I live in Government housing unfortunately, and the place is literally infested with mice!!, the infestation I reported several months ago and all they did was come in with a few glue traps and left. Now, the mice are more fested and chewing through my electrical wires for my TV, internet modem, etc!! this is going to cost me to replace!.Is the building liable for my damages, despite this being government housing that is subsidized, here in Ontario Canada?.What action can I take, I don't want to loose my housing and make anyone angry but I am getting serious damages to my wires from the mice!.
We've had very costly damage caused by mice (or maybe voles - they didn't confess). They liked to chew off the wires right at the O2 sensors, leaving them too short to splice. More recently a wiring harness on our Prius was chewed through and cost a tow and a couple of hundred dollars to fix.
Gmnt housing? No, they will not pay. Mice are terribly hard to get rid of. I was a professional exterminator for 25 years- here is what to do- and it's not going to be easy. You must purchase several - like twenty, plastic mouse traps- do not try the wooden ones- mice figure them out- Start with like ten traps first. Use peanut butter as bait. Dispose of the dead mice immediately. Place these traps everywhere you have electrical cords (They are probably already eating the wiring on your car in the parking lot (if you have one- talk about expensive!) You will not be able to stop these mice, there are jsut too many of them. The reason they are chewing electrical cords is because they are starving- so you bait will be like heaven to them (which they will soon go to Mouse heaven hopefully). Keep these traps set and freshly baited. You will very likely have to keep this up as long as you live there. There is no other solution I have ever found! Just be glad they are not roaches or rats!
