16 Places Where Rats Can Hide Secretly in Your House

Places where rats can hide

Rats are like permanent companions of human beings as they go with us wherever we go,whether wanted or unwanted. We have no choice but, anyhow they will go along us. All this is because human existence is a big boon for them because we carry loads and loads of food along with us, wherever we go. And this is gonna be the most favorite thing for rats - there sole need for existence.

So what to do? Here we will talk in depth about all possible hideouts for rats:

Indoor Hideouts:

You are watching rats running all around your house and fed up of their fecal matter lying all around your home. Still you are helpless and find it very difficult to identify their place of colonization, then consider this; all places, which are undisturbed from human interference, from a long time are very prone to them :

Higher Location Hideouts:

Many of the Rat species like Black rats and Roof rats like to make their residence much above the ground level. You may find them residing in the top floors of tall building structures (Some black rats were even found in the top floor of the Empire State Building) or attics of the two-floor houses.

Furniture Backyard :

They like to hang out in packed and narrow spaces such as the back of closets, cabinets and bath tubs.

Study Table/makeup Table Clutter :

Cluttered study tables that have piles of cardboard boxes and used papers (good shelter sites) can be the primary source of rodent/rats problems, especially if you store snack food bundles in their desk drawers. Makeup table drawers are also a favorite place for them.

Attics :

Attics

Like other rodents, rats will be quick to set up their own home in your household – in the least populated areas like the attic and wall ceilings. If for once they colonize the area, it would be very difficult to remove their fraternity, unless you employ very powerful pest control methods.

Garages :

Garages are one of the most cozy places for rats as they are not properly looked after and seldom cleaned. The unparalleled and best suited entry point for rodents into a garage is at the garage door end. The stripped seal for rain protection generally does not extend to the end, leaving a small gap, enough for rats to enter.

Basements:
The biggest source of rats in a house is generally its basement. Loads of unused and unwanted things are squeezed into the basement, left for rats to ponder on them freely. To get rid of annoying rats in the basement, you need to find the hole or hollow from where they came in. Now cement and shut it down permanently.

Sidelines of Main Gates or Outhouses: As we know rats are very good at underground burrowing. Many rats make their burrows right next to main house entrance and gates of outside guest houses. Some of them reside in small openings below homes.

Wall cavities:

Rats can come through cracked drainage/sewer pipes and will crawl up through the cavity in the middle of the walls. Cavity walls are a good place for there hideout.

Outdoor Hideouts:

Thick Vegetation Areas:

Weeds (in the Lawn) :

Weed plants generally proves to be a very good hideout for rats. Tall weeds help them to wrap up between them and also eat them up as their primary food. So weed habitation areas are like a safe heaven for them and suitable for their colonial existence and reproduction.

Tall Bushes and Wines (in the backyard):

Rats are very smart animals. They are constantly exploring and learning about their environment, and they adapt quickly to change. Tall grasses and bushes in the background yard are very good hideout for them. Because they are experts at hiding, you may not see rats in the garden, but it does not mean that they are not present there.

Debris Accumulation:

Garbage :

Excessive garbage and debris gives rats a place to hide. Some of the burrows they inhabit are as below as 1.5 foots in the dirt, garbage and debris amalgam.

Leaves :

Leaves

Rats generally dig a hole in the clutter and hides under dried leaves. Every possible heap of debris including leaves and figs gives them a place to isolate in peace from the outside world.

Clutter of Waste Material:

Bricks, Woods and Rocks:

Rocks

Piles of bricks, wood, stones and other building materials debris provide hiding places and nest shelter for rats. If these materials are huddled close to the building's establishment, rats will find their way inside the building.

Outside Sheds :

Outside sheds that are filled with clutter can easily become home to rodents. Sheds are often filled with bird and pet facets, seeds, rotten vegetables and edible stuff and cramped cans which all provide very good food reserve for the rats.

Discarded Appliances and other waste material :

Discarded Appliances

Some people have a habit of collecting used, outdated and discarded appliances plus other dump machines. They just don't want to loose their favorite stuff even if they are now completely defunct. All of them are allowed lying in heap form in a secluded room. What they don't realize is that it becomes a breeding place for the rodents. This clutter also provides food for rats and mice if it includes empty food containers or dirty food utensils. It is our request that please get rid of all your dear-but-now-deceased stuff as soon as possible.

These are some of the major hideouts for rats and other rodents. So what we can do, to remove them from households and nearby areas, is to use various natural pest control methods like anti rodent treatment bait repair all leaking drainages, holes and all kinds of cavities which helps rats to get in the house. Also, doesn't allow heaps of anything to stay unchecked for weeks and last but not the least, keep your house neat and clean. Happy rat catching guys!