6 Signs You Might Have Rodents 🐀
Noises:
Rats and Mice are particularly active at night. If you listen closely enough, they can often be heard squeaking or running up and down your walls and across your roof. You might also hear them dragging wiring along the roof; which can be particularly concerning.
Gnawing:
Rats and mice will constantly be chewing on things to grind down their teeth as they are always growing. This means they will be chewing on timber in your roof, metal and wiring/conduit. Chewing on wiring and conduit in the roof can be very dangerous as it can result in exposed wiring, which as we all know can short out our power or even worse; lead to fires.
Nests:
Whilst most nests will be built in the roof where Rodents can live without disturbance, these can also be found outside. Keep an eye out for nests containing materials such as paper, insulation.
Rub marks:
Rodents will leave rub marks on walls and surfaces where they track into areas on a regular basis. Their fur leaves a grease like a residue (which often just looks like brown marks) on these areas and can be an indication of a more established colony.
Smells:
Musty smells can often be experienced in the areas where Rodents live (excreting large volumes of urine throughout the roof).
Droppings:
Often the first sign of an infestation. Just like their size comparison; Rat droppings can be quite large (up to 12mm in length) and Mice droppings being quite small (between 2 & 6mm in length). Don’t confuse mice droppings for Gecko droppings!!!
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