Mice Above Ceiling Tiles

Our basement is finished with jyp rock tiles on ceiling and we can hear at times especially at night mice scurrying above.

Mice above ceiling tiles.

Drop ceiling with tiles. Sounds like you may be correct and have mice running around the ceiling of your home. On the stepladder remove the tiles in the drop ceiling and using your flashlight find the traps. Mice are not highly intelligent and if food is around they ll go for it.

Set traps inside a void between ceiling. With most rodent infestation it is highly recommended that any soiled areas be thoroughly cleaned or removed. Set traps inside any drop ceilings and at points like plumbing and heating penetrations where mice can exit the ceiling in the same way as in step 2. And in the right we see a dead rat removed from a ceiling.

There are some special considerations in some ceiling cases however. Obviously you can t walk around in a drop ceiling the way you can in an attic. Often upon inspection we uncover mice droppings in the basement areas on storage shelves behind large pieces of furniture under couch cushions and above ceiling tiles. We live in a town house approx.

What can we do. Mouse or rat droppings in ceiling tiles care should be taken when you find rat or mouse droppings above a ceiling tile. What can we do about the mice above the ceiling. In the above photo on the left side we see an example of a rat trapped in a drop ceiling at an office.