I Found Where an Animal Is Getting Into My House. Should I Seal the Hole Right Now?

Finding the hole feels like winning.

You have been listening to something run around above your ceiling for a week, and finally you spot an opening outside.

Your first instinct is completely reasonable:

Seal it.

I would just make sure you know what is happening inside first.

Is the animal currently inside?

That is question number one.

Because if it is, congratulations, you just locked it into your house.

Then it may start searching for another way out.

That can mean additional damage or an animal moving deeper into the structure.

Could there be babies?

That is question number two.

This matters with multiple wildlife species.

If the mother is outside and babies are still inside, sealing the opening creates a very different situation.

If the mother is inside and you block her normal exit, same problem.

Is that actually the only opening?

Question number three.

Sometimes homeowners find one obvious hole and assume that is the entire issue.

Then we inspect and find several vulnerable areas.

That does not mean every tiny gap currently has an animal using it.

It means the house needs to be evaluated as a whole before assuming one patch solves everything.

What should I do?

This is the exact situation where a free inspection makes sense.

You already did half the detective work.

Show us what you found.

We can inspect the rest of the structure, determine what wildlife appears to be involved and decide what removal approach makes sense before anything gets permanently closed.

For homeowners in Richmond, Madison County, Berea and the greater Lexington service area, call (859) 893-1304.