Beasties Thunping In My Attic

[sbathon]

Every day I hear thumping from a critter in my attic. It sounds like a very large rat. I live in Sansai. Anyone know of a good exterminator ?

[MonsieurHulot]

Every day I hear thumping from a critter in my attic. It sounds like a very large rat.

Could well be a ghost.

[JuniorExPat]

Could also be a Tokay, bad-tempered biters when cornered but make a serious contribution towards pest (insect) control you may not want to exterminate without identifying the source of your ghostly thumps.

JxP

[Ricardo]

We have a few bats, and assorted birds, so would not be at all surprised to find a snake up there too !

Then again, being Chiang Mai, could it be an infestation of pandas ? !

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

Leave the snake alone, it will eat the rats and birds.

[bojo]

Put some rat glue down and thumping will stop

Regards Bojo

[H2oDunc]

As long as it stays in the roof space then just leave it. Chances are its a Tokay which will be keeping down the smaller bugs and nasties. If it was rats then they would scratch and scamper rather than thump. Just let be until it invades the living space

[NaiGreg]

Rats and snakes don't thump around. And they don't normally dwell in attics. Birds flutter around.

Bats do a lot of thumping.

Go outside and stare at the eaves of your house at dusk. You'll see the mass exodus at feeding time. When they return in the early morning they'll make a lot of noise getting settled back in.

No need for poisons. Best to block their return entrances while they are all out at night. Wait until the spring babies can fly (whenever that is, not sure.)

[anonymouse]

I'd go along with a tokay as well, rats normally run in packs and as someone else pointed out they scamper rather than thump.

Of course the outside bet is that maybe Thaksin Shinawatra parachuted into Chiang Mai and is living in your attic, planning his next dastardly move

[BOOKEMDANO]

Had a similar problem last week. Thumping and heavy movement made sleeping at night very frustrating, whatever it was, i wasn't intent on it staying. Turned out after i poked my head in the loft space (daytime of course) i discovered a mound of dropings, BATS !!

I called out batman the next day and they caught the little blighters in a net..

problem solved, thumping gone !!

Anupong

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