I cannot begin to imagine the surprised look you had on your face when you first saw the first cockroach proudly crawl by your kitchen counter. Not to mention what an embarrassing situation it would have been if a neighbor was around. In case this has never happened to you, and l highly doubt that, don’t worry your heart sick. In this article am going to show you some ways on how you can get rid of cockroaches quite easily. By the end, these suckers are going to be packing their bags and emigrating elsewhere.
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Control their sustenance
Of course, the only reason they are around your house is because they are able to acquire food from your house. Therefore, the first thing you need to do in this war of the roaches is to cut this supply as fast as possible. You need to spot out all the leaks you have in our house and totally ensure that they are totally fixed so that there are no damp areas in your whole house. The estimated amount of time they can stay without water is a week, so you can expect them to pack up in that time. On the other hand they can stay without food for almost a month. However, after a week without water they won’t think twice to run into any trap you set that look shiny and watery to them.
Vigilant cleaning
The second step on how to get rid of cockroaches is ensuring that you are not lenient in your cleaning. You want to avoid your neighbors running into one of these while over for a slumber party? Then you need to clean that floor until you can see yourself in the reflection. The reason for this diligence is because roaches are extreme scavengers of food. Therefore, you need to ensure not even a minute portion is available for them to survive on.
Use of traps
Third on our list on how to get rid of cockroaches is the use of traps. There are so many traps that you can use to get rid of this menace from your home. Of course, the traps will work best if you have already done the above, think of the above as reasons to draw them out of hiding. The first trap you can use is the mixture of sugar, white flour and boric acid. The sugar and flour draw them out while the boric acid takes care of the nasty killing business. In case you want deadly baits, you can easily buy these from t a store and get on with the elimination.
Use of chemical sprays
This is the last step of the road. In case the traps don’t work as effectively as you hoped, then you can pull out the guns and use chemical sprays. These are readily available in the nearest store. Carefully the instruction on the container and totally annihilate those little roaches. But of course you need to know where most they are found in your house or else you will be wasting precious chemicals. Good luck and may the force be with you as you war with the cockroaches in your household.
