The Rodent Den

Over the past few months my apartment developed a mouse problem. Actually, I catch about 3 to 5 mice every day, so I think the word infestation is appropriate.

And it’s not just my apartment – tenants on multiple floors have mouse problems too.
Mice are expected during the winter but this summertime infestation was a mystery until today.
I have to show apartments as part of my caretaker duties. One of the apartments on the third floor will become available in two months so I keyed into it to make sure that the unit was clean enough to show.

This apartment sat empty for the past 8 months because the tenants decided to move to Michigan two months into their lease. They kept paying their rent, so this is the first time that I entered the apartment. I key into the apartment and the first thing I see is a kitchen floor caked in mouse shit and dead mice.

The apartment is trashed. There is furniture and random junk everywhere. Dirty dishes fill the sink, and there’s a giant bag of cat food just open on the kitchen floor.
The living room is worse. Rabbit food is everywhere. Mouse shit is everywhere too.
So the reason why my entire building was infested for the past few months is because these clowns left an unlimited supply of food out for the vermin in a vacant apartment.

Rodent infested apartment in Whittier.

I called the management company. They are livid. I’m pissed too. We can’t even clean the unit because they are still in the lease for two months.

I should take pictures and send them a post card…