cockroaches!!

[xabiachica]

one of my cats is to be found dismembering a cockroach most mornings

they are flying cockroaches, so I'm guessing they are flying in through a window or onto a roof terrace (we are on the 2nd & 3rd floor)

as long as I don't get overrun with them they don't bother me - it just seems to be the one every morning & it's dead by the time I get to see it

but I've always thought that you never just get one.............so maybe they have a hiding place somewhere that I haven't found yet

& I just read that they can cause problems for asthmatics - my dad has asthma


any ideas on what I can do to stop them?

[DunWorkin]

Is it possible that your cat is bringing it into the house?

There is a very good spray called Baygon. We buy it in Consum supermarket but I am sure it must be available elsewhere.

Edited to say : Just thought. You may have to check that it is safe to use with a cat in the house.

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by DunWorkin

Is it possible that your cat is bringing it into the house?

There is a very good spray called Baygon. We buy it in Consum supermarket but I am sure it must be available elsewhere.

we live in a 2nd & 3rd floor duplex - so hopefully they are just flying in & they aren't hiding somewhere

I shall try Baygon - though I guess if they are flying in that won't help...........


where should I look to see if they are hiding somewhere?


edit re your edit - yes - I shall have to read the can...

[thrax]

Cockroaches are one thing but for the last four mornings I have found a variety of fish heads outside the main door covered in ants.

[lynn]

We get those great big reddish cockroaches outside on our drive through the summer, and we discovered they were coming out from round the drain cover. I spray round the cracks with oro (big can from Lidl) every few weeks, and it seems to keep them away....

[Alcalaina]

Originally Posted by lynn

We get those great big reddish cockroaches outside on our drive through the summer, and we discovered they were coming out from round the drain cover. I spray round the cracks with oro (big can from Lidl) every few weeks, and it seems to keep them away....

Yes, they can easily get to third-floor flats via drains and air vents so and spray round all the edges and keep the plugs in baths and sinks.

[MaidenScotland]

The biggest route for cockroaches is via cardboard boxes being brought into your house. Boxes of water are often the culprit plus of course the drains route

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by Alcalaina

Yes, they can easily get to third-floor flats via drains and air vents so and spray round all the edges and keep the plugs in baths and sinks.

well I've yet to find one anywhere but in the cat's paws so far - she seems to like them for brekkie

[Maimee]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

well I've yet to find one anywhere but in the cat's paws so far - she seems to like them for brekkie

They often come into a house via the kitchen extraction.

[Alcalaina]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

well I've yet to find one anywhere but in the cat's paws so far - she seems to like them for brekkie

Get her some of Harry Potter´s cockroach clusters, might help wean her off them!
Cockroach Clusters - Harry Potter Wiki