That would pretty much depend on the Kissimmee rodent, is it a female, is it alone and what time of year is it, it is late in the fall then probably not, if the animal either hibernates or spends all of its winter in its nest living off stashed food supplies, which is what squirrels do, then highly doubtful if it has any babies close by. If on the other hand it is either early spring through to early summer and the animal is alone and an adult then it is almost odds-on that it is a female who is pregnant and looking for a place to have her babies and for them to grow safely.



To her your attic/roof space looks heaven sent, it has practically everything she could hope for in a nesting site, it is warm, it is dark, it is dry and it has more nesting materials than she's ever seen before, all that roof insulation you spent a fortune on to keep the house warm she thinks is just for her to build the best out of. Once she's found her way into your roof you have a limited amount of time to discourage her and drive her out before it is too late, once she gives birth is going to be very hard to remove her unless you can remove all of the babies as well and if they are helpless still you'll probably wind up either having to care for them yourself if you cannot find a Florida wildlife rehabilitator to do it or having to euthanize them yourself, though this can be done by handing them over to your local wildlife control.

You almost assuredly have to either exclude the female before she has the babies or wait until the babies are old enough to go with mom when she leaves your roof to forage so depending on the species you could have a female Kissimmee rodent with a litter of young in your roof from anywhere from three weeks to six weeks depending on the species.

Things you should know can happen if you allow the female to raise her litter in your attic, the first is once the babies become mobile they may fall down the spaces in the walls and be unable to get out again, to get them out you will be cutting holes in your walls as that is the only way. The other downside to having a litter of young in your attic is as they grow older they become more boisterous, fight more and generally just make a lot more noise which if they are a nocturnal species, like raccoons, means a lot less sleep for you and your family. As well if you have pets they will spend a lot of their time staring up at the roof as the Kissimmee rodents grow, they can both smell them and hear them even if you can't.

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