by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Back away, keep children and pets out of the garage, and leave the big door open so the snake has a clear way out. Do not try to grab it, sweep it out or kill it. Watch from a safe distance so you can tell Michael where it went, then call Cypress Critters & Pests...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Look at the droppings, where you hear the noise and what is getting chewed. Roof rat droppings are about half an inch long with pointed ends; mouse droppings are much smaller, about the size of a grain of rice. Roof rats travel high, in the attic, along the tops of...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Spring is when raccoons and squirrels raise their young in attics around Houston, and the order of the work matters more than anything else. If the hole gets sealed or the mother gets trapped first, the babies are left behind. The mother tears a new hole to get back...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Noise in the attic at night is most often roof rats or mice. The next most likely answer is a raccoon. Rats and mice make light, quick scratching and running that starts after dark. A raccoon is heavier: thumps, slow walking and sometimes chattering if young are up...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
The time of day is your strongest clue. Scratching inside the walls in the morning and late afternoon is usually squirrels, because they sleep at night. Scratching that starts after dark and runs until dawn is almost always roof rats or mice. A raccoon is too big to...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Do not light a fire, do not try to smoke it out, and keep the damper and the fireplace doors shut so it cannot come down into the room. A raccoon in a chimney is very often a mother with young sitting on the smoke shelf above the damper, and she will not leave them....
