Roof Rat Warning

Roof rats move into attics when the weather starts to cool and they will occupy your attic in the cooler fall and winter months.

Roof rat warning.

Rat droppings urine and nest can contain dangerous pathogens and bacteria that can make you very sick. Roof rats can also carry fleas and spread diseases such as typhus via fleas infectious jaundice via urine in water or food rat bite fever via bites trichinosis via undercooked pork and salmonellosis via droppings. If you find you hear noise during the day you are dealing with a larger number of rats. Roof rat chewing and scurrying is heard overhead and makes a good night sleep unattainable.

If you have roof rats you may see rat droppings around your home outside your home or in your yard. Typically roof rats are the black rat. Roof rats can be dangerous they carry disease. Infamous for once spreading the bubonic plague to europe black rats are one of the world s most successful and widespread species living anywhere humans do.

Roof rats are destructive consuming and contaminating stored food and feedstuffs gnawing on wires posing a fire hazard and tearing up insulation for nesting material. They can also chew through electrical wires water pipes and cause other damage to your home.