Both roof rats and norway rats a stockier variety of rat can infest homes.
Rodents in roof cavity.
If your home has no crawl space or attic space and the rats are in the tiny area between shingles and drywall you will traps can be secured to the outside of the home on the roof.
Remove clutter like paper or cardboard that rats may use to build their nests keep dog food and other pet food.
Roof rats are known by a variety of other names including palm rats fruit rats ship rats and alexandrian rats.
Even if there is no existing entry point determined rodents can chew their way inside.
It brings them out into the open so they don t die inside the roof.
Still the rodents will be looking to nest for extra protection and warmth.
If mice have invaded your air ducts the following steps can help you end the problem.
For effective pest control you need to determine what type of rat is scurrying around your attic.
Venting systems will pass through the brickwork of your home and if they are not installed.
Store food in metal or plastic containers with tight fitting lids instead of cardboard boxes that can easily be gnawed.
Noises in the attic are worrying and can be an indication that rodents or other wildlife may be living in your roof.
Weep holes gaps around plumbing air bricks crumbled mortar and missing masonry all provide rodents an easy route inside the wall.
Presumably your attic is dry and relatively protected from the elements that would otherwise bring in moisture.
This is where your precious attic insulation comes in.
Switch off your central heating and cooling system and let the grates reach room temperature.
When mice die in the heating and cooling ducts it can send a rank odor throughout a house.
Attics lofts or ceiling cavities are ideal environments for possums rats and mice who damage stored items and electric cabling by gnawing and possibly causing fires they are also ideal environments for nesting birds that can spread disease mites and fleas.
Wako on 21 08 2016 06 12.
Unfortunately there are many ways rodents can get into this cavity.
This is a very common way for rats to get in your cavity walls especially if you have overhanging trees.
How rats get in the cavity wall 5 common ways 1.
Roof rats differ from the norway rat in several ways.
Ceilings and the roof which provide a chance to set traps.
Those pellets you can find in any supermarket or hardware store and scatter them all over your roof cavity.
