Pests
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Pests
Have just come back to our house on the Costablanca after a 3 month gap.
I've seen 4 cockroaches inside so far - worse than usual. Has it been particularly bad this year?
What I did notice is that the bottom of the WC bowl was dry so I assume the water had evaporated in the hot weather. I suppose this gave the blighters a free rein!
Any thoughts or tips would be most welcome.
I've seen 4 cockroaches inside so far - worse than usual. Has it been particularly bad this year?
What I did notice is that the bottom of the WC bowl was dry so I assume the water had evaporated in the hot weather. I suppose this gave the blighters a free rein!
Any thoughts or tips would be most welcome.
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Not sure if you can find it in Europe but we had a roach problem when we moved into our apartment in Rio. Solution was a type of gel that one could stick around the house, pet-friendly as we had a labrador. Know you can buy it through Amazon.com but that is USA site . Lasts a long time so you can safely leave house for a while
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Thanks. I'll check it out.
Maybe I also need a solution to stop the WC water from evaporating. Cockroaches seem to consider this as a 6 lane highway!
Maybe I also need a solution to stop the WC water from evaporating. Cockroaches seem to consider this as a 6 lane highway!
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Of course if the building is infested (tourists leaving food etc in now empty apartments,, owners otherwhere ) It's going to be a massive problem Specialist said they may even be coming in under the front door now they know its occupied...yeeeuhhh ...
YD has lived in all sorts of place's in the last five yrs and never seen anything,let alone a roach. she is freaked out.
p.s Yes you can get the gel here in Europe
Last edited by GeniB; Sep 23rd 2016 at 10:16 am.
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Adding water will not make any difference, the "round the bend bit" is self-leveling so any extra water immediately flows away.
Last edited by Rosemary; Sep 23rd 2016 at 1:38 pm. Reason: Correcting quote
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When leaving for a long period, seal the toilet with cling film, thus restricting water loss through evaporation, sinks and bidets, seal the overflow and put the plugs in the drains.
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This is good advice. .... Also putting a tablespoon of cooking oil into each plumbed drain if you don't have a plug for it, will reduce evaporation (because the oil floats and doesn't evaporate as quickly as water does).
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Have just come back to our house on the Costablanca after a 3 month gap.
I've seen 4 cockroaches inside so far - worse than usual. Has it been particularly bad this year?
What I did notice is that the bottom of the WC bowl was dry so I assume the water had evaporated in the hot weather. I suppose this gave the blighters a free rein!
Any thoughts or tips would be most welcome.
I've seen 4 cockroaches inside so far - worse than usual. Has it been particularly bad this year?
What I did notice is that the bottom of the WC bowl was dry so I assume the water had evaporated in the hot weather. I suppose this gave the blighters a free rein!
Any thoughts or tips would be most welcome.
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Are you on mains sewerage? , if so this will be where they are coming from, we have a septic tank and get no such problems but have talked to people that do and the all seam to be on main sewerage, seams they live in the sewers, water is not always a saftey nett, have heard of them coming through the water.
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If there are only 4 roaches then don't worry. Give them names and treat them as pets
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Yd's problem seems to have been solved inside the flat having taken it apart and sealed and gelled anything they might creep through.. However she saw one on the wall of the stairwell as she came down it yesterday.. What the H*LL do you do if the entire building is infested?
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Yd's problem seems to have been solved inside the flat having taken it apart and sealed and gelled anything they might creep through.. However she saw one on the wall of the stairwell as she came down it yesterday.. What the H*LL do you do if the entire building is infested?
In practice roaches usually move with you, inside the frames of soft furnishings, and especially inside the casing of electrical items such as TVs, radios, hifis, where they creep in through the vent slots seeking the warmth generated by the electrical circuits. Once inside they lay their eggs in there.
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Move?
In practice roaches usually move with you, inside the frames of soft furnishings, and especially inside the casing of electrical items such as TVs, radios, hifis, where they creep in through the vent slots seeking the warmth generated by the electrical circuits. Once inside they lay their eggs in there.
In practice roaches usually move with you, inside the frames of soft furnishings, and especially inside the casing of electrical items such as TVs, radios, hifis, where they creep in through the vent slots seeking the warmth generated by the electrical circuits. Once inside they lay their eggs in there.
bye bye dicette l'inglese.
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We have been in the UK since May and have recently returned to our house in Northern Costa Blanca, the pest in our house seams to be the Red Palm Weevil, found 5 in the house in the first 2 days, they just seam to fly in and have a party, for the amount of destruction they can cause they are remarkable dopey