How do I get rid of palmetto bugs with small children in my house?

Question

I can't lay down poison with a 2 and 6 year old kids in my house. My house is not infested...(i saw 2 in the last month)...but it's summer time in south Florida!!! Roach feast 2007!!!
Living here for 15 years and I still hate roaches!!!! To me...1 roach is like the 5th story from Creepshow! Help!

Answer 1

A Palmetto bug is nothing more then an over grown roach and has to be treated the same way, bombing. There's no other way.
Make a day out of it. Plan a day off with the kids, take them somewhere for the day.
Either you do it or have a man come in. Then leave for the day. Before you come home, drop the kids off somewhere and have them baby-sat. Go home and clean up, air the place out.

If you saw one, then there's ten more inside the walls. They will have upwards of three hundred (300) eggs every thirty days, multiply this over a three month period. That's 18,000 within a month, your totally infested so, I would get with a plan.

There's probably enough roaches now for an entire city, they've been multiplying fast. You need a professional to come in on a planned basis to get the adults, the pupa and the eggs this takes a planned attack.