Animal In My Attic At Night

We deal with animals in attics daily.

Animal in my attic at night.

Animal noises in the attic differ vary dramatically from species to species as well as different times of the day or night. It will make heavy thudding dragging slower moving sounds. If you are hearing animal sounds in your attic at night it is most commonly a raccoon because they are nocturnal animals and thus most active at night. It happens for me less than 5 of the time.

For more information on attic cleanup please see my full attic restoration page. Raccoons are often the loudest sound you will hear in your attic. Most of the time the animals will crawl down a dark wall or under insulation or in the shadows and stay super still. But when you read the signs it s easy to identify what animals you have.

It s important to clean up the animal waste for sanitary and health purposes and because the scent can attract new animals into your attic. You may hear one or more of these pest noises coming from upstairs. Most raccoon noises in the attic. Raccoon noises in the attic.

Raccoons in the attic make several different types of noises. They are the largest animal that will enter your home. If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or opossum engaged in jumping from one area of the attic to another actively shoving or destroying something or dragging something heavy. Rarely will you actually see the animals in the attic.

Learn to identify opossum poop rat poop squirrel poop raccoon poop.