They are everywhere!!!?

Question

How can I get rid of roaches. I clean my kitchen every night and spray Raid every night but it seems like they are taking over. Any other suggestions? Please help I am having house guests in June.

Answer 1

Raid does not work very well in my experience. Try Bengal brand instead (it has a tiger on the label), and boric acid too.

You need to spray the whole house. Get enough cans to spray all along the foundation on the outside and all under the eaves all the way around. Spray around the frame of each door and window. Inside, do the same, but also take everything out of your cabinets and closets and spray them as well. And if you have attic space, spray in it too. You will need to do all this early enough in the day that you can leave the house for a few hours after - and wear a mask. And you will need to wash all your dishes and eating utensils before putting them back in the cabinets.

After this initial roach cleansing, just spraying the outside of your home with Bengal every few months should be enough to keep them from coming back in.

If there are any Asian groceries in your area, they carry this thing that's like a boric acid chalk kind of - I don't know what it's called exactly. You take it and draw lines around each room on the walls, and I know it doesn't show up on white walls, not sure about colors, though. Friends I have swear by it.

If these things don't do the trick, you will need a pro.

Answer 2

boric acid is really the best

when the roaches crawl through it, it is as if they are crawling through broken glass.

Boric acid is not expensive. You can find it at Home Depot for a couple of bucks. They even sell the kind with roach pheromone in it or the kind with sugar in it to attract the roaches to it. I personally do not recommend this type--after all, you already HAVE roaches, so you are not trying to ATTRACT more! or attract other bugs-ants!

You can also buy 20 mule team borax on the laundry aisle. It is a laundry booster, but it is mostly boric acid.

The best thing about boric acid is that it is probably the safest pesticide you can use in your home. Even if a child eats it, it won't hurt the child ---not that a child would because I am sure it tastes chalky, but still, good to know.

Good luck and happy roach killing!

Answer 3

We lived in Colorado and my sister had a pretty bad roach problem. The only way she was able to get rid of it was calling the local pest control and they put in this paste stuff in all her cupboards and at certain other areas of her house. You couldn't smell it or really see it unless you knew what you were looking at. It only took a couple weeks and her prob was solved. The bad thing about roaches is that you can keep your house immaculate. If you have a messy neighbor who has them, they will come over to your house too.
I would just call the pest company (my sis used Orkin, but I don't know if you have them where you are at) and ask them for the paste stuff that goes along the creases of the walls and cabinets. It is almost like butterscotch colored caulking is what it is.
Good Luck!! I hope you find an answer to your prob.

Answer 4

You can try roach bombs. If you have paneling, the roach eggs could be behind the paneling, in which case you have to rip down the paneling and have a professional spray.

My husband and I moved into a house that was already infested with roaches (of course we didn't know that when we moved in), and we tried everything to get rid of them, but they kept getting worse and worse. We ended up moving out because of it.

Answer 5

Give in to the roach colonies that want to live with you. They need a home. Think about it, we "white man" take land away from nature everyday. We cut down our rainforest to make useless junk, and at the same time we are the ones invading animals. You are going to have to get used to them and your house guest are going to have to get used to them to.

Answer 6

You may have brought them home since I heard they can travel by your grocery bags or you may have neighbors that have them and they made it to your house. You can use something like Pyretherine(not sure if spelled right) is an insecticide made out of crysanthemums that's used in roach pest control.

Answer 7

The only way is to call orkin and have them do it or get some bug bombs then have someone spray around the perimeter of your house. The multiply worse than guppies or rabbits so hurry!

Answer 8

Pull everything out.
Set off bug bombs
Get rid of stacks of Mail, newspapers and paperbags.
Wash out cabinets especially if oil has dripped or spilled (for frying).
Wash off electrical cords (carefully of course)
Don't leave ash trays full.
Spray vents also.
Wash under edge of mop buckets.
Bomb again
Leave bags of potatoes and onions outside for a bit before bringing them into the house.
Put your food into large plastic containers.
Empty bottom of toaster and wipe down.(unpluged of course)
Wash the bottom of all appliances.
Wash blinds/curtains.
Make sure your caulk is sealed everywhere.
If you live in an apt. you won't get rid of them if your neighbor has them. Close your vents and call management.
Call an exterminator if necessary.

Answer 9

You need to find the source not keep masking the problem. Any pest exterminator can take of them for you. You may want to set up a regular maintenance program with one of them.

Answer 10

Fur and feathers! we live in one extensive trailer and we've 2 dogs (a beagle and a black lab) and 3 cats interior. a million cat, 2 goats and that i've got lost count form of the chickens exterior. Thank goodness my horses get saved someplace else. i like my pets, yet i actually prefer that they had provide up laying off/moulting.