i have a problem with cockroaches. my house is very clean but i live in Texas and there is no escaping them really (unless i got my house sealed). any reccomendations?
please only answer if you have a serious one.
2006-09-16 17:01:17 · 7 answers · asked by kelsy!!! 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
get some borax, the kind you use in the laundry, sprinkle it where you see them, they have an exoskeleton, and are constantly cleaning themselves, they lick the stuff off of their legs and DIE!
Careful if you have pets or toddlers,,,good luck
2006-09-16 17:56:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a product available at most grocery stores and WM's called "Bengal Roach Spray." That stuff kilsl them dead! Spray in the evening, all over, baseboards, inside cabinets, in walls (unscrew switch plates and get behind the electrical box), everywhere! Then go ahead and go to sleep. When you wake up in the morning, you will see how many dead roaches you've got and freak! But they'll be DEAD!
If you don't feel like doing that, call a Professional pest control. Let them spray inside and out. Once they are under control, a perimiter spray only shoudl keep them at bay.
For every roach you see , there are 20 you don't see. Yikes!
2006-09-17 00:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As you say: ther is no escaping them! And it is true, you reaaly could not eliminate them or preventing them from entering your house. It is because they are everywhere,and survive at even at harsh environments (even clean environments).
You could prevent contamination of there dirt by sealing your food and keeping your house tidy. If you happen to see one - kill it with pesticide. If you can, find a spot where they lay eggs (like dark, damp places). But, since you say your house is clean, maybe the roach is just a newly-arrive visitor. However, it may start to lay eggs if you are not careful...
2006-09-17 00:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by lune_ellise 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hard to stop roaches in Texas do you live in a apartment if so they could be coming from your neighbors Borax acid works very good will not harm pets.You buy it at the grocery store where you buy washing power put all around base boards all around where you think they hide out or pass threw.Just sprinkle around it really works.
2006-09-17 00:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Douglas R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have them bad here too. They come in from outside. If I go outside at night I can see them crawling all over the ground.
We set off bug bombs the other day and it killed all of them that were hiding in the house. I haven't seen any since. You could give that a try.
A few years ago we hired a professional exterminator and that killed them all and we didn't have any for LONG time after that so you could consider that too.
2006-09-17 00:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spread borox along baseboards, along the foundation outside.
2006-09-17 00:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by spunkyshell2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
use raid
2006-09-17 00:03:47 · answer #7 · answered by johnathan b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋