It just keeps scratching just the roof space in our room only and no other part of the house.
Scratching noise in roof australia.
Leaving pests to their own devices in your roof can cause damage.
Attics lofts or ceiling cavities are ideal environments for possums rats and mice who 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.
We banged the roof in the hope that whatever it is will scurry away but no luck.
The reality is the scratching may come from a bird mouse rat or possum one or multiples and if it s rodents they love gnawing through the wiring and plumbing so vital to your home.
Although this is experienced in every part of the world it is more prominent in australia.
Interestingly some of these creatures are also active during the day.
Birds nesting in your roof may spread mites fleas and disease while possums chew cables and wood leaving a messy trail behind them.
For the past 2 nights we have been hearing a scratching sound in between the ceiling and roof.
Scratching noises in the roof can be bothersome especially in the dead of night.
Why scratching noises in roof spaces is bad news.
Hearing noises in the night is a result of just one thing critters.
It goes on between 2 4am.