Posted on 01/27/2019 7:07:45 AM PST by EinNYC
By the size of the poop.....
Looks suspicious. Squirrels are amazingly strong.
either way it’s gotta go out for water.
Sounds as if you rent your place. Is it an apartment, a duplex, what?
What kind of construction is it?
As I recall, it is in Queens. Am I correct?
Purely out of curiosity, is your place under rent control?
Don’t know much about the topic, but If the tail-like thing disappeared again, I’d say it was a rat.
If it stays there, it can’t be alive. Go get it and see if it’s a dead tail.
Normally, you can hear a squirrel if it’s above you.
Act fast. Once they have babies, they are extremely difficult to get rid of. They can gnaw through solid brick, if motivated.
This is great! Maybe that’s what I have, too? Though everyone around me insists that it’s toys.
cut back whatever trees or things any animal can climb up to get to your roof to get it.stick steel wool in spots or close up spots you think could be entries and see if that helps.
my kid had squirrels in her attic. She put a HavaHeart trap, with peanut butter. The squirrel stuffed the trap with insulation, no doubt a big Ha-Ha!
wildlife-removal.com
1) You have no intent of going into your attic
2) You know better that people who have already been in your attic, in that you had them remove the placed traps
The squirrels are back. “This time it’s personal”.
“my kid had squirrels in her attic.”
sorry this gave me a laugh though i know you didnt mean it to be.
I rented a house in Southern California in the 1990’s that had a very large rat in the attic. We could hear it scurrying back and forth at night. At least I assumed that it was a rat. I saw a raccoon sitting on the front wall while walking the dog. It could have been a raccoon instead of a rat. Good luck clearing it out.
A coons dropping are about the size of a cat.
A mouse is tiny and rats droppings are the size of squirrels.
Best way to explain it.
A coon requires a large access hole. Bout the size your coon cat would require.
I don’t know if it’s true with squirrels, but rats can literally collapse their rib cage so that any space their head fits in, can be pulled through with their entire body.
Amazing.
I've seen squirrels just climb up the bricks of the building, no trees needed.
No, I own my apartment. Houses around here, if attached, run about $950K. Houses around here, if free standing, run $1.5M and up.
HavaHeart trap: http://www.havahart.com/
Game/Trail Camera: https://www.walmart.com/browse/sports-outdoors/game-cameras/4125_546956_4155_1079944_1080024
Or straight to the poison bait: https://www.amazon.com/NEOGEN-RODENTICIDE-Havoc-Killer-10-Pack/dp/B01MY43030/ref=sr_1_7?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1548602985&sr=1-7&keywords=rat+poison
Rats, mice, squirrels and birds would be the main suspects in the city. Squirrels are the real climbers, but rats can be surprisingly resourceful.
If you have one, get it out of there fast! A raccoon died in my daughter’s roof...and, well, I don’t want to ruin anybody’s breakfast by describing the results...
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