I'm having a pest problem at home..

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This stuff last 3-6 months. Store in a cool place it was last a long time. Safe for kids and pets once dry, just spray around doors, baseboards in kitchen, etc. Places you have seen bugs. Also spray around the home on eves around doors and windows (kills spiders)

it is pretty expensive, but the best thing I have found is bengal roach spray...it will have roaches crawling out and dying before you finish spraying. It lasts a long time and it is totally odorless....

Thanks guys for the help...

I'm glad I didn't have to scroll through two pages of 'you poor' and 'you dirty' comments before getting some help



That's why the OB is the best on TD

I use this around the perimeter of my house. Works wonders. Immediately after spraying, bugs I didn't even know were there were running for the hills.

Spraying will help, but you will need to bait as well. If it's german roaches, they will be in walls, and appliances. They lay egg sacs (oothecas) near heat to incubate them for the last couple of days. Spraying only works for the ones that come out and cross the residual.

Having german roaches isn't always a sign of nastiness. Anything you purchase, from food to clothing usually goes through these massive warehouses. That's where some are brought in. Other times, with used electronics.

A professional can get rid of them, but it's not an overnight fix. Sometimes it takes a couple of treatments. And you're right to get rid of them. They can be nasty, crawling through sewer and then across your counters, spreading bacteria onto food surfaces. And in large enough populations, they can create respiratory problems in children, including asthma.

I have really good success doing an initial treatment with P.I., a flushing, contact kill aerosol spray (need to leave for this, it will choke you), then a thorough crack and crevice spray (Demand CS) and finally, where they likely are harboring (fridge compressor, microwave, stove, dishwasher and voids around cabinets, hinge areas) with Advion roach gel. Some of those are available over the internet, but I'd recommend biting the bullet and getting someone who guarantees their work, and you'll be rid of them faster.

The reason they're hard to get rid of?

Each female and her offspring are capable of producing over 600 cockroaches in one year.

Jesus Christ man.... Thanks for the help... Those things are so frickin nasty... I live in Belle Chasse close to a wooded area so I'm guessing they are German roaches



You sound well versed in pest problems.. Are you a professional?



ETA: did a little research on wiki, looks like an American cockroach

Are they the little bitty ones or the big fat flying ones?

The big boys

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it will have roaches crawling out and dying before you finish spraying. It lasts a long time and it is totally odorless....

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Sounds like a terrible thing to have around the lungs of an infant.

LINK would be fun to try/watch if nothing else

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John Bossie tried Roach Motels. He tried Combat. He tried an exterminator. Finally, in desperation, he took home a gecko.

He has not seen a roach since. The ferocious little lizard that barks like a dog and has feet like suction cups is a natural predator of roaches.

And it is a natural ally of New Yorkers who don't mind falling asleep to the sound of scurrying and crunching, scurrying and crunching.

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