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If your cabin is heated with hot water heating, a ticking noise at regular intervals will often be due to the heating pipes expanding and rubbing against the wall studs, floor joists or floor as they heat up and get longer or cool down and get shorter.

When water pipes are rubbing against something, they expand and contract, with "earthquake-type" movement, where the stress builds up until the pipe moves, and you hear a "tick", and the pipe goes silent as the stress builds up again and you hear another "tick" as the pipe moves and rubs against what ever it's rubbing on.

However, that kinda ticking wouldn't stop if you were to yell out or make a loud noise.

I would get some old clothes on and get under your house with a flashlight to see if you can find anything under there. If not, beg borrow or steal an electric heater and turn off the heating system in your house for one night and see if the noise stops.