Use a sealant to block off all air flow and to discourage rats from trying to get inside they can smell air coming through a gap.
How do rodents survive in the attic.
A word of warning r ats will chew anything.
Mice prefer to be near food sources.
Mice often come into a home to escape the cold weather outside.
In loose fill fiberglass insulation you can sometimes see their tunnels.
Since heat rises an attic space can be one of the warmer.
If you think you have rats in the attic take a look at around up there to see if anything has been chewed.
Same thing works in the cold of winter.
Why do mice like my attic.
The rats or mice or flying squirrels burrow down into the insulation until they are in contact with the topside of the sheetrock which won t be nearly as hot as the ambient in the attic.
I don t know what temperatures they can withstand do you.
They are definitely the best type of trap to use on the rat runways in the attic.
1 can mice live in a hot attic.
Only after everything is sealed should you bother to trap and remove the rats.
Rats are pretty clever and will remember where things are so when you find one chewed up item you are likely to find more in that area.
So we tossed it over.
For example to keep their teeth at a practical length mice rats and squirrels all have to gnaw constantly.
Though they re all different pests rodents in the attic cause similar issues.
Will they find it.