My [first] Germran roach story.I'm pissed and I need to rant out.
I never had a roach or pest problem in my life up until now. It's really stressful!
I moved to a new apartment (but a rather old building). A month later I saw my first German roach ever and I was saddened. I'm not afraid of them but what I hate is how they multiply like crazy.
First saw one just crawling underneath the dining table. I'm like, meh probably just this odd one that sneaked in.
Then I saw a huge one just chilling on my drawer in my room. I caught it in a plastic bag, shuddered, wimped, and bludgeoned the crap out of it as I've been told they don't die easily.
What if it had crawled all over my figures too? *sighs*
Aaw shit.
If I saw two, that means I've got probably 100 somewhere else. Ever since that day, I have been seeing roaches every day mainly around the kitchen.
FYI I always clean my kitchen. Clean up the counters every time I cook, no dishes are left in the sink, sweep, and mop every week.
Out of curiosity, I decided to check this one dark crack between my fridge and my counter. I nudged my fridge a little (can't really move it too far as it's next to a wall too) away from the counter. Lo and behold, there was a ton of roach droppings between that crack! Including two egg shells that were hatched already. That makes about 80 baby roaches crawling somewhere. *dramatic music plays*
Makes me wonder how the previous tenant have been dealing with their roach problems, too.
I had to do some research and found a few ways to control those pests. It's not very easy as you can't catch them all. A few traps were laid in the kitchen as I noticed them more frequently around the kitchen area.
I first got some Combat Max roach motels and placed them everywhere in my flat with more of them in the kitchen. One turned up in plain sight the next morning with their belly up. A few days later, found one bellied up under my sink. Some of them were still spazzin' and having seizures.
Later, I got some Catchmaster baited glue pads and slipped one under the fridge from the side (the front was blocked by the fridge itself, rawr.)
Caught one within the same day! I was pretty excited. When I woke up the next morning, I pulled the whole sheet out and to my surprise I saw 3-4 extra ones that were underneath. Woohoo! Laid out some more and holy crap, it caught a few more roaches, ranging from little babies to adults.
I'm just kind of sad I can't really move the fridge... or rather, I'm afraid to do so.
I laid out a few other traps that were folded into a tent with peanut butter in the center for lure. Read up that some roaches have started to evolve away from sugar and that grease was more effective.
I had put this one underneath the kitchen sink cabinet close to the wall. Next morning? Caught 3 babies clustered and stuck to the edge of the glue gauze.
I just received in the mail some boric acid in a bottle. Plan on spraying that all over the kitchen perimeter.
Did you know that it weakens and kills them in two ways?
Boric acid thins out their shell so that lowers their defenses.
It also is poisonous to roaches in a natural way since it dehydrates them to death. If you sprinkle the powder finely and they manage to walk over it, the powder sticks to their bodies. Then, when they decide to groom themselves (yep -- just like a cat) they ingest the little particles of boric acid. Slowly, they will dehydrate and die.
I like this method way more than those toxic sprays since boric acid is natural and all roaches' mortal enemy.
I woke up this morning in a bad mood. Then I was taking a nice hot shower. Grabbed my facial cleanser from my shelf and that son of a flying monkey was just chillin' right behind it. Got out of my shower immediately while naked, wet, and cold just to grab a paper towel so I could catch it. Out of curiosity, I looked in there again behind my bottles and oh hell no there's a second one further into the corner.
Caught them all, wrapped in paper towel, and bludgeoned them to death. Stomach liquid soaking through paper towel. Mission success.
I probably need to lay another glue pad in the bathroom.
I am using multiple methods of roach extermination and I hope that my efforts will not go to waste. I'm sick and tired of fighting these damned things.
Share with me your roach stories. Whether you had them in your home, someone's house, or anywhere else.
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