Please help :( Pest i.d.

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  1. NorthantsGeezer

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    Hi all, I have been woken up a few times around 5.45am by scratching noises in the loft/walls. I have just been up to investigate and found a cluster of white balls in the middle of a layer of insulation. Pics to follow.
    Does anyone know what might/mite be occuring?
    There is also a patch of insulation lifted near to the gutter edge. I am too scared to push it back down until I know what might be under it :yikes:
     
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    I think you might have furry little friends in your loft..... the reason I say is due to the weather being so wet. I have had field mice in, its amazing that they can squeeze in through a hole the size of a point of a pencil. Photo's will help and I am no expert :)
     
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    • Phil A

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      Sounds like Wendigos :yikes: Don't let em touch you or you'll go mad forever, look what happened to me :yikes:

      Could be mice though :sad:
       
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        You've just scared me..... and bear in mind NG they could turn you into a Scot :lunapic 130165696578242 5::lunapic 130165696578242 5:
         
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          That's why I was scared to go up there :biggrin:. I don't think it's a Wendigo. I think it is only a Chupacabra. Just going to download 2 pics to my pc :)
           
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            Hi NG,

            Now come on ...... Be a big brave soldier and go and have a look.

            :roflol:
             
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              I was very brave, and have the pics to prove it :)

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                Cavity Wall Insulation?
                 
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                  Look a bit like tarantula eggs to me, is there any webbing up in the loft?
                   
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                      I think @Apple Blossom is correct in saying wall insulation, but it has obviously been moved there :scratch:
                       
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                          Could be a friendly RAT!!

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