Mum's flat 'destroyed' by mice that eat her underwear leave droppings in bed
A pregnant mother has claimed that her flat has been infested by mice who nibble on her underwear and bite her daughter's feet.
Jessica Fisher said she's now discovered 13 dead mice around her home, including one that was decomposing in her daughter's room.
She said they have "absolutely destroyed" the flat and left droppings on her young daughter's bed and toys.
The 22-year-old, who is 35 weeks pregnant, was told by a neighbour several months ago that mice had invaded her apartment block in Sussex Court, Grimsby.
The mum-of-one was then left horrified when she started hearing scratching sounds coming from inside her walls.
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Since then, she said the mice have destroyed her daughter's toys, nibbled on her clothes and left holes in the walls and skirting boards.
She found one mouse decomposing in her daughter's room (Grimsby Telegraph / MEN Media)
The rodents have left droppings on clothes and toys (Grimsby Telegraph / MEN Media)She told GrimsbyLive: "I started hearing them inside my flat scurrying about. I wouldn't say I was scared but it creeped me out a little bit. It's been a good few months now since I started hearing them."
Jessica immediately contacted her housing provider, Lincolnshire Housing Partnership (LHP), who sent a pest control worker to the property, but she said the issue has got worse.
She continued: "They sent someone from Pest Control to put down some mouse/rat poison boxes, but it was only a session of three weeks, so now the boxes have all been taken out and it's just getting worse.
"I've seen 13 dead mice around my flat. There were about five in my daughter's room and there was one in my daughter's tent that was decomposing.
"The smell of it was awful, just walking into a room made everyone heave. I've found two in my bedroom, two in my front room, and one was underneath my fridge the other day. They're everywhere."
Jessica has had to rely on her mum and brother to get rid of the dead mice because she's concerned about them being a health hazard while she's pregnant, and doesn't want her daughter to pick them up.
She's also had to get rid of some of her daughter's toys because of them.
"It upsets me to be honest because a lot of my daughter's toys have been destroyed. They've been nibbled or they've been that badly pooed on that I've had to throw them away," she said.
"My clothes have been nibbled, even my underwear has been nibbled and I've had to throw them out. They've absolutely ruined my flat, there are just holes everywhere".
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She even thinks that the animals have been biting her daughter's feet after she woke up with marks on them.
"It was like flaky skin that was coming off, but her feet are always so cosy and warm in her bed so there's no reason for her skin to be chapped. It wasn't long ago that I found droppings in her bed, so I put two and two together and realised it was the mice nibbling at her feet.
"She's woken up before and screamed so I don't know whether a mouse has been in her bed or touched her," she explained.
Jessica has requested LHP to move her because of the situation - which she said she's reported on "numerous occasions".
But she claimed that they've told her they're unable to do anything right now and she needed to wait for pest control.
She's found 13 dead mice (Grimsby Telegraph / MEN Media)
They've left holes in the walls (Grimsby Telegraph / MEN Media)"All they do is come and assess your flat and just tell you the best way to go about things, but it's not like I can catch the mice because they're so fast," she said.
Lesley Smith-Robinson, who lives in the same apartment block, said her flat also has an infestation of mice.
The 41-year-old claimed that the rodents have been scratching her six-month-old daughter's face.
She told GrimsbyLive: "My baby went to bed and she was perfectly fine, but when she woke up she had two scratches on her face...I looked and there were mouse droppings in her cot. It's absolutely disgusting".
The mum-of-four said she has been on the phone to LHP "nearly every day" but feels nothing is being done to solve the problem.
A spokesperson for LHP told GrimsbyLive that a member of their repairs team has been to the property to "block any access points that mice may have in the communal areas of the building" and that pest control has attended properties where residents have reported mice.
It said it was a "responsible social landlord" which "takes the health and wellbeing of customers seriously" and that it was investigating the issues.
The spokesperson added: “This week, a member of our Housing Team will be attending the block of flats alongside pest control experts. We will speak to all residents and inform them of an overarching treatment plan for the communal areas."
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