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.
Attic low ceiling mice.
They can be heard in the ceiling as well.
They will eat through wires wood and stored personal items.
Mainly coming from behind the wall or ceiling.
It also offers a mouse a place where they can sleep without worrying about predators and gives them an excellent base to use while they travel your house looking for food.
Of course mice always deficate and urinate in the attic.
Seal up all of these entry holes using steel which mice can t chew through.
But do not worry it is very common to get mice in your attic.
There are some reasons why mice might actually prefer your attic.
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.
It s dark rarely disturbed and there are probably lots of boxes to nest in and insulation to use for nest material.
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.
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.
Mice choose secluded areas in eaves and corners and beneath mats of insulation.
An attic is a perfect place for m ice to hide.
For a start it offers warmth bedding and comfort.
Mice in the attic can cause trouble.
Mice can also carry disease.
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.
Look in the attic for urine stained areas and trails of mouse droppings small black pellets the size of rice grains.
So the first reason they like your attic is convenience.
Usually sound is the first sign of mice in the attic or walls.
I bolt the steel in place.
It might sound like they re running.
Signs of mice in your house.
It just happens to be the first place they found.
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.