What if you have flying squirrels in your attic?

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It would be easy to confuse flying squirrels with bats. After all, they both live quite high up, using tree branches to get to the upper levels of your home, primarily the roof or attic. Both bats and flying squirrels come out at sunset, ready to look for food. They come back home at sunrise, ready to sleep the day away. They are both relatively quiet throughout the day, flapping, rustling, and flying during the night. That's when you're more likely to hear them, because everything else around you will be much quieter than it is during the day. If it was perfectly quiet during the day, you may even hear a few of them scurrying about during the day too, but only minimal movements.



Just like other rodents, such as rats and mice, the flying squirrel is very well known for its chewing activity, and this is another thing you are likely to hear when everything else is quiet at night. You are also likely to see this damage too, with tiny teeth marks in wood, cardboard boxes, your old clothes in bags, and plenty of other spots. This can cause actual structural foundation, especially if the problem has been left ongoing over a longer period of time. You will also find that more animals will result in more damage too.

As well as chewing on wooden foundations and structures, as well as your personal belongings, flying squirrels will think nothing of chewing through electrical wires, and this can actual pose a fire hazard. The insulation material of your attic is flammable, and it takes just one spark from exposed wire for the whole thing to end in disaster. Homeowners do not go up into their attic frequently enough to check it out, and if you haven't been in yours for a while, we would highly recommend that you check it out.

One final thing that you may want to keep your nose open for (literally) is the smell. Again, the more animals you have, the more this stench is going to kick up. If you only have one flying squirrel living up in your attic, it's going to be a while before you start to pick up on the scent of a mystery creature living in your home.

For more information, you may want to click on one of these guides that I wrote:
How much does squirrel removal cost? - get the lowdown on prices.
How to get rid of flying squirrels - my main squirrel removal info guide.
Example squirrel trapping photographs - get do-it-yourself ideas.
Squirrel job blog - learn from great examples of squirrel jobs I've done.
Squirrels in the attic - what to do to solve the problem.