chew their way in and then keep chewing once they get in making a lot of damage along the way.
Out of all the creatures that can fly the most haunting is the bat.
If you re hearing thumps or knocks that seem to be coming from within your walls or above your ceiling you first must try to identify what kind of animal it is.
Helping an animal that is stuck on the roof.