Roof Rat Warning

Roof rat chewing and scurrying is heard overhead and makes a good night sleep unattainable.

Roof rat warning.

Rat droppings urine and nest can contain dangerous pathogens and bacteria that can make you very sick. These droppings may be near the dropped eaten fruit mentioned in 1. Infamous for once spreading the bubonic plague to europe black rats are one of the world s most successful and widespread species living anywhere humans do. Roof rats move into attics when the weather starts to cool and they will occupy your attic in the cooler fall and winter months.

Roof rats can also carry fleas and spread diseases such as typhus via fleas infectious jaundice via urine in water or food rat bite fever via bites trichinosis via undercooked pork and salmonellosis via droppings. Once you have identified that you have roof rats you can work to eliminate rats from your property in the following ways. Roof rats are destructive consuming and contaminating stored food and feedstuffs gnawing on wires posing a fire hazard and tearing up insulation for nesting material. If you find you hear noise during the day you are dealing with a larger number of rats.

You may see rat droppings. Roof rats can be dangerous they carry disease.