Rats in the Attic

Roof Rats in the Attic

Scratching in the ceiling at night on the Gulf Coast is almost always roof rats. They climb in along the roofline, so that is where the fix has to happen.

Nighttime scratching in a Missouri City ceiling is usually the roof rat, the climbing rat that dominates the Texas Gulf Coast and nests high in attics. Yellow Rose removes them, then seals the roof returns, soffit gaps, vent screens and any branches touching the house, so the roofline they travel is closed off for good.

Why they are in the attic, not the basement

Roof rats are agile climbers that travel fences, power lines, branches and the roofline, then slip in at the roof returns and soffit gaps to nest high. That is why you hear them in the ceiling at night. Sealing the ground floor does nothing; the fix is up at the roofline.

Get them out, then close the roofline

We read the actual travel routes in the attic, remove the colony, then close the roofline entry points with materials a rat cannot chew and trim back the branches giving them a bridge to the roof.

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Questions

Attic rat questions

I hear scratching in the ceiling at night. What is it?
On the Gulf Coast that is almost always roof rats, which are active after dark and nest high in attics. We confirm it from the droppings and travel routes, then remove them and seal the roofline entry points they use.
Do I have roof rats or Norway rats?
Attic and ceiling noise points to roof rats, the climbers. Norway rats are bigger, burrow, and stay low around the foundation and garage. We identify which from the signs, because the two need the work done in different places.
How do they get onto the roof?
They climb fences, power lines and any tree branch touching the house, then enter at the roof returns and soffit gaps. Part of the fix is trimming back those branches and closing the roofline openings.
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