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camille65 -> Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 11:41:43 AM)
Myron the GIANT cockroach is causing me to question my sanity. Does he really fly? Is he going to hide in the toilet or bathtub? What about boxed food in the cupboard that has been opened? Avoidance techniques are more than welcome, how exactly do I avoid getting more Myrons in my apartment? Lastly, aside from the psychological trauma... can he hurt me for real? Thank you. Please be kind. Please be truthful because I'm about to lose my mind. And I'm really hungry but a wee bit leery (HAH understatement of the millenium) about going into the kitchen. Thank you, again. ~Signed, Cowardly Camille

Fitznicely -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 11:48:30 AM)
Leave a tempting morsel in the microwave, lie in wait and.... Failing that, I'm afraid you're going to have to move out.

camille65 -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 11:50:14 AM)
I move in June. June... makes me think of Junebugs. Aw man. Its everywhereeeeeeeeeeeee. whimpers that the lack of food is beginning to effect her thinking process

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 11:51:06 AM)
Does he fly... YES! Boxed food... that is why there is tupperware!! Yeah, I would just move, srsly. [:D]

scifi1133 -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 11:53:32 AM)
I've lived in the deep south and yes they fly but honestly a normal bug bomb keeps them out. You can go to the kitchen and eat dear it will be okay.

subtlebutterfly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 11:59:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: camille65 Myron the GIANT cockroach is causing me to question my sanity. Does he really fly? Is he going to hide in the toilet or bathtub? What about boxed food in the cupboard that has been opened? Avoidance techniques are more than welcome, how exactly do I avoid getting more Myrons in my apartment? Lastly, aside from the psychological trauma... can he hurt me for real? Thank you. Please be kind. Please be truthful because I'm about to lose my mind. And I'm really hungry but a wee bit leery (HAH understatement of the millenium) about going into the kitchen. Thank you, again. ~Signed, Cowardly Camille lol you're funny[:D] Yes they can fly No he probably won't end up in the toilet..it might hide in your bathtub but seriously I'd just make sure to check it first I mean it's fat brown big thing you can't miss it really. Boxed food that has been opened? hunni cockroach is a bug...just like flies..and spiders..he might check out your food if you leave it open I guess you can buy some spray but I don't know...I live in a cockroach free country and am loving it.. I'd just recommend these fly nets! they work wonders..that's all I used in austria just don't leave doors/windows open without a net.. Cockroaches can fly into you..they're fat so it's like SPLAT n it ends up on the floor wondering what the fuck he just flew into..but all there is about them is that they're mostly disgusting and highly annoying. However..at this resort I was they had this little hole in the ground or yanno just like 1 inch deep or sum in front of their door and they had one of those big black rubber mats with holes in it?? It was a great cockroach trap they had major troubles making it over the mat..they usually died.. either got stepped on or they just somehow got stuck there. just go eat..pee..bath..do your thing it's just a little bug...ok medium sized but still harmless and to be honest terribly dumb!

SteelofUtah -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:03:37 PM)
I used the Expensive Gel Bait for Cockroaches when I have Germane Brown mini infestation brought by the neighbors and it killed 98% of them now all we see is the occasional dead one and that's it. I Like the Gel Bait with Fipronil in it. Gel Bait is the only thing that worked after having like 3 different Bug Guys come out and say it would take them like 4 trips and then they couldn't promise anything. A 20 dollar box of Gel Bait which can be purchased from a Farming Store (Check your Local Feed Store Listings) and it is as if we never even had them. ALSO Somthing that most Bug Guys won't tell you. Cockroaches are Canibals, The Poison that Kills them stays in them LONG after they are dead. Remove thier foos source and they will eat their dead, If you leave the Dead Bodies behind the fridge or under the sink along the wall in the far back you will kill 50% more of the remaining 2% than you would otherwise. If you have a Cockroach Problem the worst thing you can do is leave dirty dishes ANYWHERE. How some of this helps. Someone if not the OP. Steel

sirsholly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:05:12 PM)
you are not supposed to squash him (her? We may be talking about Myrona here). They have eggs and if you smash them the eggs go everywhere (pauses to administer smelling salts. Camille? Camille...you ok?) then they hatch and you have a bunch of little Myron/Myrona's running amok.

subtlebutterfly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:09:07 PM)
HOLLY ARE YOU SAYING THEY'RE LIKE SPIDERS????? don't tell me that if you accidentally touch them they release the eggs? you need to actually smash them..right..right?? RIGHT????

Fitznicely -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:09:30 PM)
Ohhh that reminds me of the day I saw a VERY pregnant spider get caught in a lil fire in our garden. all these tiny tiny spider babies scampering for their lives!

subtlebutterfly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:10:22 PM)
scratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratchscratch scratch this thread is causing me to ITCH

sirsholly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:10:43 PM)
Butterfly...in all seriousness, to the best of my knowledge you have to squash them for the eggs to be released...unless they have already released the eggs on their own

subtlebutterfly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:11:46 PM)
thank god..I thought I'd been livin in a lie all this time omg phew but still scratch!

camille65 -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:12:41 PM)
God I'm getting nauseated. Okay this is good incentive for not having dishes in the sink but now I have to go near the sink. I won't squish Myron, he is too big. I was going to catch him (I had a brave moment before he scurried under the dishwasher) and throw him off the balcony. No. I'm not okay. Aside from my stupid medical person phobia I have a genuine one about bugs. Myron was 3 inches, I could tell because he was a smidge longer than my coffee cup (that he was next to) is wider. GIANT. The only time I've gotten off my bed (which no longer has covers that he can hide in) is to go pee. I'm hungry and dehydrated, RR won't be here til Friday late. Barney keeps laughing at me or whining for food which I can't feed her cuz Myron is in there. Now people are saying I have to move! I can't break my lease, ends in June. I can't even be naked anymore because if I'm naked and fall asleep he could crawl up my hooha. I'm freaking out. It is irrational I know. But he was just so GIANT and unexpected. Really unexpected. Somehow I managed to live out in the woods in Michigan but this GIANT Texas roach is gonna kill me. I need a real life hug. And food/water. And sleep.

sirsholly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:13:09 PM)
personally...i would buy a car load of a good bug spray and get to work

sirsholly -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:16:45 PM)
Camille...i would be freaked out too...but you cannot spend the rest of your life in bed and naked (alot of men would disagree here...). Seriously. I would NEVER be without a can of bug spray..even walking from one room to another. Myron (a) is more afraid of you then you are of him/her.....maybe

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:16:55 PM)
Oh, gosh I forgot to mention not squashing it, thanks Holly!! Truly, the gigantor bugs are not the same as the little German browns and other varieties that can infest your place. Want to see those? www.whatsthatbug.com With Barney, I would be hesitant to bug bomb unless you really have an infestation,which you may NOT. If you talk to your neighbours, ask them if they have bugses, or if the apartment place sprays. It could be that Myron just wants to be your friend. Get your mister to do a catch and release. [:)]

AngelGeena -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:17:23 PM)
cracking up at the mental image of the hooha crawling buggie

atypicalsub -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:18:58 PM)
Not certain exactly which species of cockroach we are talking about here. Most species can fly but will only do so in rare instances. Flying takes a hell of a lot of energy, crawling is simply a far more efficent way for them to move about. Cockroaches generaly will hang out around sinks. They need fresh water for everything. Insects have no saliva glands so they can't eat anything unless it is wet first. Boxed food in the cupboard is generaly of no interest to insects. As stated above, they need food to be wet. If it is kept completely dry they can't taste it and won't even identify it as food. They simply can not tell the difference between dry sugar and sand. That said, if there is too much moisture in your kitchen there is a possibility of it condensing on packages in the cupboard and that might be enough for insects to taste the food. Good ventilation will solve that problem. If you're worried about it leave a fan running in your kitchen over night with the cupboard doors open to dry things out. Cockroaches pose no direct threat to humans. They are not predatory, just scavangers. They do not attack live animals but are only attracted by the smell of decaying meat. The best way to deal with them is simply to keep your kitchen and bathroom as clean as possible. Wipe down surfaces with a solution of about one shot glass of bleach to a gallon of water. The bleach will kill bacteria anywhere the roach may have walked. Roaches depend a lot on smell to find food and locate a mate. The bleach will make it extremely difficult for them to fine either so any in the are will most likely just leave to find an enviornment more to their liking. Roaches use water pipes like highways to move between apartments or rooms in a house. Put up road blocks. Go to the hardware store and get a can of the insulating spray foam. Fill the holes around any pipe openings under the sinks and around the bath tub and toilet. Also slide the stove out and do this around the gas pipe (assuming you have a gas stove). If there is a plastic or metal disk where a pipe goes into the wall or floor slide the disk up the pipe and spray foam into the hole behind it before putting the disk back in place. Get a tube of kitchen and bathroom caulk and lay a bead of caulk around the base of the toilet. Likewise along the base of the bathtub where it meets the floor and along the wall edge if there is not a continious seal there. Finaly get some borax. You'll find it at the store with laundry additives. Sprinkle a couple of spoonfuls down down along the wall under the sinks and anywhere else there might be moisture. Roaches will eat this. They are incapable of burping so the resulting gas will kill them. It won't hurt household pets.

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Important Life Saving Questions (4/20/2009 12:19:34 PM)
If I were in bed naked all the time, how would I smash the living hell out of the SPIDERS that infest my house? Good advice on the spray can, Holly---a tall one can give you the extra height needed to smash one on the ceiling!

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