How are rats getting into my attic?

A mother rat cares for her babies for at least 3-4 weeks. At this point, you can start weaning the rats. If you'd like, you can keep them with their...

Definitely, just make sure that when you get home, you play with your rats. But leaving them alone together will be completely fine.

Set your baby rats on a heating pad, which you can set to 90° F (32.2° C). Unfortunately, baby rats won't survive if they get too cold.

Ideally, it's best to let the rat's mom take care of this. If the rat is a rescue, feed it either goat's milk or puppy milk (a variety of goat's...

If there's anything within 6 feet of your roof, rats can easily jump onto your roof. If there are any tree branches that are going in the area, trim them...

Make sure that the moisture has somewhere to escape through the roof, like a vent.

Talk to a contractor to be sure that your ceiling joists are sufficient to work as floor joists. The existing joists are most likely sized to be sufficient to hold...

You'll either need to replace the joists with larger ones, or you can do what's called sistering, where you add another joist at the location of the existing one. That...

If you have any power lines running to your house, prevent rats from travelling along them by installing a baffle. Also, clear out any piles of debris or clutter around...