cockroaches
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- georgesIII0
I lived in an appartment full of roaches,
the saying once you see one there's 100 more hiding it true,
but it depends of the size of the roach, if it was a baby roach you're screwed, if it looked like an adult and you only saw one,
you may get lucky, that probably means he got in from somewhere else,
anyways, a simple advice,
leave that place as soon as you can and trow out all the food or other items that are not essential,
you don't want to carry them in your new place,
- pastpastdue0
Yeah, I just poked around the basement of our building and didn't find any, so, that's a good sign.
Really think this bugger was a one-off that made it's way in through a window. Who knows though, I can't get into the storage units in the basement and there might just be a huge fucking infestation in one.
I am probably going to buy some boric acid and go to town in the basement. Shit eats anything alive. Love it. Had ant problems last summer so I just lined our apartment building's outside wall with it and they = demolished.
- sequoia0
once a building has them you can spray all you like, but it's not going to get rid of them.
if you want to reduce their numbers remove all food sources and water. this means ALL food sources, remember they can live off a few crumbs.
i also suggest doing some hardcore camping in the bush where you will be covered with all manners of insects. when you get home a couple of roaches won't seem like a big deal ;P
- dasohr0
last night i killed 6 big cockroaches and a handful of baby ones in my kitchen. we have a serious cockroach problem in our apartment, getting sprayed the second time in 2 months.
i find the only thing that really works, is keeping food stored properly, never leaving any water around and of course pure violence inflicted with a fly swatter. damm bugs can be quick so i keep my swatter very close at all times. i figure the more you kill manually the more effective pest control is.
funny thing is i've been living in the projects for years and never had a roach problem, but recently upgraded to common civilian quarters, which cost a lot more, only to find my new apartment infested with those damned buggers.
beats a rat infestation any day thou...
- pastpastdue0
Well, landlord is getting an exterminator. I am living in fear now.
- Ramanisky20
when I was about 15 I remember living in this shit hole apartment and we had a bit a roach problem .. those fuckers were everywhere ... I put some food in the microwave and those bitches were walking around the plate inside while it was on full microblast and nothing happened to them .. they just walked around like Laddy Dah .. fuck I hate those things
- d_rek0
They were attracted to the Miller High Life and Die Hard.
- duckofrubber0
Though this was another Hedge-related thread.
- whereRI0
they will rule the earth after the nuclear winter we create
- totally.benfal99
- but they will have no Doritos crumbs to snack on. thus ending their species.iCanHasQBN
- benfal990
The only place I've ever saw cockroaches is in the Montreal's metro (subway) and they are very small. I guess the roughness of the Quebec's winters are not very good for cockroaches.
- CALLES0
living in florida there are plenty. I am 6'2". But if i see a roach in my apartment i have to leave. And if i am with a girlfriend she has to kill it cuz i cannot bring myself to. They are warned at the beginning of the relationship
- the girlfriend.. not the roachesCALLES
- CALLES is a sissy?benfal99
- i dont care about rats, snakes, trannies & other shit. but a roach the size of the pinky finger nail and i am freakingCALLES
- CALLES' a sissy.
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Case closed.benfal99 - =:::(CALLES
- 6'2" huh? i never realized human height could correlate to the fear level towards roaches.iCanHasQBN
- i met this girl once, five-fucking-feet tall. a roach zoomed right passed her shoe and she didn't even flip out!iCanHasQBN
- whatthefunk0
when I lived in China every apartment I had (3) had cockroaches when I moved in. I bought a caulk gun and sealed every gap in the apartment. Door jams, window jams, around kitchen cabinets, around pipes coming through the walls (bathroom/kitchen sink). I covered larger holes with cardboard and caulk. That really did the trick
- d_gitale0
been living in Singapore for a year now... quite often I see thumbsized cockroaches in the street, and they can fly as well. There is a pestcontrol once a month to fume out the garbage chutes of my block, but once I came back from work I found loads lying around the garbage chute flap in my flat. Luckily only the little ones managed to escape through the small gaps when their kingdom was fumed. And they were all really dopey so made no big attempts to flee when I sprayed them... Had bigger ones on 3 occasions but slowly getting used to it. Food is really cheap here so I never cook and I keep my cereals in the fridge.
- Usually I keep my windows closed in the evening and at night, and the weekly cleaner helps as well :-)d_gitale
- we used to have those when i lived in mexico too. i think it's the warmer/humid weather. they come out of the sewers. cover your drains too. that helped.sea_sea
- your shower and sink drains. that helped kinda. have you ever seen a white one? that's freaky.sea_sea
- ETM0
- Miguex0
- DAMN! i thought this was really on my screen!iCanHasQBN
- HAHAHAHAAHMiguex