Rats In Crawl Space
Rats in a crawl space.
Rats in crawl space. There may be gnaw marks rats will chew on many items including wood aluminum lead plastic and mortar. Controlling rodents do not store food in your crawl space rodents will chew through a wooden cabinet to get to food. Those rats are entering your home and crawl space somehow.
Loose bricks foundation cracks or damaged basement windows allow rats into crawl spaces. You have three options. There are 3 ways to catch rodents in a crawlspace.
Trap and remove the rats. That s right seal them up first even if there are many rats currently inside. Rats nesting in crawl spaces are a common problem.
Droppings gnaw marks and greasy smudges from their fur are signs of an infestation. The insulation may be ripped off of the staples or nails leaving it sagging at the nest site. There may be loose sagging insulation if your crawl has standard insulation you may find evidence of rats nesting behind it.
Seal up all the entry points. Snap traps live traps poison.