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help!! ewww
Let me start of by saying we aren't dirty people. I am constantly going home and sweeping, steaming floors, wiping off counters.. we have a loveable lab.. who sheds like crazy which is the main cause for this.
Last night when I got home.. I saw a cockroach in our garage.. OMG I am terrified of all bugs.. but especially these type.. My garage opens into my basement.. so I immediately went inside and sprayed RAID on the entrance, around the floors. Basically everywhere.. I went a little crazy.
This morning when I was getting ready to head out.. I saw a dead cockroach by the entrance to the garage.. EEWWWW.. For one, I guess I am glad I sprayed the RAID.. maybe I should have also sprayed it in the garage.
What should I do.. I dont want anymore!!!!
HELP!!
Re: help!! ewww
LOL I could have written this when we moved to GA. I was mortified the first time I saw one in our house.
Apparently, down here in the "south", cockroaches are abundant everywhere no matter how clean you keep your house. I would highly suggest investing in an exterminator that comes quarterly.
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
You can have them come as needed, but I just assume have them come quarterly and be done with it. Plus, that way - you're covered btwn visits in case they come back or you have other issues.
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
Our guy comes every other month.
Do you live in a townhouse? If so, they can be coming from your neighbor's house. When we lived in an apartment, no matter how spotless we kept the kitchen, we still got lots of roaches. Turns out the people next to us were messy students with food out everywhere, and we were getting the roaches coming over from there. When those students moved out, the problem got much better.
Presumably it was the same roach... you saw it, sprayed, it died. You have one *** roach. If you aren't seeing more, don't panic. It's not time to call an exterminator. I would spray around the doors of the garage (to the outside) as well as an cracks in the garage where you see light. Do this at the change of the spring to summer and fall to winter. Bugs like certain temps and will go looking for them when the temps outside change.
Breathe.
Thank for everyones help. My plan is to make sure I spray in the garage, and maybe the exterior. I will also look into some exterminators.
some non-toxic and preventitive options too:
http://eartheasy.com/live_natpest_control.htm
we had some very dirty neighbors in my first nyc apartment so we had to prevent and have exterminators come. i do not miss that part of nyc life.