They chew away at insulation and can create fire hazards by gnawing through electrical wires.
Opossum in attic sounds.
Opossum sounds at night.
The pests are usually silent when they are alone so hearing opossums means that multiple animals are nearby.
The noise sounds similar to a human sneeze and the mother typically responds right away provided you haven t taken her out of the attic.
You can grab them carefully with a gloved hand and reunite them with your mother.
Sound will be your best hint that there are still baby possums in the attic as they will be calling out for their mother.
When possums live in the attic they cause the following problems.
Clicking and choo choo sounds coming from roofs and attics often mean that mothers and their babies have made their dens there.
In addition opossums can introduce ticks lice and fleas into the attic and the rest of the house.
Furthermore opossums are vectors for the following.
Noise while crawling around in the attic large droppings throughout the attic spread of pathogens and parasites in house baby opossums fall down walls from attic adult or baby possums die in attic and cause huge odor opossums cause.
If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or opossum engaged in jumping from one area of the attic to another actively shoving or destroying something or dragging something heavy.