You may hear them scurrying around at night running from one part of the ceiling to the other.
Rats in ceiling and walls.
Best part is they leave the nest your house to find water.
Rats commonly live in the ceiling.
If you hear rats high up in the ceiling it is probably the roof rat black rat as opposed to the norway rat brown rat.
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The rats take them back to their nest have a feast then get seriously ill over the next few days.
Go to bunnings and get some of those blue wax rat bait blocks.
Like rats in the walls this is a case in which you can t easily set traps.
You can put them in travel paths toss them in to ceilings or drop them down walls.
If you have rats in the ceiling walls or attic of your apartment you may find evidence of this behavior.
Nonetheless there are several indications that rats may have set up camp in your house including.
Squeaking or scurrying sounds in the walls.
Norway rats are larger and bulkier that roof rats and like to build nests in lower lying areas such as basements or walls on the ground floor or underground.
Running or soft footstep sounds.
Scuttling about inside the ceiling or in the walls.
You have to set traps in other areas that you do have access to such as in the attic or at the rat points of entry and exit into the house.
Both rats and mice need to gnaw on hard items to control the growth of their teeth.
If a rat dies in a ceiling area and there is no access to an attic space above it then i have to cut a hole in the ceiling to.