tenant complaining of sour smell in kitchen pantry

[Jay Garrison]

Hello,

I have a tenant who is overall a good one, but had a mouse infestation due to leaving a big bag of ramen noodles on the pantry floor for months... mice got in and caused a big infestation. I paid for the pest control to come out and handle it (this was last fall) but yesterday she complained of a sour smell. I went up and looked in the pantry, kitchen... no mouse carcass, and the smell is definitely not coming from the vent. 

Suggestions? I didn't put anything about pest control in the lease, but next time I will.

[John Warren]

@Jay Garrison this is absolutely the worst. Most of the buildings I buy here in Berwyn and Cicero have rodent issues when we take over, and the more successful you are at killing them the more you get this smell issue. It goes away in a few weeks so you have a few options. You can drive yourself crazy trying to find it... or you can wait for the smell to go away in about 1-2 weeks. A third option would be to put some sort of scent remover or wall plug in there for a bit so you can get to the other side of this issue.