Noises In My Attic

Not sure if anyone can answer this for me but.....

I own my house and the house next door to me is privately owned too but has been empty for nearly 3 years as she is in a nursing home. Lately I`ve been hearing odd noises when I`m in bed, the noises seem to be either in my attic or in my walls so I`m now thinking is it mice. The last couple of nights the noises have been so loud that it`s woken me up and my son has now heard them for himself so he know`s i`m not going mad. The noise is like a rustling sort of scratching noise?

I`m worried that it could be mice in the house next door or even worse those bigger than mice things that have long tails and being with R. Would the council come out and be able to check the house out? I really don`t know how to go about it but if there was a water leak or something then surely they`d have to force an entry?

Somebody suggested it could be birds in my attic but I really can`t see how they`d get in there... I`m too scared to look myself in case there really is those things with R up there or zombies or something!

Is there any Starlings flying around outside? if the answer is yes then that will be what your hearing, starlings and sparrows nest in our house every year they just fly in through the gaps between tiles and soffit.

I would say it will be unusual for it to be rats as if the house is empty next door then there will be very little food etc.

Not sure about the council due to both homes being privately owned i would have thought you would need to pay to have someone come take a look

mick

Yep somebody else did suggest birds so it could be that and your point about there being no food next door is a good one (unless she hasn`t actually gone into a nursing home and they`re feeding on her remains!!!)

My son will go up in the attic tomorrow and see if he can see any birds nests or anything. If I know it`s birds then I`ll probably be able to settle. I`m sure a bat flew over my head the other night, hope it`s not them up there!

Most councils have a good pest control service who will usually come out for a look at no charge - ours certainly does and they see (and smell) things that you (and I ) don;t notice.

When we had a strage smell in our cellar last year which I thought was the drains the guy from the council turned up and said immediately that there was a rat or a pigeon dead in the brickwork somewhere and that was causing the smell - no charge.

So my advice is if there is something there get em out pdq because the smell is bl**dy awful for a couple of weeks if they die in there

Yikes!!!! but would the council come out to look at the house when there`s nobody living in it? do they have the right to force an entry?

[Spiderman]

Water and gas have rights to force entry but no law for RSPB or whatever as far as i know.
its gonna be birds i'd say too.

Do you mean rats btw? I saw a yout tube vid of some guy with a Giant Rat...and i mean giant, i thought ti was a big beaver first...till i saw its teeth!!!

It could be squirrels. If so they can only be removed if caught and killed before leaving the premises!

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Water and gas have rights to force entry but no law for RSPB or whatever as far as i know.
its gonna be birds i'd say too.

Do you mean rats btw? I saw a yout tube vid of some guy with a Giant Rat...and i mean giant, i thought ti was a big beaver first...till i saw its teeth!!!

DON`T SAY THE R WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the_lone_wolf]

When there's something strange...

In the neighbourhood...

Who you gonna call?

Originally Posted by littleperson

It could be squirrels. If so they can only be removed if caught and killed before leaving the premises!

Doubt it`s squirrels... there`s a few tree`s nearby but i`ve never noticed any and the tree that was in my garden has now been cut down.

Thank god really cos I couldn`t kill one!!