subject: Eradicating Annoying House Cockroaches [print this page] Have you ever been successful in keeping your home out of bounds to the cockroaches? These pests seem to make an inroad into our homes and our lives threatening our peace of mind.
If you understand the cockroach's behavior pattern, you will find that they generally seek warm and dry places and seem to make all efforts to stay away from cold places. Does this indicate a pattern and a possible solution for us to find a way of driving them out of our homes?
There isn't any item in the house that is untouched by cockroaches. From scrap of food to soaps and plastic brooms they feed on everything including paper.
Leaving food items open and available is inviting these cockroaches to your home. Keep your kitchen and dining counters clean and net. They also seem to love damp and dark corners to breed.
If you wonder why them prefer to live in dark damp corners, is because these corners like sink and wet areas are sources for water. They can do without food for a while but not without water.
Cockroaches look for homes not only in dark corners under the sink but also in places where throwaway scrap and unwanted materials are stored and dumped. They find attic, store rooms and garages a safe heaven. This holds a clue to all. If you clear your home of unwanted stuff and keep things clean, cockroaches cannot live in clean and open spaces.
Cockroaches also love fabric, especially furnishing fabric and laces. You can find them in drawers and in places where lining fabric is used. The best way to get rid of them would be to remove such lining and fabric items.
You can use pesticides to control cockroach attacks and rid your home of them. But one must be careful while using these chemicals, as they can be harmful especially to children and pets. One may mix them with sugar and baking soda and keep the mixture as bait.
These ideas if implemented successfully can help you keep the cockroaches out of your homes and lives.
