Scots mum flees rat-infested house for homeless unit after becoming 'physically ill'

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A Scots mum claims she was forced to flee her rat-infested home after the rodents made her 'physically ill'. Susan Cardno, from Paisley, was so desperate to get away from the rats that she moved into a homeless unit.The 42-year-old said she raised the issue with Renfrewshire Council several times and despite them sending out pest control the problem "only got worse".

Susan's 16-year-old daughter has moved in with her dad whilst her mum seeks shelter at the homeless unit in Paisley.Speaking to Glasgow Live, Susan spoke of her torment saying: "I noticed it when I moved in over a year and a half ago, I looked out my back window and there were about 12 rats scurrying around the bin.

I was only new so didn't know they were inside the building too."About six months later I found a dead one on my kitchen floor - I was hearing noises for a while but I just thought I was hearing things."I phoned the council the next morning and they came out with the rat poison again, everything was alright for another maybe two months until I looked out my front window and there were rats trying to get into the bins, about 12 of them."Susan, originally from Govan, said living in a ground-floor flat causes her more concern.

She added: "Around two weeks ago we started hearing noises again. "My daughter was walking through the house when she saw a rat in the kitchen - it really set me off, my panic attacks are really bad and this is only making it worse."The pair decided to set up a camera in the kitchen to catch the rat in action, they discovered the rodent was gaining access from a hole behind her cooker.Susan continued: "I phoned the council again and they said all they could do was put the rat poison down - I can't keep living like this."The