Moments before I was about to take Suzie’s advice, which was to order coyote urine on the internet and spray it in the attic to discourage squirrels from partying there, I invited a nice man with an extermination company to take a look in the attic.   This is what he found.  Roof rats.  Lots of them. 

When I asked him how big they were, and his hands spanned wider than a foot, I said, “Excuse me, I think I’m gonna be sick.”  Then, my thoughts wandered to just how they get all that urine out of coyotes, and I was okay again.

I happen to know many of you have excellent rodent stories we’ll all enjoy!