So I have a cockroach infestation

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What should I do regarding the cockroaches?

Allow the exterminator's poison to continue working (he is coming back once a month presumably forever)
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Caulk up the gaps to prevent new ones from coming (these first two are not mutually exclusive tbh)
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8%
Burn the fucking house down
10
26%
Refuse to pay the landlord rent because there are fucking cockroaches
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8%
Wipe away the poison and try to form a positive relationship with the cockroaches (for example, they could be convinced to defend the house against possible intruders)
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18%
Leave some dead roaches on the counter to scare new ones from appearing
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No votes
Lock my cats in the kitchen and order them to hunt down any cockroaches they see
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5%
Yell at the landlord again because seriously this is ridiculous
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24%
Well?
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11%
 
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Do/can roaches bite
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dietschlander wrote:Do/can roaches bite


I think some types do but generally they're just dirty and creepy
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Just flipped the light switch on in my kitchen and guess what? I saw a small roach scurrying into the darkness. How is this fair to me?
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How is extermination fair to the cockroaches?
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Yeah man, just live with them. Feed, water, and care for them.

Seriously though, if they keep coming back, you need to figure out why and fix that shit.
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XeeleeFlower wrote:Yeah man, just live with them. Feed, water, and care for them.

Seriously though, if they keep coming back, you need to figure out why and fix that shit.


I feel fairly convinced that our upstairs neighbors letting things leak gets water in the walls that we can't deal with. However the landlord is coming soon to seal any cracks that may exist, as well as paint the kitchen a nice pale yellow (my choice)
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Get a pet lizard or some cats.
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My cats are lazy freeloaders who would never help with this issue
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Update: the landlord has sent someone over to remove the back of the counter and replace it to ensure there are no cracks.
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Ofcourse you have a cockroach infestation you dumbass! Your disgusting lifestyle attracts cockroaches like pollen attracts bees. Get your shit together and start cleaning the basement from all the leftovers.
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gomakchios wrote:Ofcourse you have a cockroach infestation you dumbass! Your disgusting lifestyle attracts cockroaches like pollen attracts bees. Get your shit together and start cleaning the basement from all the leftovers.
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I don't live in the Basement, genius
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fightinfrenchman wrote:
gomakchios wrote:Ofcourse you have a cockroach infestation you dumbass! Your disgusting lifestyle attracts cockroaches like pollen attracts bees. Get your shit together and start cleaning the basement from all the leftovers.
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I don't live in the Basement, genius

You just sent that from your mother's basement
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gomakchios wrote:
fightinfrenchman wrote:
gomakchios wrote:Ofcourse you have a cockroach infestation you dumbass! Your disgusting lifestyle attracts cockroaches like pollen attracts bees. Get your shit together and start cleaning the basement from all the leftovers.
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I don't live in the Basement, genius

You just sent that from your mother's basement


Your lack of knowledge of the Basement is odd
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body slam the roaches through the floor
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Do you think this works on cockroaches?
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no
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Thanks for the advice!
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So I haven't seen any roaches in a while but the exterminator came for his monthly spraying and informed us that another "nest" of roaches was found in our upstairs neighbor's house, behind their fridge. This leads me to believe that he hasn't been looking all that hard since the start of this horrible journey.
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not too long ago my cat was hanging around the kitchen, standing on the counter and sniffing in the corner. Usually, he's in the kitchen looking for food to steal, but when he heard me coming this time, he didn't act guilty.

Turns out, he had trailed a cockroach into a corner behind an appliance. I moved it aside and the cockroach started to move. I ran to grab a tissue. My cat followed it with his nose until I killed it.

TL;DR use cat as spotter
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great story dude
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Well just found another little bugger this morning. Based on the horrible pounding sound I hear from the upstairs I have to assume the roaches killed my neighbors and have taken over the second floor.
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fightinfrenchman wrote:Well just found another little bugger this morning. Based on the horrible pounding sound I hear from the upstairs I have to assume the roaches killed my neighbors and have taken over the second floor.

How does it feel knowing there’s a “nest” above you and that you are basically surrounded by roaches
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evilcheadar wrote:
fightinfrenchman wrote:Well just found another little bugger this morning. Based on the horrible pounding sound I hear from the upstairs I have to assume the roaches killed my neighbors and have taken over the second floor.

How does it feel knowing there’s a “nest” above you and that you are basically surrounded by roaches


It feels not so good
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Just had my first cockroach sighting in months. Not sure if the exterminator stills comes monthly like he used to since I've been working but I will be reporting this to the landlord asap.
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