how can i get rid of cockroaches. PERMANENTLY PLEASE?

Question

i just moved and my new apartment comes alive at night.............with cockroaches of all sizes, its driving me nuts. please help. insectcides have not worked.

Answer 1

By apartment, I am assuming your renting. This is your landlords responsibility.
multiple dwellings are very hard to stop this problem and require all apartments to be treated.
fist need to air tight everything. Any little tiny pinprick hole in the hole dwelling. then fog it. Get rid of all appliances along with other hiding spots. That would include tenant belongings. They will even get inside alarm clocks. set traps, fog again, set traps, fog again, set traps. endless battle that may never be won. Best thing to do is vacancy the whole building till problem is solved.
For a regular house, things are a little easier, as long as the ones living there are clean and cooperative. four to five cycles should completely eliminate the problem.

Answer 2

Call an exterminator... Seriously that is the best way...
Barring that, the best thing you can buy without a pest control license is Combat Bait Station and Combat Gel Bait. The placement of the stations is key. You should put them in the upper corners of you cabinet and where you see the bug congregating.

It is very important that you clean up the dead bugs as soon as possible. Roaches are cannibalistic and you want them to eat the bait (which they are attracted to) not each other. Also the droppings they leave behind emit a gas for months afterward. This can cause respitory problems in children, especially. So clean those up immediately.

Again, my advice is call an exterminator. Someone who knows bugs, and doesn't spray.

Answer 3

You need an exterminator but your biggest problem is that you are in an apartment. The entire place needs to be exterminated. When you treat your apartment alone, the cockroaches just head off to the next one until your insecticides wear off. If your apartment management will not take care of this, you should look at moving because you will not be rid of them.

Answer 4

Contact your apartment complex. They should have a contracted pest control company. They will need to come out and spray. What also helps is to spray insecticides under the door, around the windows and stuff like that.

Answer 5

i've always used Combat Jel for Roaches its brown just put it where it can't be seen and the Roches will walk thru it and when they go back to their nest it will kill the whole eggs and the roaches.do this every 3 months cause they will come back since you stay in an apartment,i've used it 1x in 8 months and i still hadn't seen any roaches,but my next door neighbor's their roaches will greet you at the door.but really this stuff does work and you can get it at walmarts mostly its like 8.00.try it good luck

Answer 6

Try Boric Acid, it is a white powder that you spoon into a dish, the roaches will eat it and die. It is very poisonous so be careful that children and pets can't get to it. This stuff really works.

Answer 7

MOVE! There is only one thing i have seen and it is a white powder. i got it at home depot, i cant remember the name but they eat it, go back to the nest and die then the others eat the dead on and die and so on. it took like 3 months but i think there all dead!!!!!! of nuke them, my maintaince guy at my apt is a friend of mine he put some of the stuff in his microwave, waited until night, left it open and waited for them to get insid. there was alot of them!!!! then closed the door and turned it on for like 5 min, i wanted to see but couldn't!
good luck!!!!!