Cockroach....in the house....in DECEMBER??? - Page 3

L181SKY wrote on Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:48pm:

I buy Maton.  The red tin. Less than €4 and lasts a year  , I do it every time I’m there as I leave.  Brilliant. When I leave my house down in Mojacar , I use black gaffa tape to seal the bottom of my doors from the outside as I leave .  I spray the Maton. everwhere round ...

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...every corner in my house .As I back out lol.  IF anything at all gets in,and we are normally away six months in summer ,  they die within a foot of entry. Cannot recommend it enough.   I am totally paranoid too lol.  I leave my house hermetically sealed lol. I hope this helps. 

MichaelLaSiesta wrote on Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:55pm:

No I haven’t stamped on any but have hit them with something solid.  It’s amazing how hard it is to kill them though.  

Disgusting creatures 😡

MichaelLaSiesta wrote on Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:28pm:

Maton sounds good.  Where do you get that?  I’m surprised that you need to put tape on the bottom of your doors.  How can they squeeze through external doors when there is no gap?

Comares wrote on Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:53pm:

I use Raid in the Gold Spray to kill them. It does it in less than 5 seconds.

boo wrote on Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:06pm:

They HATE bay leaves! I put dried bay leaves in cupboards, wardrobes, and on paper plates under furniture, it really works. Also Mercadona have a very good insecticide floor wash [it's pink] They don't last long after they have walked over that.It's called S-95 friegasuelos insecticida.

MichaelLaSiesta wrote on Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:14pm:

How can this happen?  I have just been scared to death (I know, totally irrational) by the appearance of a very lively cockroach next to my pedal bin in the kitchen.  It had better be the only one, a leftover from last summer, because I can't abide them in the house.  Last July, wh...

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...en I was here for a week, I found at least one a day, mostly downstairs but one or two upstairs.

This trip has lasted just over six weeks so far and there have been none at all, no ants, no mozzies, no cockroaches - until now.  I'm a nervous wreck again.  I know it's stupid but it really did catch me unawares.  I had just finished washing up and was putting something in the pedal bin which caused me to move the bin slightly and it just shot out, at speed, did a circuit around the bin and back under it.  Needless to say I grabbed something solid, moved the bin again and luckily this action tipped the blighter onto its back.  It had no chance then and one cockroach was despatched quick time.

I really don't understand what it is doing in my house at this time of year and, of course, I will, in the morning, go over the floors carefully with the special cleaning fluid and then will put some of the traps down that I bought not expecting to need them until next summer.  Has anyone else had a visit in recent weeks?

Michael (heart rate just about back to normal now!)

Carol 36 wrote on Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:03pm:

Hi Michael, I was taken unwares by one when I was in our bungalow in September. It was at night I put my kitchen light on and saw a huge one run across my kitchen work top, freaked me out 😣 had to send hubby in but he couldnt find it put powder down all over, didnt see another the whole week w...

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...ere there, they make my blood run cold 😑.