Cockroaches live everywhere—in houses, apartments, trailers, and
teepees. Roaches can squeeze through cracks the thickness of a quarter,
and live a month without food. They enter your home in bags, boxes, and
even underneath doors.
So how to do get rid of roaches once and for all?
Starve them
Chemical
control methods alone cannot effectively control cockroaches. Starving
them may help control or discourage them to stay in your place.
Whenever
food and water are easy to find, roaches will invite themselves to
dinner. Here’s how to cancel their reservations and get rid of roaches:
Anything
that can be done to eliminate the sources of food and water for the
cockroaches from the home environment will help in their control:
DON’T pour fats and oils down the drain.
DON’T leave dirty dishes over night.
DON’T let grease accumulate on benches and behind stoves.
DO clean up after food preparation.
DO store food in sealed containers.
DO use a biodegradable drain cleaner.
DO use ‘Sticky Traps’ under refrigerators and behind ovens.
DO limit available water through open containers and leaky taps.
DO use a sink strainer to catch food scraps for your compost or garbage bin.
DO put plugs in sinks at night so cockroaches cannot come up the drain.
A
roach can find a snack just about anywhere. They eat crumbs, pet food,
dead leaves, and trash. If they get really hungry, they might eat glue
or soap.
Green kill:To paralyze and eventually
kill roaches, mix boric acid with water and flour, and place in jar lids
in the back of cupboards and underneath stoves. (Caution! Keep out of
reach of pets and children.) The flour will attract the roaches; the
boric acid will eat away at their exoskeleton.
If you can’t get
rid of roaches yourself, hire a pest control companyto fight the war for
you. Â Check out our page here for assistance on the control: Â