A traumatised Scots mum has revealed her terror of living in a rat and mouse-infested flat for nearly eight months.
Tracy Snodgrass, 49, says she and her two kids have been tormented by the creatures since they first appeared in their Glasgow home in August 2021.
The mum-of-two was so terrified the rodents would crawl into her bed at night she was unable to sleep and eventually prescribed sleeping tablets by her doctor.
Shocking video footage shared with the Record shows the family home strewn with rodent droppings on the floors, mattresses and inside shoes.
One image shows a dead rat which Tracy caught on a sticky mat trap in her daughter's bedroom.
Other pictures show dead mice the family have found themselves.
The situation became so bad that Tracy moved the family into her parents home despite paying more than £500 in rent and council tax for the flat.
Tracy, who is mum to Pamela, 22, and Mason, 10, told the Daily Record: "The situation has been so traumatising to a point that when I killed a rat in my house seven months ago, I haven't been back since.
"It was in my daughter's bedroom and in my bedroom before I caught it with a sticky mat. The traps just weren't working.
"One night, I was on my phone in bed and a rat came running out behind my bedroom unit, I screamed the house down. I really am petrified of them.
"I'm so terrified of them. I have been so stressed to a point where I couldn't sleep or eat. I had to get sleeping tablets from the doctor.
"We found droppings on the mattresses all the time, so they were obviously crawling all over the beds when we weren't there.
"When I was there I was trying to spend as much time out of the house as I possibly could because I was so terrified, I was that tormented.
"It has been so traumatising to the point where I lock myself in a room. I have become really down from it all - I'm paying rent on a flat I can't live in."
Reidvale Housing Association (RHA) say they are aware of issues with rats and have also discovered evidence of mice.
They have sent pest control teams to Tracey's address on numerous occasions to try to take helm of the issue.
Despite laying down traps and poison, as well as filling holes in the walls and floors, Tracey says the problem still remains and thinks the infestation is now in the walls and under the floorboards.
She added: "It makes no difference.
"The traps never once caught any rats - they're actually still lying in my house from three months ago. The poison was only put down in my daughter's bedroom and it doesn't seem to be steering them away.
"I'm at a wit's end with it all, it has been awful."
After making many attempts to curb the infestation, RHA admitted that the vermin have been returning.
A spokesperson for the social landlord said: "We were initially informed that the tenant had killed a rat in her property and pest control laid out treatment for the issue.
"On their next visit pest control noted that there was no rat activity but there was signs of mice and treated the property for such.
"Unfortunately, after what pest control had thought to be successful treatments, the issue with mice has now returned.
"We are aware of our tenant's complaint and we will continue to work with Glasgow City Council Pest Control and our own contractors and we will respond to any recommendations they make to ensure we eradicate the problem."
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