Roaches

[RAZRr1275]

So I'm in an apartment for 2 more weeks and i've got roaches. These creatures from hell are either german or american and it seems they had babies soon after i moved in. I've raised concerns about this issue but they don't want to seem to do anything about it. Even if they do something it would just be putting some spray down that would do nothing about the ones behind the walls. First what can I do now about these and second how do I avoid taking them home with me?

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Roaches

1. Ortho max home defense, spray it along every base board through out your apartment. Move tables, couches, all that.

2. Spray under the sink, on top of the counter top along the edges where it meets the wall. Move your dishes out of the way FIRST of course. Hell spray along the outside edge of every cabinet in your house where it connects to the wall.

3. Spray across the bottom of your doors on both sides of the door that leads to the outside of your apartment.

Ortho Max works wonders and kills everything including spiders, crickets and ear wigs. They will go away, long enough for you to move anyway. Pretty hard to stay bug free when you live in a building infested with them and you the only one in there spraying. Now to prevent you transporting them, pack at the last minute, seriously. You don't want to have boxes and suitcases just sitting up there, that just increases the chances of them getting inside.

So wait until you about to move, shake out every suitcase very damn good, every piece you pack, shake it out first before you pack it.

And when you get your new place, spray every inch of it with Ortho Max Home defense. In a house setting that stuff works for 6 to 10 months straight. I spray it once a year throughout the inside and outside of my house, including inside my garage and throughout my back deck area.

Bug free is the only way for me.

[TMagic]

Do what I've done in the past...

Kill any you see and leave em there as a warning to the others. I did it in my first place, killed 2 or 3. Left the last two hanging around, and those were the last I seen in my room. Lol

[Splitter77]

Re: Roaches

probably nothing you can do.
theyll most likely have to bomb the whole apartment.
Im guessing you have some dirty neighbors.

That was the case when i had roaches in my apartment like 10 years ago.
this puerto rican family lived in the room next door, and their room was loaded with them.
they were so dirty.

i ended up just breaking the lease the day i saw one in my silverware drawer.

[av7]

Re: Roaches

Just dont try a blowtorch like this guy

If Eiliya Maida thought he hated spiders before, imagine how he must feel now. The California man accidentally set his house on fire while using a blowtorch to clear spider webs out of his backyard.

Dont roaches cause a asthma reaction for some people? I know its a health concern, especially with babies so the manager(s) shouldnt be brushing it off.

[ScoobySnax]

Re: Roaches

Ugh. I lived in an apartment in college that was infested. It was the worst housing experience of my life. The complex wouldn't do anything about, so I had to pay an exterminator out of pocket. It was worth it though.

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[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Roaches

Dont roaches cause a asthma reaction for some people? I know its a health concern, especially with babies so the manager(s) shouldnt be brushing it off.

Yes they do.....They also cause allergic reaction for people who have severe allergies.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Roaches

well here's an update - i finally got in contact with maintenance but they said that they don't have the stuff to deal with this issue and have to contact pest control which only works monday through friday so hopefully these things will meet their death then and there aren't any eggs that hatch before then.

[AUChase]

Re: Roaches

We have the occasional ants or a spider, but never any roaches.

I couldn't deal with those things, they're disgusting to me.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Roaches

We have the occasional ants or a spider, but never any roaches.

I couldn't deal with those things, they're disgusting to me.

I didn't think I could either. I'm a biology nerd in a sense so I decided to research them and figure out how they worked. I figured that if i can look at things that freak me out scientifically it's a little better.

[av7]

Re: Roaches

For some reason after all these years, when someone brings up roaches, I automatically think of this

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/problem-child-2/9iGl2JJ72htmb/#!quotes/

[dickey1331]

I hate roaches. Living in North Texas you see them a lot. That's one thing I liked about Alaska. There were very few bugs.


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[TMagic]

I had watched a program recently that said that once a roach dies, it emits some signal that warns other roaches not to go in the area. I think that could possibly be why when, in my first apartment, I killed the two roaches and left them there (I really did leave them for like about two days. Lol) no more showed up afterward.

What I would like to know is what makes people "scared" of roaches in the first place?

They're not poisonous. They can't sting you or hurt you. Yet, most freak out at the sight of one. Even I do. I have to get myself psyched up to kill one, giving myself a pep talk...

"Ok Magic. You got this. YOU GOT THIS!!! He's NOTHING to you man. NOTHING!!! He's more scared of you than you are of it. Dont let him sense you're fear man. They can smell it. You gon let this little mother****** punk you? Come into our house and take over like he runs **** in here. Na. Stop being a ***** because thats what you're being right now."

"Then why dont you just kill him?"

"The f***? Listen to yourself. You sound stupid. Im your conscious. How the f*** would I--You know what, nevermind. Look, he's moved to a nice flat surface. Sweet. Perfect spot to lay the smackdown on his ***. Gotta take advantage now. Say 'I got this.'"

"I got this."

"Say it with your chest!!!"

"I GOT THIS."

***Goes in for the kill.***

***Roach moves into position that makes it hard to make full, solid contact.***

***Abort mission. Re-initiate pep talk sequence***

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Roaches

Because they look freaking nasty and disgusting that is why. And the German ones are big as hell. Luckily I haven't had them in my houses in the past 17 years.

If you have them in your house, I won't go in your house, simple as that, no lie. I can't be looking over my shoulder, having to guard my food and my drink because if I don't some bug might crawl in it. Nor do I want to have to shake my jacket really good before I put it on because chances are 5 or 6 of your friends crawled on it and just chillin out on it. Forget that BS.

[dickey1331]

Because they look freaking nasty and disgusting that is why. And the German ones are big as hell. Luckily I haven't had them in my houses in the past 17 years.

If you have them in your house, I won't go in your house, simple as that, no lie. I can't be looking over my shoulder, having to guard my food and my drink because if I don't some bug might crawl in it. Nor do I want to have to shake my jacket really good before I put it on because chances are 5 or 6 of your friends crawled on it and just chillin out on it. Forget that BS.

Lol you would hate my hometown. They are pretty common. Not much you can do about it.


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