It’s not a big surprise that roof rats are typically found in elevated areas. It is right there in their name! They are also called black rats, ship rats and house rats. The tendency to be up high makes them hard to get to. They may be in attics, drop ceilings, high wall voids and almost any other off-ground location. Those locations aren’t easy to inspect and can be even harder to implement control methods. According to last year’s PCT State of the Rodent Control Market survey, respondents said roof rats made up 31 percent of their location’s rodent service calls. The vast majority (98 percent) of those were located in the West or South.