Shrewsbury mother plagued by rats and left waiting over a week for pest control
A mother of two says she has been left with rats scurrying around her home for nearly two weeks after asking her housing association for help.
The woman, who lives at New Park Road in Castlefields, Shrewsbury, said she had counted 12 or more rats in the house in the past two weeks – with her faithful cat doing its bit by catching a host of the disease-carrying rodents.
The woman, 43, said she had raised the issue with her housing provider, Severnside Housing, who had attended her home on Tuesday last week, followed by a pest control company the day after.
But, a week on and no action had been taken to help eradicate the problem – prompting her to contact the Shropshire Star.
The woman said the rats had been helping themselves to the children's snacks in a kitchen cupboard, and she had initially been blaming her youngsters before realising rodents were responsible.
She said: "They was getting into the snack cupboard where I keep all the kids' lunch stuff.
