Listen for the scratching sounds of tiny feet.
Do mice make noise in the attic.
Inspect your attic for tunnelling especially if your house has blown in insulation.
Your cavity walls are the ideal place for mice to use as routes through your home.
Scurrying and scratching noises especially in your walls and in your attic are usually the first sign you have mice in your home.
Mice are fearful so if they can hide their whereabouts they will do so especially when they hear you coming.
If you don t hear sounds indicating mice in the attic that doesn t mean they aren t there.
Almost everyone has micein their attic and at some time will hear mouse noises in the attic.
This is the noise you ll hear.
Mice like to travel in dark confined spaces so they can avoid predators.
The most common noise mice make in the attic is a very light scratching noise.
When they re being quiet as a mouse they don t make much noise.
Identify the noise of mice in the attic.
If mice find a pathway that does not go by your bedroom you may never hear them.
The problem identifying what may be causing this scratching noise is that it happens mostly in the night when the whole house is very quiet.
Mice often tunnel in materials like this and can even get behind fiberglass insulation in order to keep them warm while they are nesting.