Today, after living in my new apartment for barely three weeks, I found mice living under my dishwasher. When I brought it up to the managers, they said I'd have to pay for an exterminator myself since they weren't there when they cleaned. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that I have mice because my landlady got rid of the community cats that were keeping them outside, and apparently my cats aren't taking care of them. I found out when I turned on my oven and my apartment was filled with an awful smell that turned out to be burning mouse crap. FML
Today, my boyfriend finally moved in with me, after being long distance for months. Our apartment just became infested with mice. FML
Today, I hired an exterminator to get the roaches out of the house I'm renting. I came back from work and went to my bathroom, noticing that he used the plunger to unclog the toilet after he took a dump. After $150, there was shit all over my floor and plunger, and roaches still in my kitchen. FML
Today, I found out that the horrific smell coming from somewhere in my kitchen was a rotting dead mouse that somehow got stuck in my dishwasher. I have been eating off plates washed in dead mouse water for the past week. FML
Today, I called the landlord about the mouse I keep seeing in my kitchen. He wasted no time accusing me of keeping it as a pet, and went off on me about his "No Pets" policy. FML
Today, I finally put away two weeks worth of clean laundry, only to get to the bottom of the pile and find mice droppings. I now have to wash my whole wardrobe, bed linen, and towels with disinfectant (On top of sanitising my furniture and floors). FML
Today, I found out that both of my cats are afraid of mice. So far I've seen them run and hide from 3 different mice who've recently invaded my apartment. FML
Today, I found a mouse nest. In my glovebox. Made out of the $450 in rent money I was going to give my roommate that I had stored in there earlier for safe keeping. FML
Today, I was cleaning my room when I found a nice surprise from my cat. While I was on vacation, she killed a mouse. By the time I found it, there were maggots crawling in my carpet. FML
Today, an exterminator sprayed for cockroaches in my dorm room. After classes I got back to find three large cockroaches on top of my bed. Now that the exterminator has sprayed everything, all the cockroaches are coming out. FML
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th3m3l33r 10
Check your lease. It should cover this situation. If not, call the organization that owns the apartments. The managers are rarely the top dogs.
Babysheegoth17 8
That's not very mice of them to do that to you
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Comments (55)
Grisha_fml 18
I'm a land lord, that's not how it works. The landlord pays for the exterminator regardless who infects the building
MonstreBelle 29
You can report your landlord to the local health department. Mice are considered a health hazard and your landlord can be fined for the health code violation. Start taking detailed notes, including details about the violation, any conversations you have with your landlord, your landlord response to the problem, any conversations with neighbors if they also have mice. The health department can use those notes as evidence of a health code violation.
LPisLame 16
Smh. douche bags.
wordygirl 11
I call, "bullshit." You know good and well they didn't pull the dishwasher out to look for vermin before you moved in. It's not like you brought the mice with you in your suitcase! Tell them a baby mouse is grown in three weeks! You tell them they are full of shit! Oh that makes me mad!
teacupofsunshine 29
If your landlord is already being difficult good luck op hope you don't run into much more problems.
MitiMiki 16
It looks like that if you have been there for less than 30 days, then it is the landlords responsibility. After that, you are on your own. See NRS118A.290.
revolvearoundme 15
You could pay an exterminator, or you could go to the store by like 4 of those wood spring traps for like $5 or less, put a little peanut butter ( i didn't even do that mine were supposedly cheese scented but it didn't attract them) on them, then put them trigger side against the wall someplace you won't step. Mice run along the wall so they'll just right across it. if the mouse is nasty toss the whole trap if you want, they're dirt cheap and effective. Sometimes they even have 4 pack at the dollar store here.
Yuso_Yagari 9
If they allow it and you aren't allergic try getting a cat. We have a dog for about 1 and a half years and we had a rat problem. A month ago we got a kitten and we're move free
Yuso_Yagari 9
Mice*
LucasKerr 12
All I can suggest is to call the actual apartment owner and take it up with him personally because honestly all apartments I feel should have to handle that problem not the trenants.