How To Tell If Its Rats Or Possums In Roof

This entry was posted on june 3 2020 by brian vernon.

How to tell if its rats or possums in roof.

Upon inspection of your property we will. Depending how many possums you have and how long they have been residing in your roof will determine the length of time it will take. Rats have long hairless tail while possums have long hairy tail with a bushy appearance. I know we have possums on the roof cause i can hear them jump onto it from our tree in the back thunder across it like a blardy herd of buffalo and then crash onto the ground at the other end.

The first thing that homeowners usually notice is noises in the roof. They tend to run everywhere and make nests in your insulation. Possums will not usually run in the roof space. Rats in your roof.

How do you know its possums and not rats. An adult possum is much larger than a rat reaching about 30 cm to 35 cm in length. How to tell if you have rats in your roof. Possums and rats have the same destructive and non hygienic element to their behaviour.

How do we tell the difference between possums and rats in a roof. Apart from possums rats are the most common roof pests we come across. The noise inside the roof is like quiet footsteps but still. In fact our clients often compare a possum moving inside the roof to that of an elephant thumping.

They also state that the possum will return just prior to dawn. As nouns the difference between rat and opossum is that rat is zoology a medium sized rodent belonging to the genus rattus while opossum is any american marsupial of the family didelphidae the common species of the united states is didelphis virginiana. Possums are generally found outside the home and they do sleep inside roof voids or in tree. Possum is native to oceania but rats have a worldwide distribution.

Our clients will tell us that they hear their resident possum thump its way through the roof to head outside usually just after dusk. Usually possums are nocturnal but rats are both nocturnal and diurnal. Rats are always omnivorous whereas possums are usually herbivores and opportunistic omnivores. On average we find between 3 7 days.

Is there a way to tell if it s a rat or possum without having to go up into the roof. Do you think you have possums within your home.