How Do I Know if Squirrels are in My Attic?
Tip for Akron / Canton / Kent Homeowners with Squirrel Problems
Snow and below 20 degrees in mid November…just great…not!
Unless, of course, you are local homeowner wondering whether the noises you’ve been hearing in your attic or on your roof are indicative of a squirrel problem.
If you think you have a squirrel problem, now is the time to use what Mother Nature gives you…an early snowfall… to help you figure things out.
Snow Tells A Story
We’ve posted before about the value of using a game camera on the roof to gather information on squirrels, raccoons, and other nuisance wildlife. They are helpful for sure, but not entirely necessary with the conditions we’re currently experiencing in the Akron, Canton, Kent OH area.
All you need to do is bundle up real tight and go read the snow!
Our tip today is to use a very recent snow as a game camera of sorts. With some close observation you can confirm or bust a suspicion that a squirrel has moved into your home as a winter residence.
Take, for instance, this home on my dog walking route. Last evening there was no snow. Today there was fresh fluffy snow about three inches deep all over the roof—perfect tracking snow.
As you can hopefully see, there are squirrel tracks all over the roof. Most of them lead to the tree the squirrels use to get up and down from the roof. But one set goes up to a suspected entrance into a house. This is the area you want to take a closer look at.
To distinguish squirrel tracks in the snow, just watch one in your backyard. They’ll usually travel over 3 inches of snow in hops. See this pattern made by a squirrel a few times and you won’t forget it.
The hops are a little difficult to see in the pictures, but the black stars follow the hops of a squirrel as it goes towards its nest entrance.
As the hops go to the edge of the house, they disappear and the snow on the roof edge is tamped down. The squirrel goes to this edge, gets down under this eave, and has an entrance where the two roofs come together.
If this is the area where you have heard the potential squirrel noises, you now have visual proof that a squirrel comes and goes from that area.
If you find the same evidence a second or third time, this is pretty convincing visual evidence that you have a squirrel problem.
Help with Canton / Kent / Akron Squirrel Removal
If you suspect a squirrel problem, do a little snow squirrel tracking, and then think you have confirmed the need for squirrel removal, give Frontline Animal Removal a call.
The only thing you want to hear in your attic this time of year is your spouse “hiding” that Christmas gift you’ve dropped so many hints about this year.
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