However as with many creatures there s a benefit of having them near but not in your home.
Round droppings in attic.
Under or in your kitchen cabinets.
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.
Most likely bat guano.
Squirrel poop will often be found in clusters that is if you can find them at all.
Since squirrels are among the most common animals to take up residence in your attic you will want to know what their droppings look like.
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.
Droppings left by other pests.
Smaller is mouse larger is rat or squirrel.
The place where you find droppings can help distinguish between kinds of pests.
The pieces start out with a dark brown color which lightens in tone as they age.
In the bottom rafters of your attic.
Their droppings can cause structural damage create a bad odor and even grow fungus which can cause respiratory problems.
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.
It is an overall cylindrical shape featuring round edges.
To identify the rodent feces in your attic the best bet is to look at the size.