The tenant said the worms found wriggling in the carpet were likely escaped meal worms, which she kept to feed frogs. Photo / 123RF
A tenant whose frog's food escaped - leaving the landlords to find worms wriggling in the carpet - has been ordered to pay up.
Maya Croll-Wright was ordered by the Tenancy Tribunal to cover the cleaning cost, after the landlord found the critters in the soiled carpet and
had to fork out for stain removal treatment.
Her landlords, Murray and Judith Watson, took her to the Tenancy Tribunal seeking rent arrears, compensation, refund of the bond and reimbursement of the filing fee following the end of the tenancy at the Christchurch property.
Croll-Wright admitted to the Tenancy Tribunal that the worms found wriggling in the carpet were probably escaped meal worms, which she kept to feed frogs.
Tribunal adjudicator R. Merrett ordered her to pay $310 to cover the cost of cleaning the stained carpet.
