Re: Insecticides/Exterminators
Have you tried putting the food in a bowl then putting the bowl in a pan of water? It helped me. The roaches get into the water and can't get out. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: Marissa Johnson To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:29 AM Subject: RE: Insecticides/Exterminators Hi, Leah! Thanks!! I live in Rockville, MD! We're not too far apart. :) I'm not sure what the exterminators are using. I hadn't thought of the cat food being a roach attractor. I've been careful to keep my food and crumbs, etc. cleaned up immediately and that seems to have eliminated the roaches. But I hadn't thought of Slinky's food. Oy! I bought some Raid or something a long time ago and never used it. Hopefully they won't become a problem (maybe if I continue to keep my food, etc. away, the cat food won't bring them out). But if they are, I guess I'll have to come up with some ideas. Thanks...and good to know there's someone in my neighborhood (sort of) on here!! MJ"Wolf, Leah R." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Marissa, What are you using to get rid of the roaches? I live in an apartment in Hyattsville, MD and roaches are attracted tomy two cats'dry food and water feeders in the kitchen. I have used boric acid as well as theRaid roach baits andthe apartment management's exterminator contractorhas applied some kind of gelproduct.My boys seem not to have been affected at all by the gel applied by the exterminatoralong 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marissa JohnsonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: 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 Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. Do you Yahoo!?Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/405 - Release Date: 8/1/2006
RE: Insecticides/Exterminators
Hi, Marissa, What are you using to get rid of the roaches? I live in an apartment in Hyattsville, MD and roaches are attracted tomy two cats'dry food and water feeders in the kitchen. I have used boric acid as well as theRaid roach baits andthe apartment management's exterminator contractorhas applied some kind of gelproduct.My boys seem not to have been affected at all by the gel applied by the exterminatoralong 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marissa JohnsonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: 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 Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.
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Hey MJ, I don't know if the roaches themselves would be harmful, but if you get them in your apartment, I'd spray for sure. They really gross me out. I would not leave Slinky in the apartment while the apartment is being sprayed. Not only might someone foreign to him stress him out, but he could breathe in the fumes or lick the stuff or get it on his paws, neither of which would be good for his immune system. Can you have them spray next month and just take Slinky for a ride or put him out on a balcony while you wait with him for an hour or so? I wouldn't recommend a kennel/boarding; it's stressful for cats. Bringing Slink anywhere other than his own home will be somewhat stressful for him, but less so if he's with you. I don't believe the insecticides are okay for anyone, but once the vapors are gone so we're not inhaling it, and it's dried so we aren't getting it on our fingers/feet/paws, I'm not too concerned with it. I'll be interested in what others have to say on this thread. :) Wendy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: Insecticides/Exterminators
Hi, Leah! Thanks!! I live in Rockville, MD! We're not too far apart. :) I'm not sure what the exterminators are using. I hadn't thought of the cat food being a roach attractor. I've been careful to keep my food and crumbs, etc. cleaned up immediately and that seems to have eliminated the roaches. But I hadn't thought of Slinky's food. Oy!I bought some Raid or something a long time ago and never used it. Hopefully they won't become a problem (maybe if I continue to keep my food, etc. away, the cat food won't bring them out). But if they are, I guess I'll have to come up with some ideas. Thanks...and good to know there's someone in my neighborhood (sort of) on here!! MJ"Wolf, Leah R." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi, Marissa,What are you using to get rid of the roaches?I live in an apartment in Hyattsville, MD and roaches are attracted tomy two cats'dry food and water feeders in the kitchen. I have used boric acid as well as theRaid roach baits andthe apartment management's exterminator contractorhas applied some kind of gelproduct.My boys seem not to have been affected at all by the gel applied by the exterminatoralong 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marissa JohnsonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Insecticides/ExterminatorsHi 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 Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
RE: Insecticides/Exterminators
I buy something called Bug Stop at Walmart in the gardening section and it works great for ants, etc. If I spray, it's rare I see anything come back in that spot, inside or outside. Although I'm not sure it will keep roaches away, since they've been around since prehistoric times and have probably developed immunity to EVERYTHING, including nuclear radiation. lol. Don't have them here too often; it's probably too hot and not humid enought in Dallas for them, which is just fine by me. :) Wendy __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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persians and himmies are extraordinarily sensitive to any insectides/pesticides, but i think that most other kitties can tolerate regular extermination processes fairly well. an old wives' remedy (love those old wives!) is to put whole bay leaves around all over--under the sink, behind appliances, etc. it doesn't kill them, but it encourages them to seek other housing options--there's something about the bay leaves putting out some chemical that binds to their antennae and gives them, essentially, a headache another one is to put out orange peels again, won't kill them, just makes your place less attractive than the place next door. (not a very nice thing to do to your neighbors, but) i know that in the one place i lived with a major roach problem, it did seem to keep the population down. and both of these are easily renewable... On 8/2/06, Wolf, Leah R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Marissa, What are you using to get rid of the roaches? I live in an apartment in Hyattsville, MD and roaches are attracted tomy two cats'dry food and water feeders in the kitchen. I have used boric acid as well as theRaid roach baits andthe apartment management 's exterminator contractorhas applied some kind of gelproduct.My boys seem not to have been affected at all by the gel applied by the exterminatoralong 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marissa JohnsonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: 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 Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. -- MaryChristineAIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCatsMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 289856892
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i wouldn't blame the cat's food too much, folks--roaches like so many things that that's just one attraction. they can live for ages on things like scraps of soap, and they REALLY REALLY like the glue that holds boxes together. i wasn't sure that i believed the latter, but when we were finally able to move from a place that was totally infested, despite monthly exterminator visits, we didn't take ANY of the stored boxes we had--went out and purchased the folding bank boxes, and used only those. we did not bring ONE roach with us to the new place--tho i have to admit that for the.first couple of months, we cringed every time we had to turn a light on at night! On 8/2/06, MacKenzie, Kerry N. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marissa, you might be interested to read the discussion we had last year (June 2005) on roaches after a few visitors were seen in my building. Just go to current archives and type roaches into the search field. (Happy reading!) Whilemy cats certainly didn't *appear* to be harmed, I'm not convinced by any means that the roach chemicals don't do unseen harm to other living creatures. But I can't live with roaches, I'll do just abt anything to evict them. A year on, I'm convinced I'm still seeing baby ones; plus I definitely saw a *huge* one in my bedroom last month--the only live adult one I've seen. I had someone come to doa spray job recently, and leave those Catchmaster traps. (Word of warning: my foster kitty was nosing around the kitchen cupboad (under my supervision). Suddenly all hel* was let loose--I didn't realize the roach guy hadn't folded the traps into a box shapehe'd left them flat. So poor Kitty got stuck to the trap. Fortunately it wasn't too difficult to release her poor little paws from the glue. But, lesson learned.) Same guy is going to caulk everywhere for me. Originally, I thought my cats might chase 'em off. Yeah, right! They either toy half-heartedly with bugs, or-more often, turn tail and run like he*l. They're more scared than I am! Good luck. Kerry -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marissa JohnsonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:30 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Insecticides/Exterminators Hi, Leah! Thanks!! I live in Rockville, MD! We're not too far apart. :) I'm not sure what the exterminators are using. I hadn't thought of the cat food being a roach attractor. I've been careful to keep my food and crumbs, etc. cleaned up immediately and that seems to have eliminated the roaches. But I hadn't thought of Slinky's food. Oy! I bought some Raid or something a long time ago and never used it. Hopefully they won't become a problem (maybe if I continue to keep my food, etc. away, the cat food won't bring them out). But if they are, I guess I'll have to come up with some ideas. Thanks...and good to know there's someone in my neighborhood (sort of) on here!! MJ Wolf, Leah R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Marissa, What are you using to get rid of the roaches? I live in an apartment in Hyattsville, MD and roaches are attracted tomy two cats'dry food and water feeders in the kitchen. I have used boric acid as well as theRaid roach baits andthe apartment management 's exterminator contractorhas applied some kind of gelproduct.My boys seem not to have been affected at all by the gel applied by the exterminatoralong 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marissa JohnsonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:07 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: 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
