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Originally Posted by geedub
Call an exterminator, repeat every 6 months forever, and stop being messy. Crumbs and a bit of moisture is all those pricks need to thrive.
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They do not need that at all to infest your aparment and thrive. That's like saying "Do Moar Laundry!!!" to someone who has bedbugs, or "Shampoo More!" to someone with lice.
Not effective. Not relevant. Cockroaches are more than happy to live off the dead skin cells that you, your family, your friends, and your pets shed everyday. Its all protein.
Unless you intend on scrubbing your apartment - and everything/everybody that walks into it - with bleach every 24 hours; maybe you could just try a razor thin line of Boric acid along where your backsplash meets your counter, or where your floors meet your neighbours walls. Your animals won't eat the shit (unless you have free range rats or roaches as pets), and it would take a minimum of a quarter pound of boric acid to kill even a small housecat. And a cat is not going to eat that shit. A dog might inadvertantly snort it out of curiosity, but keep it inside cupboards and closets, or off the ground where your counters meet the walls.
If you are living in a rental apartment, call your landlord. Fumigation, evacuation, and poison traps are always an option - particularly when you have children, pets, and no place else to stay.
Or just try the Boric acid.