 Pest (by Karmen [OR]) Oct 18, 2020 10:49 PM
 (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Oct 19, 2020 8:47 AM
(by Doogie [KS]) Oct 19, 2020 9:36 AM
(by Lynn [MA]) Oct 19, 2020 10:09 AM
(by Allym [NJ]) Oct 19, 2020 10:26 AM
(by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Oct 19, 2020 3:30 PM
(by Karmen [OR]) Oct 19, 2020 3:38 PM
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Pest (by Karmen [OR]) Oct 18, 2020 10:49 PM
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Managing 3year old multifamily building. Good, quality built.
New tenants moved inApril 2020 little over month, they found brown German cockroaches, a few.
We Immediately scheduled pest control company to treat that unit and unit next to and above it. None of other units had it.
Month later again, in total three treatments, (the technician asserts that they brought the pest in) pest is back.
Tenant has a couch, that initially said was old, then backed out. Told them looks like they brought them in, as it happens in majority of cases, was told. Now, 2 months after, they found one insect , in the kitchen.
They are fairly clean, but do have second hand furniture.
What to use, what to do? Will pest treatment help at all?
They are claiming their furniture is not the reason!
Thank you, --71.237.xxx.xx |
Pest (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Oct 19, 2020 8:47 AM
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I have been told many years ago that if German Brown are found in the kitchen, pull the frig out and treat the card board near the compressor.
German Browns are sensitive to heat and that compressor is the most desirable place for them there
They call also go into ducting if you treated one space and not the others first. You need to contain first --24.101.xxx.xx |
Pest (by Doogie [KS]) Oct 19, 2020 9:36 AM
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There's a post just a few down from this called "Roach Help" by TM(MN). Several responses there, all with good advice. Check that one out.
As far as where they came from, they probably did bring them back in. Very hard to prove though. As gross as it sounds, people that work in restaurants are most likely. They hitch a ride home from work. --68.102.xxx.xxx |
Pest (by Lynn [MA]) Oct 19, 2020 10:09 AM
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I had one tenant who kept bringing them in from the food they were buying. The only way to get rid of them was to get rid of the tenant. --66.30.xx.xx |
Pest (by Allym [NJ]) Oct 19, 2020 10:26 AM
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I had two in my kitchen in September, just regular, not German. They came in with some dog food given to me by the breeder of the puppy I bought from them and that they delivered. The box of food was on a cabinet and they were in the drawer. I caught them both really fast with a Terminix sticky trap. It's flat and can fold into a square tunnel. The success of this trap is that it SMELLS LIKE PEANUTS! The roaches headed for it and also I had those giant spider crickets in the basement after I bought a papyrus plant at the Farmer's Market. They are African. The crickets flock to it like flies on something dead. You might put them behind the fridge and see if they all get on there. --71.104.xx.xxx |
Pest (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Oct 19, 2020 3:30 PM
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Integrated pest control where three elements necessary for survival are food, water and place to live and breed. Chalking all the baseboards, kitchen cupboards, bathroom vanity then putting spray foam insulation where pipe enter walls or floors makes it difficult for roaches to hide and breed. Putting bleach in the defrost pan the fridge along with fixing any leaks then tell tenants to drain the sinks when not in use. Most things die without water after seven days. Next pull out stove and fridge then thoroughly clean out crumbs along with sealing up all the cracks in the baseboards. If a cold day or night then putting anything outside where the live roaches will make a run for it. Spraying the roaches come out later where sealing up they die there. Max Force or Combat gel along with no food source then the roaches eat the bait. Find sticky roach traps effective as once in the trap the roaches never come out. With bait it takes a few weeks where gradually the roach population goes down. Remember elements for survival which are food, water and a warm place to live. Roaches only travel around perimeter of a room so traps and bait there. --70.29.xxx.xxx |
Pest (by Karmen [OR]) Oct 19, 2020 3:38 PM
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Thank you all!
Very, very helpful.
Went to Roach help. An excellent source of info.
No wonder we read almost religiously the Mr Landlord emails and all the posts.
Off we go into a battle with roaches....
--96.85.xxx.xx |
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