Animal Droppings In Attic

Bigger critters such as raccoons and opossums leave very large droppings throughout the attic such as in this photo of possum poop seen to the right.

Animal droppings in attic.

Squirrels leave hundreds of droppings in the attic which look like fat little brown grains of rice. Take steps to correct the conditions that attract critters in the first place. If you don t want to dissect or take too close of a look at the animal droppings you find in your house follow this quick guide to identify the type of poop in your home. If you have taken precautions to get rid of mice but continue to find droppings in the same place over and over again then a further investigation needs to be done.

Opossum droppings in the attic are very abundant when they live up there but that s not as common as with raccoons or rats. When animals live in your attic they always defecate and urinate and they may leave a big mess behind. If you know how to identify these you will know your culprit. Squirrels raccoons and rodents can carry disease and chew through your wiring creating a fire hazard.

The droppings are usually about a third of an inch long each. Otter spraint may also just be oil deposited to mark a territory. Small by the food. Known as spraint otter droppings are normally coarse and black full of fish scales shell fragments fish and crayfish parts and sometimes feathers or fur.

The most common waste cleaned from attics is raccoon feces and after that probably rat poop and then after that squirrel waste is the most common. Rats mice bean sized by entrances to the dwelling often in attics by the entrance. They leave trails all throughout the insulation where they run around. Mouse rat and squirrel droppings.

As soon as outdoor food sources dry up in the winter and the temperatures dip nearby mice will look to your garage crawl space attic or home for warmth and food. Look at photos of raccoon feces or squirrel feces or rat feces or mouse feces or bat feces. Mice leave behind their feces wherever they. This website has many photos of all the different animal feces.

One of the most commonly found and identified kinds of pest poop is mouse droppings. They also leave nesting debris such as leaves and sticks. As otter poo dries out it becomes pale and crumbly. Keeping these animals out of your attic is the best approach.

You can also look at the animal tracks left in the dust in the attic. The droppings and urine can act as a vector for disease such as leptospirosis salmonella infection raccoon roundworm hookworm cryptosporidiosis and more.