Discouraging Roaches
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Discouraging Roaches
Hi everyone, I'd like some help if possible.
Any good tips/advice on discouraging roaches in my room? I recently moved into a shared apartment and its currrently pretty empty as my furniture has not arrived yet. I've cleaned the place thoroughly and so far been able to spot any new (few) intrusions of the creepy crawly kind and dispose of them quickly.
Problem is once I'm fully settled in here, there will be lots of places to hide, and as clean as I keep my room and bathroom... I can't vouch for the hygiene levels of the rest of the flat
What can I do to keep them at bay? A few wandering in every so often is fine, I can deal with that, I just don't want them to start... ugh...BREEDING in my room or anything gross.
Any good tips/advice on discouraging roaches in my room? I recently moved into a shared apartment and its currrently pretty empty as my furniture has not arrived yet. I've cleaned the place thoroughly and so far been able to spot any new (few) intrusions of the creepy crawly kind and dispose of them quickly.
Problem is once I'm fully settled in here, there will be lots of places to hide, and as clean as I keep my room and bathroom... I can't vouch for the hygiene levels of the rest of the flat
What can I do to keep them at bay? A few wandering in every so often is fine, I can deal with that, I just don't want them to start... ugh...BREEDING in my room or anything gross.
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Re: Discouraging Roaches
Hi everyone, I'd like some help if possible.
Any good tips/advice on discouraging roaches in my room? I recently moved into a shared apartment and its currrently pretty empty as my furniture has not arrived yet. I've cleaned the place thoroughly and so far been able to spot any new (few) intrusions of the creepy crawly kind and dispose of them quickly.
Problem is once I'm fully settled in here, there will be lots of places to hide, and as clean as I keep my room and bathroom... I can't vouch for the hygiene levels of the rest of the flat
What can I do to keep them at bay? A few wandering in every so often is fine, I can deal with that, I just don't want them to start... ugh...BREEDING in my room or anything gross.
Any good tips/advice on discouraging roaches in my room? I recently moved into a shared apartment and its currrently pretty empty as my furniture has not arrived yet. I've cleaned the place thoroughly and so far been able to spot any new (few) intrusions of the creepy crawly kind and dispose of them quickly.
Problem is once I'm fully settled in here, there will be lots of places to hide, and as clean as I keep my room and bathroom... I can't vouch for the hygiene levels of the rest of the flat
What can I do to keep them at bay? A few wandering in every so often is fine, I can deal with that, I just don't want them to start... ugh...BREEDING in my room or anything gross.
Hate the bloody things, make me shiver
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Re: Discouraging Roaches
the ones in Houston are 7-8m long..
well they would be wouldnt they..
well they would be wouldnt they..
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Re: Discouraging Roaches
Hi everyone, I'd like some help if possible.
Any good tips/advice on discouraging roaches in my room? I recently moved into a shared apartment and its currrently pretty empty as my furniture has not arrived yet. I've cleaned the place thoroughly and so far been able to spot any new (few) intrusions of the creepy crawly kind and dispose of them quickly.
Problem is once I'm fully settled in here, there will be lots of places to hide, and as clean as I keep my room and bathroom... I can't vouch for the hygiene levels of the rest of the flat
What can I do to keep them at bay? A few wandering in every so often is fine, I can deal with that, I just don't want them to start... ugh...BREEDING in my room or anything gross.
Any good tips/advice on discouraging roaches in my room? I recently moved into a shared apartment and its currrently pretty empty as my furniture has not arrived yet. I've cleaned the place thoroughly and so far been able to spot any new (few) intrusions of the creepy crawly kind and dispose of them quickly.
Problem is once I'm fully settled in here, there will be lots of places to hide, and as clean as I keep my room and bathroom... I can't vouch for the hygiene levels of the rest of the flat
What can I do to keep them at bay? A few wandering in every so often is fine, I can deal with that, I just don't want them to start... ugh...BREEDING in my room or anything gross.
Got to your local pharamacy and get a box of boric acid power (and try not to touch or eat it...not healthy!)
Mix one part of sugar or milk power to every nine parts boric acid power then sprinkle it behind fridges, under carpets and basically anywhere roaches hide.
Don't vacuum it for at least a week. Give the little buggers time to come and get the bait...you'll have few to no roaches in no time...of course you need to do the rest of the flat or at least behind the cooker and under the sink for best effect.
Boric Acid power basically destroys their mandibles so they can't eat or drink...they starve in about 5 days. It tends to stick to them so the'll bring it back to their nest which won't help any eggs that hatch later.
We use this stuff every 6 months and I haven't seen a roach in nearly a year. Best of all it costs about 10 dirhams for a small tin size container
N.
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Re: Discouraging Roaches
Hehe, yeah thankfully these buggers are only small, and pretty easy to catch without squashing them.
Thanks for the tip,Norm!
So this Boric Acid stuff.....so I'm baiting them,then killing them? Thing is,I don't want to encourage theminto my room in the first place.... or I guess i'll tell my neighbours the plan and plant some of this stuff around throughout the shared areas then hopefully that'll help. Thing is, neighbours have small kids.I don't want to poison them! What a first impression,huh?
I have an ensuite bathroom....I dont want to encourage any up the drains towards my place...is it best to just keep the plugholes covered and leave the bathroom be?
Thanks for the tip,Norm!
So this Boric Acid stuff.....so I'm baiting them,then killing them? Thing is,I don't want to encourage theminto my room in the first place.... or I guess i'll tell my neighbours the plan and plant some of this stuff around throughout the shared areas then hopefully that'll help. Thing is, neighbours have small kids.I don't want to poison them! What a first impression,huh?
I have an ensuite bathroom....I dont want to encourage any up the drains towards my place...is it best to just keep the plugholes covered and leave the bathroom be?
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Re: Discouraging Roaches
Hehe, yeah thankfully these buggers are only small, and pretty easy to catch without squashing them.
Thanks for the tip,Norm!
So this Boric Acid stuff.....so I'm baiting them,then killing them? Thing is,I don't want to encourage theminto my room in the first place.... or I guess i'll tell my neighbours the plan and plant some of this stuff around throughout the shared areas then hopefully that'll help. Thing is, neighbours have small kids.I don't want to poison them! What a first impression,huh?
I have an ensuite bathroom....I dont want to encourage any up the drains towards my place...is it best to just keep the plugholes covered and leave the bathroom be?
Thanks for the tip,Norm!
So this Boric Acid stuff.....so I'm baiting them,then killing them? Thing is,I don't want to encourage theminto my room in the first place.... or I guess i'll tell my neighbours the plan and plant some of this stuff around throughout the shared areas then hopefully that'll help. Thing is, neighbours have small kids.I don't want to poison them! What a first impression,huh?
I have an ensuite bathroom....I dont want to encourage any up the drains towards my place...is it best to just keep the plugholes covered and leave the bathroom be?
Regarding the kids...you'll have to keep it away from them as it can be dangerous (but certainly not as toxic to the chemicals used in regular pest control substances - which can be fatal in concentrated doses!).
Put the powder in your bathroom too, back of the toilet out of sight to get any of the little buggers who might pop out the drains. They'll take it back to their nest and it will do it's job.
N.