Disabled Woman's Pet Nearly Dies from Poisoned Mice

0:00On April 23rd, a 48-year-old disabled woman in Cardiff named Sharon Polcock watched her four-year-old docks in George nearly die after he ate. Four dead poison mice left in her council, flat kitchen. She moved into the Litz-Depth flats in Gavalfa with her son and George back in October 2024, but just weeks later, council workers found. The mice in droppings while fixing her kitchen then delayed their follow-up for days. Doctors had spotted the mess behind the unit, including urine and droppings in the bathroom too, but told her it'd take four or five working days too. Check back. That's when George snuck in, gobbled the poison rodents, and started acting off-rushed to the vet by her sister, he got his stomach pumped within. Forty-five minutes or he wouldn't have made it, spending the week seriously sick. Sharon, who has respiratory issues, says George is like one of her kids and her protector, leaving her heart broken and furious at the council's slow. Response The building had major reclating work finished two years ago after Grenfell concerns,

1:04but residents dealt with damp and mold during the four-year, project, and now rodents are breeding everywhere. Fast forward almost a year, and the nightmares back with a rotten egg smell in the halls from dead rats next door, fresh mice droppings, and signs in. Pipes and drains Council pest control laid bait in June 2025, closed the case after no activity, but revisited this month to set traps in kitchen, bathroom, and cupboards while sealing entry gaps. Sharon's pushing the labor run council to fully eradicate the infestation across the block before another pet or resident suffers, hoping for real, action to end this ongoing road in chaos.