Roaches in my apartment.

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I Saw OJ

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This thread makes me thank the lord my new place doesnt have roaches! Although there is a lot of good advice in here just incase I ever did get em.
 

QueBert

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Originally posted by: BZeto
So does anyone have a cat that eats roaches? I must know!

I don't think there's a specific breed of cat that eats roaches. But, my mom has had a few cats that kill bugs, wouldn't eat them. More like, play with them until it got bored then kill them and leave them dead on the floor. She has a small dog now that gets any bug it sees. The Gecko idea is interesting, but how many roaches can 1 gecko eat? I mean if you have 1 roach you probably have tons more hidden. Dunno if I'd want a lizard runnin around my house.

Buying a cat with the expectations of it going after bugs, good luck. I've seen Cats that don't even go after Mice :)

 

Conky

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I haven't read thru the responses in this thread but I can tell you how to get rid of roaches! :)

Get you some Raid brand fumigators, settle for nothing else.... you will need to turn your smoke alarms off and be out of the house for at least 8 hours.

I recommend at least twice the number of fumigators recommended per square footage. I used to live on the beach next to a restaraunt so I know how to handle this kind of problem....

And after this I was roach free! :)

Sometimes you just gotta get nuclear with them little varmints, lol.
 

Coquito

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Originally posted by: mobobuff
Can geckos climb walls? I might consider getting a few to get rid of the spiders. I wouldn't even mind if they crawl on the bed at night, as long as I know there's something else in the house killing spiders when I'm not.

Hate spiders.

Spiders eat many other bugs, like roaches for instance. :)