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Tips On Having A Cockroach Free House
Cockroaches are a common woe in many of the households. However, with certain measures one can rid their house completely off cockroaches.
How long does a cockroach live?
Cockroaches can live up to one year. Female cockroaches can produce about 150 young during their lifetime
What do cockroaches eat?
Cockroaches are omnivores and they generally eat the human food and pet food. Cockroaches are attracted to the leftovers, food in the garbage cans etc. However, cockroaches can eat anything from sweets, fruits to glue, grease etc.
Are cockroaches active during the day?
Cockroaches tend to be less active during the day and they avoid artificial and natural light. They are active during the night and they hide in cracks, crevices, damp places etc.
Tips on Having A Cockroach Free House:
Regularly cleaning one’s house, furniture and surroundings will help the house to stay cockroach free.Here are few tips to have a cockroach free house:
- Wash vessels immediately, after every meal. Clean the slab and kitchen counters with salt water this way there will be no cockroaches.
- Cockroaches enter your house seeking for left over food, so make sure you keep the kitchen clean. Also cover the garbage can and prevent infestations of cockroaches.
- Fix up leaky faucets as cockroaches crowd around them for water. Blocking the water source will keep the roaches away.
- Sprinkle boric powder in crevices and cracks of the walls and cabinets and in a few days you will find dead cockroaches.
- Mix up sugar and baking soda and sprinkle in cockroach infested areas, after some days you will find dead cockroaches.
- Bay Laurel leaves are an effective herbal remedy against cockroaches.
- Sprinkling boric acid in infested areas also helps cockroaches stay away.
Keep these points in mind and have a cockroach free house
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