OMFG! I have a serious problem. I've lived in my apartment noe for a year and a half and I've never had any cockroaches. NEVER! I was just tidying up my dinner dishes and all of a sudden I saw one! OMG! Where did it come from? I havent been anywhere where there is any, and I havent gotten any new furnature. Where did it come from? Are there more? What do I do?
2006-12-08 15:23:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you only see the one, it probably came in on a grocery bag. If you think you are getting them living in your apartment, the very best fix is to sprinkle a mixture of borax and corn meal in the dark places under your sink and behind appliances. This is non-toxic to you - unlike some of the sprays - and very effective. The corn meal attracts them, and when they eat it, they get the borax, too, and that kills them.
2006-12-08 15:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by Maple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you live close to wooded areas they can come in from there. Also, they will sometimes come in with bags where you might purchase something. Such as flea markets etc.
The best thing to use to get rid if them is Boric Acid Powder. You can get it at stores like Dollar General & maybe Wal Mart, Grocery stores.
To follow up from above: you won't necessarily see the roaches. There can just be eggs or whatever you call those things they come from.
2006-12-08 16:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by hummer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's the little German roaches...ew! Got new neighbors? They like going with whomever feeds them well, along with boxes and paper bags.
If you are talking about the big ones, they're creepy, but not from poor hygiene. Waterbugs come in looking for water.
Boric acid is cheap. Buy some and run lines of it in the back of the inside of your cabinets .
2006-12-08 15:34:06 · answer #3 · answered by mickeyg1958 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get your hands on some myrtle leaves and put them in various places in you house you won't see them anymore. They come from every where. Paper groceries bags . Micros waves coffee pots Any warm electric unit like TV's. You just have to either call a professional or goto a do it yourself store.
2006-12-08 15:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by Life lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boric acid, it is very effective when used properly for killing cockroaches and most other insects. You can also get a house lizard, they are natural enemies and will eat them. More information at http://tinyurl.com/ofxkk
2006-12-09 14:00:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in apts if someone around you sprays then they are gona go where theres no poison get some of the combats and stick them in the cabinets and under fridge and they especially come in in the winter good luck because i hate them too especially when you know your not a dirty person
2006-12-08 17:37:46 · answer #6 · answered by aengel69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell the landlord or maintenance guy, one of your neighbors probably isn't as clean as you are. They can also come in from paperbags....the stuff they use to kill them takes up to two weeks to work so get on it tomorrow toots!
2006-12-08 15:28:23 · answer #7 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a pest controler to spray your apartment.
2006-12-08 15:25:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋