It might sound like they re running.
Attic low ceiling mice.
They will eat through wires wood and stored personal items.
At night there will be a scratching or scurrying noise.
This can cause odor problems a breeding ground for mold is host to potential pathogens and health risks and the odor can contain phermonones that attract other mice into the attic.
An attic is a perfect place for m ice to hide.
For a start it offers warmth bedding and comfort.
Seal up all of these entry holes using steel which mice can t chew through.
Of course mice always deficate and urinate in the attic.
So the first reason they like your attic is convenience.
Look in the attic for urine stained areas and trails of mouse droppings small black pellets the size of rice grains.
Mice in the attic can cause trouble.
Sometimes the feces or urine can leak through the drywall and onto your ceiling.
Once they re in the attic it s fairly easy for them to find ways into the main part of your house where they can cause more problems by chewing on things and pooping.
It s dark rarely disturbed and there are probably lots of boxes to nest in and insulation to use for nest material.
Signs of mice in your house.
They can be heard in the ceiling as well.
Exterminator john kane witnessed an extreme mouse infestation at a home in philadelphia pennsylvania in 2009.
I bolt the steel in place.
When mice climb up downspouts jump down from tree branches or access your roofline in some other way the first location they will find in your home is the attic.
Mice can also carry disease.
Once inside a mouse can scurry though any part of the architecture the walls the ceiling and get into the attic where they like to live and nest.
But do not worry it is very common to get mice in your attic.
Mainly coming from behind the wall or ceiling.
Mice prefer to be near food sources.
It just happens to be the first place they found.
Usually once mice are in the attic they can find their way down into wall or ceiling voids and can emerge into your kitchen or other areas.
Mice are not clean creatures and if they are living in your attic you may smell their urine which is similar in smell to ammonia.
Mice choose secluded areas in eaves and corners and beneath mats of insulation.