Should Raid bombs and spray work to get rid of roaches?
Jun.03, 2011 in
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For the first 6 months I had no problems with any kinds of bugs in my apartment but after a new management company took over a few months ago and suspended indoor pest control, I’ve had problems with roaches. I bombed the place this morning and I’m going to use the spray around everything later on.
There’s no way to get out of my lease and I still have four months left here. Will using the Raid regularly keep them away while I’m stuck here? Should I pay for monthly pest control instead? I can’t live like this. I’m almost positive my neighbors have them as well and I’m pretty sure they’re doing nothing about it.
What can I do to avoid bringing them to a new place when I move in four months?
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June 3rd, 2011 at 5:33 pm
buy 2 triple packs go and ask them if they bomb, if they dont give them a bomb, if they start using them it will reduce your problem, also when you move dont take any cardboard boxes from your place as roaches leave there eggs in them.
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June 3rd, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Sprays and bombs will kill roaches that the spray gets on. The spray does not get the roaches in their dark hiding places and the places are where they lay eggs and drop their little pouches that have babies in them. They like to get in the corners and cracks under the cabinets. And in walls. German roaches have gotten immuned to sprays.
Some gel made to kill roaches can kill the roaches. The roaches eat the gel and get it on them and go to the hiding places and die. The babies and other roaches eat the dead roaches and die. Combat is good if you have german roaches. There are other brands of gels. The gels come in syringes that make it easy to put in corners and cracks.
An exterminator told me this.
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June 3rd, 2011 at 7:35 pm
O.K. before we dive in NEVER USE RAID OR BOMBS ON ROACHES!
PART 1: to attack roaches in a do it yourself manner the first rule is ALL the infested units need treatment or the issue WILL continue. go to your local hardware store and purchase a GEL BAIT with an active ingredient of Fipronil. Make the bait placements as instructed on the label. Avoid overly large “beads” or God forbid large thick lines of bait .Usually pea sized bait placements where you see the roaches during the day or obvious places NEAR WATER SOURCES which means the bathroom,kitchen, and ESPECIALLY near but not IN any Aquariums you have as they like to feed on the filter sludge.Roaches need water assuming you have German Cockroaches, and will gravitate near water sources . Using insect glue boards helps use the aggregation pheromone in their fecal matter they produce to draw them to each other.Fipronil kills by contact,ingestion,and when the dead roach is cannibalized by his/her buddies.This process takes at least 2 weeks and the nymphs (babies) need some time to grow large enough to physically eat the bait but unlike sprays/bombs this product attracts them and won’t force them into the walls where the problem can get exponentially worse.Repeat this treatment as the label says.
I have a lot of experience with dumb landlords/property managers.NEVER withhold rent,if you can afford it go see an attorney or legal aid.Likely you will be told to place your rent into escrow and proceed legally.Most states have laws that require landlords to deal with infestations but MANY people have their cases thrown out because they withhold rent improperly so knowing your laws is crucial.Keep receipts of what you have spent and document the “pain/suffering/mental anguish etc” you experience such as “up all night because I found a roach in my cereal”or”stayed in hotel because of trauma seeing a roach doing a backstroke in my bathtub”.again keep receipts.
Again,treating only your units will result in failure thereby establishing a need for treatment throughout the “stack” ie. nearby,adjacent, and/or units touching yours from above/below and so on.
As a Professional pest controller, my first statement to you would be what I told you above, all units need treatment.
when you move and IF the problem was not professionally resolved, here are some suggestions:
-have your items heat treated or Vapona treated
-Fumigate the items (very expensive)
-have your new place pretreated and post move in treated by a Pro.
Heat treatment is the “greenest” approach my company uses but can be costly along with fumigation.Vapona treatments can take several days but are fairly cheap.Cold does not work.Putting items in a cold place is a waste of time, heat is the best non chemical killer.
Sine Bed Bugs came back,Roaches are a “minor” issue for most Pest Controllers. They are however very well equiped to survive so last time, all units need treatment.If you can afford it you can hire a Pest Controller and ask them to write on their report what they recommend as Pest Control reports are Legal Documents and can help you in Court ,several of mine have! Inform the landlord IN WRITING and via REGISTERED MAIL of you r situation and try to get a WRITTEN repsonse ,verbal responses don’t help in court and are ussually considered heresay.
Sorry for the rambling answer , coffee has’nt fully kicked in.Good Luck to you.
BTW make sure they are German Cockroaches not Brown Banded Cockroaches the first rule of Pest Control is proper I.D.
Licensed Structural Pest Controller, Fumigator, and Rights of Way applicator (weed control) for over 8 years.
Hundreds of Roach,Bedbug,and other Pest Control jobs succesfully completed including Multi unit Housing (apartments) cleanouts of 300+ unit complexes of bedbugs/roaches/mice etc.
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