I just got this place and I don't think it's infested however I keep seeing the little critters (roaches) all over. In a space of 1 week, I've: went thru 2 cans of roach spray, 3 foggers and 3 raid fumigators....I did put some boric acid down. How long will it take, I have YET to move in.....recommendations? (serious replies only)
2006-06-28 19:47:59 · 7 answers · asked by Curiousty27 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
DON'T MOVE IN.
well, not to alarm you but if you see 1, there's atleast 100 more. So if you have seen 2...then ...do the math.. You're probably infested. You need to start with cleaning your house from top to bottom,getting all food off the floor and swept up...anything sticky on the floor needs to be mopped... no dishes in the sink, and make sure to plug your sinks, as the crawl up sinks , drains and toilets. Flushing one is useless. Ugh. After you get everything cleaned, vacuum religiously. To make sure that any eggs get up off the carpet before hatching. Spray your house down with a fogger, or some type of pesticide, don't use the same one over and over again because the roaches can become use to whatever your using, and it will not be effective any longer. Get some boric acid and mix it with sugar. The roaches love the sugar but ingest the boric acid, then when they clean themselves, it gets in their mouth and since they can't "fart" they litterally blow up. Since roaches are carnivores, other roaches will feed on the dead roach, and so the whole thing starts over again.
If you try all this and still have roaches...
either
1) set your house on fire
2) MOVE.
2006-07-01 21:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by MissT 3 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Heloise's Boric Acid Roach Exterminating Formula
8 ounces powdered boric acid
1/2 cup flour
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 small onion, chopped (optional)
1/4 cup cooking oil or bacon drippings
(or more to form a soft dough).
Cream shortening and sugar, mix boric acid, flour and onion. Add to sugar, and oil. Blend well, then add more oil as needed to form a soft dough. Shape into small balls the size of marbles. (If balls are placed in opened, plastic sandwich bags, the dough will stay softer longer.) Place balls throughout the house in places normally inhabited by roaches (any dark, damp corner). Caution: Make sure no children or pet can come in contact with these balls, as it is toxic and keep out of direct contact with any food. When dough becomes brick hard, replace with a fresh batch
2006-06-29 11:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by Bopeep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing you can do is borax,borax,borax. Around the baseboards, closets and cupboards. The roaches eat it and take it back to the nest where other roaches eat it. It dissolves them fron the inside and destroys their reproductive system. If you can see roaches, the place is infested. It will take two generations to rid your place of roaches because you have to wait for the existing eggs to hatch. Roaches can become resistant to insecticide sprays. If it is a multi-family dwelling such as an apartment bldg or duplex, everybody has to do it, otherwise the roaches will just migrate to the 'safe' place until your threat is removed.
2006-06-29 11:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you are renting, leasing or have bought that place but if I were you, I'd check with the local health department. There may well be an obligation for the owner or former owner to rid that place of the huge family of insects there now. That way a professional exterminator could do the job at no cost to you!
2006-06-29 03:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by cranura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know one good poison that works real good. I use to live in apartment, that sometime got them nasty bugs. I don't remeber the name, but it comes in a yellow and black can. It kills spider, waterbugs, roaches, and etc.
You can find it at your local hardware store, or maybe Wal-mart have it by now. I wish I could think of the name. But it been years since I last use it.
2006-06-29 08:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by kygl28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make some mashed potatoes....... buy some rat poison and mix in the potatoes....let it sit until it gets a lil hard then just put small amounts in corners around the house you'll find all the dead roaches ina week or two
2006-06-29 02:57:50 · answer #6 · answered by muwah22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roaches are nasty u should have seen none of them by now. if u do use more stuff make sure there completely gone before u move in or u will just have them all in ur stuff and they will come back again
2006-06-29 02:55:36 · answer #7 · answered by carebearc2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your actions don't work and it gets worse, call an exterminator.
2006-06-29 02:59:54 · answer #8 · answered by Drew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋