A landlord has branded a woman found with 50 cats, 10 dogs and a squirrel in her home "the tenant from hell".

As previously reported, RSPCA officers made the bizarre discovery at a home of Kindred Hummer, in Anlaby, last Thursday.

Two giant tortoises and 21 dogs were also found at her boyfriend's home in west Hull.

Now Ms Hummer's landlord from a previous three-bedroom semi-detached house in Elloughton has told the Mail how he believed she had just two dogs – but later discovered she was keeping more than 60 in the house and double garage.

He also said he had to spend thousands of pounds "gutting" the house because of the mess the animals had made.

Ms Hummer apparently lived in his house between March 2009 and March 2010, when he gained permission from the courts to evict her.

The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "I found out three months after she moved in that she had 50 cats and 15 dogs in my house.

"I was shocked and stunned."

Following her eviction in March he said the house needed a lot of work.

He said: "It was horrific. I had recently refurbished the house and it had brand new carpets which were wrecked.

"The white units had turned yellow.

"The front room had big stains on the ceiling where I believe cat urine had seeped through the ceiling."

The landlord also claimed she had not paid all her rent.

He said: "I had to pay £1,500 in legal fees to get her out of the house and £5,000 more doing up the house, plus all the lost rent.

"I would just warn other landlords to always visit the tenant's previous address before you take them on."

At Ms Hummer's latest address in Anlaby – from where it is believed she will also now be evicted – many of the cats were in cages and several had untreated medical problems, according to the RSPCA.

But the mum-of-three insisted she loved – and named – every single one of their pets and spent all her time caring for the animals.

It is believed she will now be charged with illegally keeping a squirrel and may face other charges for keeping the cats in an inappropriate environment.

Ms Hummer previously told the Mail: "The landlord knew we had dogs and we kept the cats in the garage.

"He didn't ask me to leave because of the cats.

"The stain on the ceiling was from when a water pipe burst."

She admitted he did not know they had a squirrel in the house.