I have a cockroach problem in my apartment?

May 30th, 2011 | by admin |

I live in one of those buildings with an outdoor fire escape in NYC, so it’s pretty old… I kept finding roaches in my room and all over the apartment even though I left no food in sight. Someone told me to leave some kinda poison around, but I don’t want to find dead roaches randomly all over the apartment. There are some roaches in my closet for some reason and it isn’t that crowded in there… still I’d hate to find dead roaches near my clothes. Is there some kinda way that I can trap these roaches or drive them away from my apartment?
Thanks for everyone’s input :D I talked to some people by the area, and apparently pretty much everyone who lives in this city has either a rat or cockroach problem… so it’s nothing the landlord can do. I’m pretty much OCD clean and I never eat at home so I’m not sure what’s attracting the roaches, there’s nothing edible in my closet anyways… I’ll try the trap, acid, powder, and whatever other method I can find all at once. Something’s gotta kill them.


  1. 7 Responses to “I have a cockroach problem in my apartment?”

  2. By QuillSB74 on May 30, 2011 | Reply

    Not because, if you clean your suitable of the Hinterwellen, the Hinterwellen of neighbouring dwellings. come in. i.e. an endless fight. Attempt somehow. Hold superclean for cost counter, desk tops, floor and cabinets. Hold your silverware in the plastic bags within the subjects, your plate & amp; Pots and tubs in the plastic bags, in etc. in that Hinterwellen will not thus go on your material. Empty your waste, which is daily (disturbing however necessarily). Do not hold a trash can under the tub — hold it outside of the cabinet. Plus, that odd & quot; defective pencil points& quot; They see at the cost expense in the morning — those are baby behind waves.

  3. By holey moley on May 30, 2011 | Reply

    Set for Borsäure (the component in Roachpruf; if it can& #039; t find it at Lowe& #039; s or Home depot, buy Borsäure at the pharmacy– smaller quantity and more expensively this way, although) along each point, in which the wall meets the Fuà Ÿ ground or the Countertop. The Hinterwellen takes it zurà ¼ ck to the nest, thus you won& #039; t see a Bà ¼ ndel dead Hinterwellen completely to à ¼ more ber the place.
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  4. By ♫ Mad Luv ♫ on May 30, 2011 | Reply

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  5. By vaar69 on May 30, 2011 | Reply

    The building sounds. troubled. not much, which you can do, in order to get rid it totally. we buildup used different methonds, in order to steer it in the south and. my Mamma would leave beer out at night in a dish (or in the wine). They love it, creep into it and drown. Set for borax propellant around your base boards, therefore they carry it back to their nest and die. BECOME ALL NEWSPAPERS OR PAPER BAGS. LOOSELY. they draw Hinterwellen. Much luck.

  6. By Deborah S on May 30, 2011 | Reply

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  7. By rebornpheonix on May 30, 2011 | Reply

    I am partial to bekämpfen Hinterwelle gel. They draw in and get it zurà ¼ ck to the nest and wipe the colony away.

  8. By Yahoo! Official on May 30, 2011 | Reply

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