jwinch

I can cope with spiders and snakes but i detest cock roaches !! :scared:

Husband sound asleep catching flies, because we are going away 2.00am(Although he insists he hardly ever sleeps) and the kids start running around and screaming upstairs, chasing a bloody cockroach round the bedroom.

How can those things run so bloody fast

I have managed to catch it in a 'Tupperware' Tub (New i would find a use for it)

Its currently underneath the tub with a ton of books weighing it down waiting for the old man to move it when he wakes up.

Daughter insists she cant sleep in the same room.

arrrgh!! - Sorry kids men and coachroaches all seem to fall into the same category at the moment

Larissa

Eugh, you have my sympathy as we had cockies when we first moved in here. Mortein bombs are good to blitz them out and bait traps are also good. I had the nasty experience of opening the sliding door and one dropped on me Needless to say I scrubbed myself with soap and sprayed the bu99er with mortein!

pomcol

Wait till June you will have plenty of those Blue Cockroaches around, only way to get rid of them is a Mighty Maroon Cane Toad.

Pollyana

They are the bane of my life. Hideous creatures.
Get several cans of Baygon and keep them handy at various points round the house. Zap the roach when you see it and it will curl up and die a wriggly death in front of you. Very satisfying! Don't bother catching them, just zap them to kingdom come.
We had a plague coming in through the shower drain - Mortein Profesional has dealt with them (thanks ABC & Proofreader!)
Deepest sympathy - I know EXACTLY how your daughter feels.......

ABCDiamond

I'd never heard of a "Blue Cockroach" , so I looked it up http://www.usyd.edu.au/publications/...305_roach.html

Is he trying to tell us something about our houses ?

and then he said this:

Pollyana

:scared: :scared:

sandradee

We have found the barrier spray to be very effective, you spray it round the entire perimeter of your house, then anything that crosses it dies immediately. You need to respray every couple of months though.

Spray available from Bunnings

Larissa

Is it true that once you have roaches in the house, you will be likely to take them to your next place, as they will be in your stuff? Am I doomed to live with cockies for ever? Maybe I should make friends with them

bondipom

If they get stuck in your ear fill the ear up with cooking oil. The roach will then float out. Not tried it but insects in ears was covered in a first aid course I did. Same goes for any insect. For poisonous insects it is recommended a doctor do the procedure but they will probably use oil.

We bombed the flat last year and that killed loads of em and sterilised a few as well. It has been cooler this year so they have not been as bad.

bondipom

It is true. Brother in law moved out 4 hours west of Sydney. The cockies were around until the cold winter finished them off. Now they have no roaches.

ABCDiamond

When we moved to QLD we left ours behind in Sydney

We had them there as we had Palm Trees, and they love Palm Trees

We sprayed all the cardboard boxes to ensure they didn't move into the boxes, as they also love cardboard and paper.

Billabong

We have a 16 week old labrador puppy an he loves killing them. He chases them all round the garden and if one gets in to the house he gets particularly evil

walaj

with you totally on the roachies - hate them especially when they fly and land on you :scared:

And then does the cute little puppy come up and give you a big sloppy kiss?

Muzzman

Hello there, I had a friend in the UK who had a nasty experience with a cockroach. When she was little her mother found the shell (I think its called a carapace) of a cockroach in...........the roof of her mouth (would fit nicely wouldn't it) . The contents were gone, yum yum. Glad I wasn't her mother.
Karen

Pollyana

OK, come on guys, I can't be the only one heading for a sleepless night now...... :scared: ARRGGHHHH!