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SocratesInSpirit Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 04:43 PM
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Ewwww Cockroaches!
I'm packing up my apartment for a move and am so grossed out - keep finding dead roaches on my dishes and shelves!

I've always been wary ever since I opened one of my cabinets and a roach fell out and scrambled down my arm - have been afraid of my kitchen since, lol!

Am frightened I'll be taking the little buggers with me - any ideas how to stop the infestation from following me?

:scared: :scared: :scared:
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 04:47 PM
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1. boric acid
old but good remedy...used it in college when I had unwanted guests...
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SocratesInSpirit Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 04:52 PM
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2. Oh so that's what that white powder in my cabinets was
when I moved in!

These roaches are pretty feisty - we've had monthly exterminations in the kitchen but it doesn't seem to help much, so our building is having a massive extermination (the day before I move out, no less). All the roaches'll probably hide in my boxes.

Ah, well, it could be worse, I suppose - could have bedbugs.

Thanks for the tip. :)
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 05:27 PM
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3. did you clean out that white powder?
it is pretty safe..it is the stuff used in eye washes
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SocratesInSpirit Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 05:36 PM
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4. yeah, I did
But it reappears every month...I think that's what the exterminators are using.
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