How To Prevent a Cockroach Infestation

Sep 17
11:31

2012

Bob B. Hamilton

Bob B. Hamilton

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For reasons that are not explained here, humankind has a distinct and emphatic aversion to cockroaches. Read on to find how you can deal with cockroach infestation.

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Can there be any creepier a feeling one gets then turning on the light to find a bunch of scurrying little insects running about the kitchen floor? For reasons that are not explained here,How To Prevent a Cockroach Infestation Articles humankind has a distinct and emphatic aversion to cockroaches. These disgusting little crawlers come out at night and can travel anywhere in the home including your toilet. That's right, even your toilet if it's not kept clean. Sure they love to check out cooked food and dirty dinnerware, but just their traveling about seeking a meal helps them spread a variety of diseases that affect human beings. Yes, they do carry germs harmful to human kind. Their presence helps to increase the occurrences of allergies and asthma in people.

What To Do
Whenever you find a cockroach in your home, you need to find the source. This will be the only way to rid you of a cockroach infestation. If the source is not located and eliminated, your nocturnal visitors will grow and multiply quickly, and in great numbers. These critters are capable of living on short rations. There's that old cliché that only cockroaches will survive a nuclear holocaust. Therefore, any time you happen to see roaches in the home, you must take care of the situation quite seriously. This means that you must deal with it immediately and not put it off until tomorrow.

Steps To Take When You Find Roaches
Once you have spied roaches running along your kitchen floor, there are number of steps you need to take including:

1.    Break out the spray bottles. There are commercially available insecticides in spray form that will instantly kill these disgusting crawlers. Keeping a bottle on hand for a quick draw spray at the bug will take care of the situation for that particular bug. However, the spray can also be harmful to humans if ingested or breathed-in so make sure to keep them out of the reach of children.
2.    Use bait if you do not want to go through the hassle of spraying with the odors and greasy mess it entails. There are commercially available bait boxes that can be placed in areas where roaches frequently visit. The bait is a great lure attracting the bug that dies once consuming it.
3.    Concoct a home remedy making dough from boric acid, flour and sugar. This is a mixture where the sweet sugar attracts the bug in the boric acid kills it. This can be a very effective home remedy in your battle against roaches.