I need help differentiating between mice scat and flying squirrel scat one of which lives in my attic.?

Answer 1

Flying Squirrel Scat is going to be larger than a grain of rice and will be less frequent (although still plenty of it) than mice scat. You can set live traps for either, I have trapped both animals before, just remember if you do set a trap and catch a flying squirrel it will release a very musky smell and when you open the trap it will shoot out of there like a bullet! If it is a mouse then you can tilt the trap vertically and you can open the trap without the mouse jumping out!

Answer 2

I don't know what squirrel scat looks like but I do know about mice. Mice scat is tiny little "turds" about 1/4 of an inch long and there should be lots of them. They are brown or black. I have mice at work, so I see the scat all the time. It kinda reminds me of dark brown rice. It is more prevalent close to the nest, but is usually everywhere. Good luck!