Linda Gipp keeps a running tally on her refrigerator, and as of this week the count stood at 42 mice caught and killed inside her Bridgeview apartment in Chester over the past eight months. The infestation has cost her sleep, money and peace of mind, she says, and despite repeated extermination efforts, the mice keep coming.
“I’ve got 42 as of today,” Gipp said, according to NBC Philadelphia, which reported that she lives at Bridgeview, a property managed by the Delaware County Housing Authority. Gipp says the problem has persisted since at least February, and that it has taken a toll on her finances, her sleep and her overall peace of mind.
Traps, Droppings and Sleepless Nights
Gipp has set up dozens of traps throughout her apartment and documents each catch with photos and that refrigerator tally, the station’s report shows. She says she has spent hundreds of dollars trying to keep the rodents away, with little lasting success.
The toll has gone beyond her wallet. Gipp said she has gone to her sister’s home on weekends just to get some rest, because the mice squealed at night and their droppings turned up on her own bed. Pointing to one spot in her apartment, she described finding a mouse there just that morning, adding, “This is where I found the one this morning, right there. See, I got traps lining it so they can’t get in or out.”
Management Promised Treatment Back in March
Bridgeview’s management first notified residents of the problem in a letter dated March 30, telling tenants the building had a mice infestation and that pest-control treatments would begin in April, per the same NBC10 account. More than seven months later, Gipp says she is still catching mice inside her home, and she has questioned whether the infestation is confined to her unit or affects the whole building…