Do I Have A Snake In Attic

This type of snake isn t venomous but many people don t like the idea of snakes living in their attic.

Do i have a snake in attic.

Snakes climbing into attics is such a common problem that pest removal services regularly encounter it. Yes snakes actually do sometimes live in attics. I have seen it numerouse times and i have found several snake skins inside attics while performing wildlife inspections. In pretty much every case the snake in your attic is a type of rat snake and it has entered the attic because it smelled rats or mice up there.

When baby snakes are born in an attic then they will move through the house and they will be everywhere. Yes sometimes snakes do get in the attic. The snakes that do so are of course climbing snakes such as this yellow rat snake that i caught out of an attic. Snakes will occupy a home for several reasons food and shelter are the main reason and food being the reason the snakes is there.

And baby snakes if born in the attic will get everywhere. Also make sure any gaps are sealed to help stop this problem. Climbing snakes are usually lured into attics by the smell of rats so making sure there is no reason for a snake to want to climb into your attic is essential. These snakes can climb near vertical surfaces and are extremely strong.

Snakes that live in the attics are usually the climbing snakes such as the yellow rat snake. However running in this case isn t going to help you. There may be a snake in the attic portion of your home and building for a very long time and you wouldn t even know it most homeowners discover they have a snake in the attic by finding a shed skin which the rat snake leave behind as it grows. There is one main reason that snakes will be found in an attic and that is that they are being drawn there by a good food source and in the majority of cases this will mean that there are rats up in the attic along with the snakes.

The snakes may not be venomous but few people will like the idea of having a snake living in the attic. The most common snakes we encounter in a attic ceiling or roof area is the gray rat snake milksnake and cornsnake. Snakes tend to live in places that are enclosed or in a place they can find food.