Pooh found in loft, can anyone identiy it pls?

[aquarian31]

Its definitely Ratty Poo !
I've had the problem in my attic a few times over the last 5 yrs and the guy from the council was quite clear about the little buggers...they can climb up walls,,up internal walls..you name they can do it...check if you got any dropping in the sewer manhole as that's a frequent access route apparently...though how they get out elsewhere is still a bloody mystery.
Strange how they always seem to turn up in winter, it seems the pest control guys thinks its because water tables are up and normal places of residence are washed out so they vacate to warmer climes !!
If you had bats, you'd see the roost marking ( scratches and faeces ) over the dropping zone and that's absent your on a safe bet with Ratty !

best cure...nice big block of rodent poison

[Kayleigh]

Although they are in the attic, (if they are rats and I think by the droppings they are) then poison is not the answer at worst they will go off and die somewhere and smell and rot in an inaccessible place or they will get out and poison something else or the poison will not work..
If it was me I would use a nipper trap with a chocolate button pressed on the spike so the rat cant remove the bait and in a day you will have a rat in it.

[Davehaq]

Hi. I have taken your advice and put traps down. I notice that the droppings are rock hard which I assume would suggest that they have been there for some time. I did manage to break the droppings down, there was an odour. Many thanks.