[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by villagerjack

How can u tell they are German?

Their Ws are pronounced like Vs. Velcome to The Villages.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

Their Ws are pronounced like Vs. Velcome to The Villages.

Actually, Velcome to the Willages.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Carla B

The palmetto bug is huge, dark glossy brown and can be shot and killed with a BB gun, which my husband once did in Texas. The German cockroach is small and skittish and a lot of them come home from the from the supermarket with the groceries. I don't know about any other kinds of roaches and I hope I never do!

They don't worry much about roaches/palmetto bugs in Australia. (Why... WHY???) They don't worry much about screens either (or air conditioning, but that's another story...)

I'm sitting with my son in the TV room of their house in the AM before work, the TV is on, and the cat is going crazy. The TV is on a bookshelf. I ask what's up with the cat, and David says There's a roach beside the TV on the shelf.

So I look, and the sucker is three inches long. I freak. David says What do you want me to do, and I say, SCOOP IT UP and throw it out the damn window that has no SCREENS!!!!!

I lived in Georgia for five years. Roaches make my skin crawl. Massey is my first line of defense. I don't trust myself to get the right spots with anything from Home
Depot. Plus we have pets.

Why a tropical country eschews window screens (not to mention air conditioning) is beyond me. But I digress.

[cologal]

Originally Posted by Wiotte

New appliances come with German cockroaches ?



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Mine did....came from a warehouse and streamed out of the new Samsung Gas Stove.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

They are from Cincinnati.

And New Jersey.

[mrf6969]

Boractin Insecticide Powder is the only thing that I have found that kills ALL roaches. Just dust all your walls through your wall switch plates. In your homes walls is where these "little Bastards" live. Safe as it is Organic.

[doxiemom]

Originally Posted by TimeForChange

Been in TV for six years and have lived in two homes both new. Recently we have seen a few of the very fast, small, German cockroaches in the kitchen. I found one entry point behind a light switch on the kitchen bar and another behind the fridge. I have treated both and sealed. Still see infants. Deans wants $140 to treat and a monthly amount but I have been able in the past to simply use the stuff you buy at Home Depot and have no problems. Any suggestions?

If you see 1 German roach there are 100. They are brutal to get rid of. I recommend going to “do it yourself pest control” in Maitland, Florida (about an hour drive towards orlando). I had ceramic tile laid when I move in, german roaches were in the boxes and my house was infested. Was able to get rid of them myself with products from do it yourself. Other option is to get Massey and pay the fee. I am a Native Floridian, German roaches scare me to death as they multiply expotentlially.

[cologal]

They put the gel around the stove and in the cabinet hinges!

Some of it is still here.... I still have them do outside pest contol it was great to have them when there were roof rats running around. We were in Colorado but they came out and placed the bait box. When we arrived there were severa dead rats around. Over the summer there were reports of the White Footed ants around...they came out to bait for that.

The only critters we had in Colorado Springs were field mice now those are really hard to get rid of. Bet thats a long funny story!

[Destinygal]

Did you try bay leaves?

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[ That is one bug that I OTE]

Check around, under sinks, behind refrigerator, any open spot in any wall. Use the foam in can to fill it or putty or caulking. Well, this is just a guess and may be wrong.

I think they may come in from the sewer and into the sink drain plumbing. Reason for this, the "young uns" have shown up in and around sinks at night and in the shower if you can believe it. We have had about 6+ in two years. Hard to catch, well, we use the small vacuum with the hose and the crevice tool one person starts the vacuum and the other gets them out of the hiding place, it works good and the vacuum tube ride is a dead end. And, another item, when we go for awhile, I put bleach in the sinks and in the shower drain, about 1/4 cup and it does seem to work. Be sure to put the plug or stopper in the Disposal and the sinks. It has helped a lot.
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[maggie1]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Home defense spray works for me. Spray a 2 inch border around the perimeter, and when they cross it, they will die.

Just the word "cockroach" gives me the shivers! You've mentioned home defense spray - is this a product one can purchase at Ace Hardware, or anyplace else? My wife and I are snowbirds, and when we came back in October, the house was inundated with the large, Palmetto variety. We eventually eliminated the problem, but if there is a spray that we can use before we leave that would offer a bit of protection, that would be helpful. We have a pest control company that supposedly looked after the place, but they still got in.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Home defense spray works for me. Spray a 2 inch border around the perimeter, and when they cross it, they will die.

Do you spray the perimeter inside or outside?

[Waltdisney4life]

Your treatment to Electric outlets will have no effect German roaches like dark damp near a food source they’re not bugs are coming from the outside more than likely they were brought home and some sort of a corrugated paper products from some sort of a food mart.
I would recommend hiring a professional with a one time treatment 90 day guarantee or A one time treatment with a one follow-up visit.
The German cockroach breed at an alarming rate the longer you wait the worse the infestation home treatment usually scatters the infestation does not remove it and now you’ve just placed dangerous chemicals within your living environment. I speak from experience I owned three extermination company’s when I lived up north.

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by TimeForChange

Been in TV for six years and have lived in two homes both new. Recently we have seen a few of the very fast, small, German cockroaches in the kitchen. I found one entry point behind a light switch on the kitchen bar and another behind the fridge. I have treated both and sealed. Still see infants. Deans wants $140 to treat and a monthly amount but I have been able in the past to simply use the stuff you buy at Home Depot and have no problems. Any suggestions?

Wow, $140. to treat for cockroaches. If it were me I would be doing what you bought at Home Depot, if you don't mind doing the work to put it down, but I'm sure it's not real tough. I guess I do everything myself because if I bought from every fix up person that came to my door & how many vendors & private contractors I see running up & down my street I would be out of money in the first yr. TV is a great place to live but it's expensive to live here & fight off all the vultures that say you have a problem with something. But you're right you don't want cockroaches. I say do your home treatments first before some vendor convinces you that they're the only ones that can get rid of them. Good luck!

[ClayRussell]

We use Heron every three months for about $100. We still get a few roaches (Palmetto bugs), but not very many.