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Old 08-05-2025, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by spinner1001 View Post
Rodents do not need a big hole. They can enter an attic with much smaller holes that one can imagine. Plenty of information on the web if you want to check it out.

As someone said, tall trees and bushes close to the roof are a common way to get onto a roof. Rats will even jump from a nearby higher tree branch onto a lower roof. From someone who has had the experience (not in The Villages).
They got to have path to enter a hole has to be chewed unless got 1900 house. I lived in country and always seen entry point. Hole size of silver dollar big enough entry hole to see. Most rodents other than mouse has to chew hole to get in if house in good condition. Most holes are chewed by squirrels which would be man hole size.