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Old 04-14-2014, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonanza View Post
I understand what you are saying, however,
from being in real estate for about 30 years, I have been in and
listed, shown and/or sold many vacant houses. I have never seen a property overun with bugs and I am speaking about houses that did not have any pest control. The bugs were usually dead except possibly, a few live ones here or there. A quick vaccuuming and cleaning did the trick for the new owners. Residents of TV are guilty of indiscriminate pest control.
They have been brainwashed into thinking it is necessary.
It is an unnecessary evil here and runs rampant.
People should call a pest control company if the have a REAL problem -- not an imaginary one or one the they they might have in the future.
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Originally Posted by KittyKat View Post
Barefoot, we're talking about LAWN pest control being applied indiscriminately. Pest control being sprayed around the perimeter of the house is different. But I don't think even that needs to be done on a monthly basis. In the 7 years we have lived here I'm lucky if I remember to spray once or twice a year and we don't have a bug problem. We get those real tiny ants around the dry cat food dishes once in awhile so I'll put some traps out. The few bugs that have gotten in are soon discovered by the cats. And when we first moved in we had some red ants but I put Amdro on those and haven't had any more. Maybe there are more bug problems in the older areas that have more mature trees.
I hear you both loud and clear.
I doubt that any of us are fans of indiscriminate pollution of our environment.

Probably we have been brainwashed by Pest Control Companies.
If we were full-time residents, we could better monitor the situation.
When we are absent for extended periods, it makes us nervous
to think of bugs munching on our lawn, or ants playing volleyball in our kitchen.
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