If you have a colony of these creatures in your attic you ll want to act fast.
Round droppings in attic.
It is an overall cylindrical shape featuring round edges.
The place where you find droppings can help distinguish between kinds of pests.
Most likely bat guano.
Their droppings can cause structural damage create a bad odor and even grow fungus which can cause respiratory problems.
Squirrel droppings are quite tiny less than 8mm in diameter and about 1cm long oval shaped with rounded tips and slightly bulged in the middle.
You are probably looking at mouse poop or rat feces.
Their waste looks and smells different than that of other animals and is typically 3 8 of an inch in length with a diameter of up to 8 millimeters.
How to get rid of mouse droppings in the attic the best approach is a full cleanup with either vacuuming of feces or insulation removal and fogging of the attic with a special enzyme cleaner.
Squirrel poop will often be found in clusters that is if you can find them at all.
However as with many creatures there s a benefit of having them near but not in your home.
The precise look of droppings can distinguish one animal from another when factors like location are no help.
Rat droppings are usually going to be found in larger places such as behind storage shelves along the wall of a garage or shed in attic spaces underneath kitchen appliances and behind stored boxes.
In the bottom rafters of your attic.
Droppings left by other pests.
The pieces start out with a dark brown color which lightens in tone as they age.
Smaller is mouse larger is rat or squirrel.