How can I get rid of roaches besides cleanliness?! No matter how much I clean, they are still there!?
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Read link below for over view of Boric Acid use.
2nd Find a local do it yourself pest controle OR a cleanning supply store and find this stuff called Demon WP Insecticide. It is a mixable powder that you put in a sprayer and add hot water to and spray like the pro's do. READ ALL DIRECTIONS FOR PROPER USE AS ALWAYS.
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Hire an exterminator.
Hire an exterminator.
Exterminator!!
Everyone in Nevada has a crazy roach problem... here's my solution: Take a jar (mayonnaise, anything works) and put masking tape on the outside. Next take coffee grounds and wet them until they are almost like a paste. Place the coffee grounds into the jar. Put one next to each one of your doors leading inside and it will catch all of them who want to come in. It's gross, but it works like crazy.
You can't. Exterminator is likely the only way. Where there's one, there's another dozen. Good luck.
exterminator...lol
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roaches are not picky they like a clean kitchen as well as a dirty one if you live in an apartment then you will probably always have them if you live in a house then get some roach and flea bombs and set them off and leave for several hours do this a couple times and they should be gone
I had that problem. I am the cleanest person in the world but they still come in my house because of the heat. Try to empty your trash daily and if there is food in it, then put it out in the garage but do not leave it inside. Also, for chips and bread and cookies try refridgerating them so they are not outside.
Use Raid roach spray and spray around the baseboards of the kitchen or use boric acid, but make sure your pets do not lick that up.
Ever since I started putting my trash out daily they have stopped coming.
You have to buy that roach spray. ALL OVER THE PLACE! and they will all die. or just buy an injection and the roaches will eat it and pass it on to the others and die.
You will need an exterminator. Hint, if you live in an apartment, make sure the whole building is exterminated.
I lived in a place where if you called they would exterminate only the apartment that called. Well the little suckers giggles then went to another apartment and a few days later, they came right back.
The best way is slow acting poison. They make bait that roaches eat. They don't die until they get back to the nest, where the other roaches eat the dead body and also die from the poison and so on. Roaches are stupid. :-)
first of all roaches have nothing to do with how clean you are...if you live in a single house you need an exterminator, if you live in an apartment you need to call the landlord explain the problem follow up with a return receipt requested letter acknowledging that you spoke with him and he agreed to have exterminator available by such and such a date...whatever you drag out of him, if the exterminator is not called call the health dept and file a complaint. you will already have proof that you tried to get the necessary action.-
Hmmm... try an exterminator perhaps or go to Wally World and go in that aisle and they like have powders and sprays and other stuff to get rid of them.
Raid makes this gel-type pesticide that works really well. Put it in any corner were roaches like to hang out like cabinets. It worked when I tried it.
Boric Acid
THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT UNLESS YOU GET A PROFESSIONAL TO GET RID OF THEM , IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT THEN THEY MAY BE COMMING FROM ONE OF THE OTHER APARTMENTS.
combat gel for roaches this stuff works! I had some house guest that got put out of there apartment and needed a place to stay for a month and they brought them with them.I purchased the Combat Gel and within 24 hours my problem was solved.
Boric acid, powder form, sprinkled in out of the way places--behind the frig, along the side of the stove, in the back of shelves--anywhere children and pets will not come in contact with it. The roaches will walk through it and take it back to their hiding places. If you are storing paper bags from the grocery, or cardboard boxes, stop! They are often the source of an infestation. I once lived in an apartment complex down South. Even with all the $$$ I paid an exterminator, the roaches would come back! After about a month of using the boric acid, I never saw another one!
lol i think ill go with exterminator...u didnt need me to answer this but i needed 2 more points so...THANX!!
We had the same problem in college.
BUG BOMBS!!!
We bug bombed the heck out of the house (to the point of me laying awake in bed at a friend's house wondering if our house would explode). Also, I cannot remember the name of the powder we put in the cracks (a yellow bottle - but over 10 yrs ago), but we never saw another roach inside the house again. Good luck! Just reading this made me freaked out again.
When I lived in Fla. we had roach problems. Found a product called Harris Roach Tablets. Put them under the sink, stove cabinets, etc. Worked well. However, they have a habit of laying eggs which then hatch . We did a weekly check for the egg cases. Are about 1/2 inch long, brown and cylindrical.. Would find them ia rims of flower pots, back of draperies and behind pictures. Also, there is a product called Buhach which works to kill roaches.
I've tried the oft-repeated boric acid method (several variations, in fact), and it didn't help one iota. Ditto for foggers, sprays and Combat gel. Nothing worked until I found MaxForce. I applied this stuff as directed and the majority of the roaches were gone within three days. A week later and they were completely eradicated. This was accomplished using one tube, and the infestation was pretty extreme.
I've had to use this stuff twice now (in two different homes) and it works wonders.
Here is some information:
"Maxforce FC Cockroach Control Gel is the #1 choice of pest control professionals for two reasons: it's surprisingly effective and easy to use!
Maxforce contains Fipronil, a very potent roach killer. Fipronil's mode of action sets it apart from most commercial insecticides currently on the market. Fipronil disrupts the roach's central nervous system by blocking the passage of chloride ions through the GABA receptor, an inhibitor of the central nervous system. This causes hyperexcitation of contaminated roaches' nerves and muscles. While many classes of insecticides affect the central nervous system, no other class has this specific effect. And one single application of Maxforce just keeps killing and killing -- for up to six months!
How can a product like Maxforce provide such long lasting protection? Simple; through a domino effect! One dead cockroach can result in up to 44 other dead roaches, since the others will feed on its carcass and feces.
It has a very broad label, allowing you to apply it in residential food processing areas, occupied rooms in hospitals, nursing homes and extended care facilities. It's a much safer alternative to chemical treatments; Maxforce is practically non-toxic by ingestion.
Apply Maxforce bait placements in areas of high roach traffic, preferably within 12 inches of frequently trafficked routes. Kitchens, bathrooms, and garages are all ideal candidates. Stay low to the baseboard, around water pipes and in dark crevices.
Maxforce is a professional product that contains Fipronil and CANNOT be bought at discount Stores."
If you follow the directions (and make sure you get those pipes under the sinks), you'll get rid of them. Below is a link to where you can buy a tube for only $9.99:
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