Need Advice About Roaches in my Apartment (apartment complex, leasing)

[NewtoMD2008]

Anybody has the same experience and advice is highly appreciated!

There have been roaches in my apartment in Montgomery county, Maryland. The leasing office sent the Pest Control technician four times to treat my apartment. I called them and they said there should not be any problem. But I am still seeing roaches. I am just so sick of it. I do not know if they can really solve the problem. My friends say it is difficult. I am thinking about moving. But moving is such a headache. Paying $1200 a month for an apartment with roaches! What is your experience and suggestion? Do you think roaches can be eventually terminated? Or the leading office is just playing the trick?

Thanks a lot.

[ediet]

Just out of curiosity, what apartment complex? I am looking at moving and I don't want to live where you live!
Catnip is a natural roach repellent. You can leave small packets of catnip (like maybe a couple of actual cat toys with catnip). You can also boil it and make it into a tea and spray your baseboards and behind counters. If you spray roaches directly with soapy water that will kill them (have to have cat like reflexes for this). You can also leave bay leaves, cucumber slices or garlic in the affected areas. Diatomaceous earth (don't even ask me how to pronouce that!) is a natural alternative to killing them since it breaks down their exoskeleton.
You can find all that and more information at eartheasy dot com. They have tons of natural bug repellents and even sources to find some of this stuff.
Good luck!

[Legs1357]

Check Maryland's Landlord & Tenant laws. They should spell out what the landlord is and is not required to do legally in terms of bug and rodent infestation.

[dkf747]

I lived 6 years in an apartment full of roaches. Those exterminators never had any effect on them. You just have to stay clean, especially with food, and do some of those different tricks like one of the above posters mentioned. I would move if I were you. Our current apartment does not have any bug problems.

[PenguinSix]

You can gas and spray and do everything, but if your neighbors are filthy, you're going to be stuck with them for well, ever.

You can try to find their entrance point into your house. Perhaps under the counters, or around a pipe or behind a board that is loose. Fill that area with caulk (buy a tube for $5 at any hardware store) and try to prevent them from entering the home.

Or just move. Really, that's a pretty serious consideration I would suspect.

[city414]

whats the name of the apartment complex

[treebw]

I am not really into harsh chemicals, but I lived in a house in Raleigh that had a huge problem. I found that the long-term sprays work pretty well on the little ones. Only the really harsh stuff will work on the big guys.

I used the long-term spray all along the walls and around the windows and doors...any place they may come in. Then I would use the super-mighty Raid over that every couple of days or when I would see the big guys walking around.
I think they come in when it gets hot or cold. You may also want to figure out if they are looking for water or food; mine wanted water so I had to make sure everything stayed really day (I would even wipe out the sink afte getting water or doing dishes).
Good luck.

[Innotech]

shoot it with an airsoft gun and let your cat eat it.

[Skatergirl]

Watch an episode of, "The Verminators" on cable(discovery health, I think). Aside from losing your lunch from the graphics, you can get some tidbits on what not to do.

[Dutch62]

Love the verminators...

Apartment treatments can be the worst. It takes a combined effort of tennant and landlord. Doesn't sound promising for you, sorry to hear. This puts the frustrated bug guy in the middle. Hope everything works out.
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