Norway rats tend to stick to the ground and the sewers and basements in their stomping grounds up north.
Do rats nest in attics.
House mice live everywhere and they also commonly go inside attics.
A rat couldn t find a much more comfortable place to settle in.
Sometimes they live in dead trees.
There s lots of material they can use to build nests.
A tree with branches close to a building provides the rat a route up to the top end of the building where it can squeeze through the slightest of openings to gain access.
The roof rat is more common in warm areas and more likely to enter the attic.
In warmer climates your rodent infestation is more likely to be due to a black rat also known as a roof rat house rat or ship rat.
There are two main species of rats in the us the roof rat and the norway rat.
They have plenty of crawl spaces in which to roam around.
And attics are rarely visited by humans or any other intruders.
The attic of the average san diego home provides safety opportunity and comfort in spades.
Norway rats prefer to live in basements or on the ground floor but they will venture into your attic when they must.