What Is Scratching Inside My Walls?

One of the most common calls we get starts with, “I know something is in my wall, but I have no idea what it is.”

Honestly, that is completely normal.

A house can make wildlife sound like it is in a totally different place than it actually is. Something moving through an attic can sound like it is directly behind your bedroom wall. An animal entering near the roofline can move into a wall cavity. Something coming from a crawl space can sometimes travel upward through parts of the structure.

So if you hear scratching but never actually see anything, that does not mean you are imagining it.

Squirrels are a common culprit during the day. Raccoons tend to make heavier noises and are usually more active at night. Bats can make lighter scratching or squeaking sounds. Chipmunks can cause problems closer to foundations and lower parts of the house.

But I would never tell someone exactly what animal they have based on one noise over the phone.

That is what the inspection is for.

The bigger question is how it got inside

This is the part people sometimes miss.

Even if you figure out what animal is making the noise, there is still an opening somewhere that allowed it into the house.

It could be a gap around a soffit, gable, fascia, roof transition, vent, foundation, crawl space or another part of the exterior that looks completely normal from the ground.

And wildlife does not need a giant cartoon-sized hole.

Some of the openings we find are surprisingly small.

Do not immediately seal the first hole you find

This is especially important if the animal may still be inside.

There can also be babies involved depending on the species and time of year. Closing an opening without knowing what is still inside can turn one wildlife problem into a much bigger one.

Our free inspection is meant to figure out:

What animal are we actually dealing with?

Where is it getting in?

Is anything still inside?

Could there be babies?

What removal method makes sense for that specific situation?

Then you actually know what you are dealing with instead of standing against the drywall at midnight trying to identify an animal by sound.

For wildlife problems in Lexington, Fayette County and surrounding Central Kentucky, call Trapperz Animal Removal at (859) 893-1304 to schedule a free inspection.