There Are Rats On My Roof

First and foremost seeing an actual rodent dead or alive is a telltale sign of a potential roof rat problem.

There are rats on my roof.

There are many key indicators of a roof rat infestation in the home. Get rid of roof rats in four basic steps. Step 1 in order to assess the severity of the rat problem and to get a better idea of where to bait and trap you will first need to perform a thorough inspection of the premises. Roof rats will feed on many different sources of food including a wide variety of fruits and nuts as well as ornamental and native plant materials.

Fresh roof rat droppings are soft and moist whereas old droppings are. Other roof rat features include large ears with very little hair and pointy faces. Lofts or ceiling cavities are ideal environments for rats and mice that 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. Noises in your roof are worrying and can be an indication that rodents or other wildlife may be living in your roof.

Roof rats become sexually mature between two and five months producing four to six litters per year that consist of six to eight young each. Roof rats have smaller and sleeker bodies than norway rats and their fur is smooth. Unlike other rat species roof rats are also good climbers and build nests above ground not underground in burrows. The common lifespan of these rodents is about one year.

In dense populations these rodents will establish a social hierarchy wherein dominant males mate more than subordinate males.