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But 9 months or so after that we got infested with roaches and we have gotten things and exterminators to try get rid of them. Soon enough they left for 3 months, but 2 days ago I found one adult in my room. I thought it was no problem, but the next night I found 3 of them and don't know why they came back. I have only seen them in my room. I have the middle room. I really need some help. Thanks.
By Eboy from Westville, NJ
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03/03/2010
I have always heard that just because you get your apartment treated for roaches doesn't mean that your neighbor has or will & as long as someone else has them & doesn't exterminate them or is clean, your problem will continue. I am sure the exterminator hasn't mentioned this as he is making money every time he does it for you. Perhaps you could talk to your landlord.
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03/03/2010
When we moved into our house where we live now, we brought roaches from the rental house with us. We hired an exterminator to come regularly for a year to work on the roach problem. One day I was home when he was there and told him that I still was seeing roaches in the kitchen, on one particular counter. He told me he suspected the problem might be an old radio on the counter and asked my permission to look inside the radio. Since I never used it, I said sure. Lo and behold, roach city! We discarded the radio, he came back a couple more times, and that was the end of the roaches. That was 33 years ago.
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03/03/2010
I also agree. They come in on vegetables from the grocery store and sometimes live from the debris in the drain pan under your refrigerator. BUT cleaning just that won't make a difference. No matter what you do to eradicate them, the entire building you live in must be completely treated by a professional exterminating company.
Good luck! They freak me out! They are huge and fly everywhere at night!
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03/03/2010
I agree with redhatterb. I used to live in a luxury apartment. One thing that wasn't luxorious was the roaches. The whole building will have to get exterminated. When just one apartment gets sprayed they just move to the next.
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03/01/2010
From what I have always heard, roaches can spread from one apartment to another. One building that I lived in, the manager had the whole building exterminated, because there wasn't any real way to determine which unit they started in. I have also heard that corrugated boxes and paper bags are good breeding places for the roaches. I imagine they lay eggs in the creases and folds, etc. in these items.
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