Roaches No More!!!

Firstly:



Although sometimes difficult to implement and toxic within living quarters serious infestations require chemical treatment. It has been my experience that with foggers for instance is that they do work but seem to require a second treatment within 24 hours of the first treatment for full effectiveness.


For example:


I had- !!HAD IT!! I completely sealed off the kitchen area only with packing tape and painters plastic and set off the fogger(s)... I used more than the recommended for the area to be treated) With the area being completely sealed off, I could most definitely see through the clear plastic that the product was working over a five hour period of time. Hence seeing the masses of cockroaches at the corners of the tape and plastic trying to escape the apparent “bomb”_’bardment” of their preferred living quarters.


Believe me:


I was so very happy to see such results….Though something in my gut said: “Don’t take the plastic down man…”


So I opened just part of the area sealed off in order to use the kitchen utilities for that evening.. So going by my gut…I sealed off the area again and again used more than the recommended again for the area to be treated… You know… I had thought the second treatment would just treat some stragglers that survived the initial treatment but, much to my amazement there were THREE TIMES as many dead and dying cockroaches within that confined sealed off area dying as the were seeking a way out of the bombardment of their so called territory.


Something to keep in mind…. Before my initial treatment…I also had first vacuumed out all the cabinets…washed everything down with bleach water and used silicon caulking to seal all crevices possible.


So for the second treatment having THREE TIMES as many dead roaches blew my mind!!


The next step I took was that:


I made arrangements for myself and my cat to be vacated from the apartment for an entire day. Making sure to seal off all windows etc… I bombed the entire house (again using twice the recommended amount for the area to be treated)


I had been so upset about the roaches in the kitchen!!! Would you believe when I re-entered my apartment the amount of roaches that lay dead on the floor etc. made it very difficult to see the floor/carpet underneath them. (Note: Don’t go cheap on the product)

To get the most success out of this type of treatment aside from making sure to emptying cabinets, drawers, removing and covering all foods, make sure to thoroughly clean underneath your stove, dishwasher, refrigerator etc. (Note: It is highly advisable to vacuum the backside of the refrigerator coils and underneath in the condenser area. While you are there, empty the water reservoir tray underneath if applicable.)


Another thing to keep in mind is that the female cockroach lays egg sacs approximately every 30 days. However, with that being said, it can take up to anywhere between 6 to 8 weeks for the eggs to hatch usually about 40 roaches. So within the time that it takes for one egg sac to hatch its young the female has laid 2 more sacs. On that note it is safe to say for every 40 baby cockroaches you see you can bet there are 80 more on their way. Now multiply that by the number of female cockroaches you have. Two other facts to consider is that cockroaches are born without sex organs most likely leaning to develop as females and reaching reproductive maturity in 2 – 3 months. Mindboggling uh?


Taking all the above into consideration, as well as that fogger treatments do not kill the developing sacs of eggs, it is very likely that you will need a minimum of 1 treatment to the day every month for 3 months to “hopefully” fully eradicate the problem.


Secondly: (Non-Toxic Approach)

…Peter from family guy: “Hehehe..he said app’roach” *<{=0)~`


Whether or not you went through the process(s) above here are some non-toxic methods to help deal with your cockroach problem / infestation and/or just want to make an impact prior to making arrangements to fog your place of residence.


To begin with: I am going to bare my soul right in front of you.


I am an alcoholic! Better stated a beer ‘ aholic at that!


Now not necessarily being in denial, I attribute, at least in part, my “Beeraholicism” to cockroaches…


Why is that? …. you might ask.


Well, I’ll tell you…. Despite how much I had strived to keep my apartment clean those cockroaches just seem to replicate and prevail. Now if you have read this far I’m sure you remember the words at the top of this web pages’ topic. Those words being…


I had- !!HAD IT!!”


Reason being…. I couldn’t ever set a can or bottle of beer down for a minute (and I mean a minute when I say minute) without a plethora of roaches (mostly younger ones) in already and/or stampeding to get into the container.


There are a lot of methods out there for non-toxic treatment of cockroaches.


I have two primary ones that have really worked for me:


#1 Come up with a masonry jar:


Tilt the masonry jar to the side as you pour in your beer into the jar as to not waste and make mess with the beer foaming over (filling about ½ way full).


Wipe the inside & outside rim of the jar


Line the outside upper ridge of a masonry jar with duct tape making sure the sticky side is facing outward or just use double face masking/carpet tape.


Line the inside rim of the masonry jar with a coat of petroleum jelly .


Set in area(s) of most infestation(s).


Here’s what happens….


The roaches not only sense food..they also sense water. They will then climb up the jar and quite possibly get caught up on the stickiness of the duct tape.


Don’t worry, roaches are indeed smart though they don’t fret about crawling over the carnage of the dead of their own species to get to what they want.


If the roaches pass the front line of duct tape on their mission to get to the Golden Grail of water and food supply..They then must pass the inner lining of petroleum jelly.


For the most part the petroleum jelly assists their slide into the container of beer and completely prevents their escape from it as well. Done!



The second method (I suggest to use as well) is a sticky mouse/rat trap. You can pick these up at your local 99© store. Place some kind of greasy chicken or something in the middle of the sticky stuff and see how many of them coma’ crawlin…



All being said and done:



Using the described methods I’m sure you have a real good chance in defeating the invaders of your home.