We had 'em in Madison, WI where it sometimes gets colder than twenty below in January.
Bonnie www.elephants.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Gittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:45 pm Subject: OT cat-safe roach control > I'm from Rochester NY and in my opinion, it's just too danged cold > for > the roaches here. They seem to prefer and thrive in warmer climes. > I'm > told that they enjoy heat sooooooo much that if nuclear blasts > kill > most other forms of life on earth...the roaches will survive. > > eeeeeeeeeeeuuu > Kathy and Deirdre > > From: TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OT cat-safe roach control > > > i'd never seen roaches--they seem to avoid buffalo, for some > reason!--but had a HORRID infestation in one of the houses we > lived in > here in mid-michigan..... we were afraid they were gonna carry off one > of the cats, they were so big and there were so many of them.... > > we got ALL new boxes when we moved, and lived in terror for a few > months in the new place afraid they're packed themselves in our stuff, > but they hadn't.... i'm glad i'd heard about the glue problem re: > boxes in time, because we had lots and lots of great storage boxes > we'd kept--losing them was worth it to be roach-free! > > something else you can do to help keep the population down is to put > steel wool around all the pipes and other plumbing openings under > sinks--actually, this works REALLY well for mice, not so well for > roaches just because they can get through the smallest gaps. but if > you pack it in REALLY well.... > > i think cockroaches just sit back and laugh at us, knowing that they > were here millions of years before us, and will outlast us by at least > that long.... > > (if you get a chance, tho, and the movie "joe's apartment" comes on, > it's worth watching--single guy who gets romantic and other advice > from all the roaches he shares his space with.... VERY funny) > -- > MaryChristine > > > >
