Hi, Marissa,
What are you using to get rid of the
roaches?
I live in an apartment in Hyattsville, MD and roaches
are attracted to my two cats' dry food and water feeders in the
kitchen. I have used boric acid as well as the Raid roach baits
and the apartment management's exterminator
contractor has applied some kind of
gel product. My boys seem
not to have been affected at all by the gel applied by the
exterminator along the baseboards and in the cupboards or by the boric acid. I still have to kill 8 or 9 very small roaches
every day and I am getting very tired of having the
bugs.
Leah
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Subject: Insecticides/Exterminators
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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Insecticides/Exterminators
Hi again everyone! I keep coming up with more questions...thanks for
your patience!!!
I live in an apartment in a suburb of Washington, DC. I woke up this
morning and realized that the exterminator was supposed to come today (he comes
the first Wed. of every month). I couldn't get ahold of the office to find
out if Slinky would be safe or not, so I left a note for them to call me before
they did anything.
They did call and the exterminator says the chemicals they use aren't
harmful to any animals (there are others in the complext with cats and they're
fine). They're treating for roaches. I did have a roach problem
shortly after I moved in, but I haven't had any problems for a while. I
told them Slinky had a suppressed immune system and they still said it would be
fine. But I asked them to skip my apartment at least for this month.
So...for future reference...do you think the insecticides they use really
are okay for him? If I end up developing a roach problem, should I let
them go ahead and spray? Or should I find a place for Slink to go for the
day that day? Could the roaches be harmful to him if they become a problem
(I know they carry diseases, etc.)?
Since they do this monthly, I want to know how to handle it in the
future. I almost asked if I could bring Slink to my office today, but
wasn't sure how well that would be received. Plus it might be stressful
for him!
So what are your thoughts? Any experience with this? THANKS SO
MUCH!!!
MJ
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