When animals live in your attic they always defecate and urinate and they may leave a big mess behind.
Attic animals droppings.
If you hear something in the attic if you smell something odd or if there s discoloration on the drywall.
Unfortunately these are wild animals and they don t know the difference between inside and outside the home in regard to defecating and urinating.
The droppings and urine can act as a vector for disease such as leptospirosis salmonella infection raccoon roundworm hookworm cryptosporidiosis and more.
Opossum droppings in the attic are very abundant when they live up there but that s not as common as with raccoons or rats.
Animal droppings in the home are a sign that you have some sort of uninvited wildlife getting into your home and it must be addressed immediately.
Also nesting material is the most common with squirrels in the attic.