Creepy crawlies in kitchen
Jul 29th 2007, 10:15 pm
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Jul 29th 2007, 10:16 pm
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
You can get baits at the supermarket made by Mortein. You want the bait which is a bacteria that the roach takes back to the nest and infests all the others with.
This way you kill off the whole nest and you don't have an issue any more. Get about three packs if you've got a prob and put them everywhere, under the fridge, behind the washer, behind toilet pipes etc. Also, stick them to the wall near the dishwasher for example, and this will get them as they track up the walls.
These baits are much more effective than constantly spraying the visible ones... You need to go to the source.
Also, get the outdoor spray and make sure you do around the windows and drains.
If you don't have any small children or pets then you can use borate, which dehydrates the things and they die. It can work far longer than any sprays and this way you don't risk taking on spray poisons and toxins into your own system either...
Some helpful tips here too:
http://www.ehw.org/Asthma/ASTH_Cockroach_Control.htm
This way you kill off the whole nest and you don't have an issue any more. Get about three packs if you've got a prob and put them everywhere, under the fridge, behind the washer, behind toilet pipes etc. Also, stick them to the wall near the dishwasher for example, and this will get them as they track up the walls.
These baits are much more effective than constantly spraying the visible ones... You need to go to the source.
Also, get the outdoor spray and make sure you do around the windows and drains.
If you don't have any small children or pets then you can use borate, which dehydrates the things and they die. It can work far longer than any sprays and this way you don't risk taking on spray poisons and toxins into your own system either...
Some helpful tips here too:
http://www.ehw.org/Asthma/ASTH_Cockroach_Control.htm
I agree, the baits are way more effective, used the sprays for a while, litres of the stuff, but since using baits we have seen nout.......
Jul 30th 2007, 12:29 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
interesting to note i have not seen one here in Canada..maybe they don't like the cold so much.? did you have them in the UK/England or where you are from..?
Jul 30th 2007, 2:18 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
Until a few nights ago when a cricket turned up in our kitchen, I hadnt seen any creepy crawleys in the last year we have been here.
If I were you I would get on to the landlord and threaten to leave if they dont get it sorted !
If I were you I would get on to the landlord and threaten to leave if they dont get it sorted !
Jul 30th 2007, 3:54 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
I'm pretty sure that it is the responsibility of the landlord to pay for the treatment. Whilst we were renting we had to push our real estate pretty hard to get it done, but they did do it and as far as I'm aware the landlord paid.
We certainly didn't pay the bill.
We certainly didn't pay the bill.
Jul 30th 2007, 7:07 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
Hi,
Funnily enough, today I read a letter in Australian Geographic which said that using 100g normal household Borax, sprinkled around the kitchen, in drawers, cupboards, under the fridge & oven, keeps cockroaches at bay - apparently they hate the stuff. If you do see any, they will be very slow on their feet so easy to kill.
Hope this helps. I would be interested to know if it works....
Trax
Funnily enough, today I read a letter in Australian Geographic which said that using 100g normal household Borax, sprinkled around the kitchen, in drawers, cupboards, under the fridge & oven, keeps cockroaches at bay - apparently they hate the stuff. If you do see any, they will be very slow on their feet so easy to kill.
Hope this helps. I would be interested to know if it works....
Trax
Jul 30th 2007, 7:40 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
Please tell me the cockroach problem is not as bad in Melbourne!
I don't mind spiders but I HATE cockroaches
I don't mind spiders but I HATE cockroaches
Jul 30th 2007, 1:31 pm
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
Hi,
Funnily enough, today I read a letter in Australian Geographic which said that using 100g normal household Borax, sprinkled around the kitchen, in drawers, cupboards, under the fridge & oven, keeps cockroaches at bay - apparently they hate the stuff. If you do see any, they will be very slow on their feet so easy to kill.
Hope this helps. I would be interested to know if it works....
Trax
Funnily enough, today I read a letter in Australian Geographic which said that using 100g normal household Borax, sprinkled around the kitchen, in drawers, cupboards, under the fridge & oven, keeps cockroaches at bay - apparently they hate the stuff. If you do see any, they will be very slow on their feet so easy to kill.
Hope this helps. I would be interested to know if it works....
Trax
It's a crystaline substance which gets into and under their shells and dehydrates them. Works very well. It's the same stuff I mentioned above 'Borate'...
Jul 30th 2007, 2:30 pm
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
Jul 31st 2007, 9:55 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
hi, we are renting also. a while back we had a `red back` problem,told agents and owners paid for house to be sprayed,it was great, not a sign of anything since.
Jul 31st 2007, 2:53 pm
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Re: Creepy crawlies in kitchen
i have seen a lot on here about creepy crawlies and such...but in all my life there i haven't had much happen..i have seen 2 real live snakes..one came indoors at a nursing home i was working in. it was extremely hot weather that day and we were in a bushy area..another time was camping..over 20 years ago....most snakes i have seen are dead on the road..in rural areas.......i also read on here on another post..about kangaroos being pests!..and being over run with them...well that person must have lived very rural our west somewhere...because yeah you can get them in closer to the cities...but is very rare to be over run with them....
also the funnel web situation..i will say...if you have a pool...then keep an eye out for them in hotter weather....i used to check mine each morning..because they can sit in a little bubble of air on the bottom of the pool for a long time.....we had a little problem with them one summer..but getting all around the pool area sprayed got rid of them..also...dont' be surprised if you come home and find a beautiful blue tongue lizard..floating around the pool......~ we came home to one ..one day and ...it was all bloated and loked disgusting.....got the net out ...scooped it up!...only for it jump up..and take off running across the top of the water!!...LOL..it was hilarious..scared the heck out of us!..the kids were screaming...
....after that we found a few more....sunning themselves to get cool!i would say the cockroach problem is by far the worst pest scenario..i have ever come across in australia..in some areas....getting the house professionaly sprayed....certainly helps....
hope you enjoy your new home and your new country...
