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What do you do when you see a roach or waterbug?
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| Spray it with Raid |
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6% |
[ 6 ] |
| Seal all the cracks with Boric Acid |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Step on it |
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22% |
[ 20 ] |
| All of the above |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| Light the house on fire |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| Scream |
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38% |
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| All of the above |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| Some of the above |
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11% |
[ 10 ] |
| Something else (explain in comments) |
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3% |
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| Call for help immediately |
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13% |
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amother
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 Fri, Mar 20 2020, 2:32 pm
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I really don't know what to do. I know they can be extremely hard to get rid of, and the more effective methods require leaving the house!
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naturalmom5
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 2:34 pm
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Write about it on ImaMother
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octopus
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 2:52 pm
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Screech on top of my lungs.
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amother
Burgundy
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 2:56 pm
Call DH to take care of it & watch him almost faint.
Then call the exterminator to come right away.
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amother
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 2:56 pm
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If my husband is home I'd tell him to take care of it. Otherwise I'd ignore it unless it became an often occurrence.
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tweety1
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 3:53 pm
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Somebody mentioned spraying Windex on here a few weeks ago. Let me tell you, it works!! It took abt a week or two and I kept spraying whenever I saw one. I tried seeing where it came from and spray that hiding place.
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cbg
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 3:59 pm
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If you have boxes or newspapers, piles of papers that attracts them
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asmileaday
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 4:32 pm
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When I used to have them in my old apartment I'd grab anything that sprays and drown them in it. Hairspray, Mr. Clean, Windex... anything!
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tweety1
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 4:49 pm
| asmileaday wrote: | | When I used to have them in my old apartment I'd grab anything that sprays and drown them in it. Hairspray, Mr. Clean, Windex... anything! |
Spraying windex on a routine basis will keep them from coming back.
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MiriFr
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 4:51 pm
Hairspray works!
Works best on spiders, actually.
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amother
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 5:44 pm
| MiriFr wrote: | Hairspray works!
Works best on spiders, actually. |
I would never hurt a spider.
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Stars
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Fri, Mar 20 2020, 6:11 pm
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If it's a little bug I ignore it. If it's a gigantic one I put a cup over it.
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FranticFrummie
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Sat, Mar 21 2020, 5:01 pm
Roaches love to lay their eggs on paper.
If you get groceries in paper bags or boxes, get them out of the house ASAP! I found out about that when I was living in NY, and it really does make a big difference.
We also had to store all toilet paper and paper towels in the refrigerator. 
Keep your toothbrushes in the fridge, or in a sealed tupperware with some mouthwash in it. I once opened the medicine cabinet to find a roach on my toothbrush. I cried for an hour! It wasn't so much that particular roach, but who knows how many others had been there before him, and for how long was this going on?
Roaches are the spawn of Satan.
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mamma llama
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Sat, Mar 21 2020, 11:04 pm
I checked your polls, and the majority holds that screaming is the most rational only way to handle roaches/waterbugs (all bugs, actually...)
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yo'ma
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Sun, Mar 22 2020, 9:19 am
| FranticFrummie wrote: | Roaches love to lay their eggs on paper.
If you get groceries in paper bags or boxes, get them out of the house ASAP! I found out about that when I was living in NY, and it really does make a big difference.
We also had to store all toilet paper and paper towels in the refrigerator.
Keep your toothbrushes in the fridge, or in a sealed tupperware with some mouthwash in it. I once opened the medicine cabinet to find a roach on my toothbrush. I cried for an hour! It wasn't so much that particular roach, but who knows how many others had been there before him, and for how long was this going on?
Roaches are the spawn of Satan. |
In one of my kids room, there was wallpaper. It was there before we moved in. This is many years ago, so I don’t remember how long we lived there before this happened, but at one point, the wallpaper was ripped. I pulled part of it off and saw millions of eggs   . I quickly called the maintenance guy and said it was an emergency. Within a week, the wallpaper was removed and the room was painted.
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amother
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Tue, Mar 31 2020, 3:21 am
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Another option: throw boiling water at it.
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DrMom
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Tue, Mar 31 2020, 4:51 am
Waterbug: Kill it.
Roach: Call my DH to kill it (Israeli roaches are HUGE and they fly)
Luckily, this doesn't happen often.
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nchr
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Tue, Mar 31 2020, 6:37 am
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I always trap water bugs in cups and take them outside (or spiders etc.) I haven't had roaches BH but have had carpenter ants and have an exterminator spray for that.
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mommy3b2c
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Tue, Mar 31 2020, 6:39 am
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Scream very loud and hide under the covers. Call my husband and cry. That’s about it.
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greenfire
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Tue, Mar 31 2020, 2:49 pm
| mommy3b2c wrote: | | Scream very loud and hide under the covers. Call my husband and cry. That’s about it. |
sorry I just cannot imagine a strong woman as yourself hiding under the covers lol
[standing on a chair ~ maybe] 
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