Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!gitpyr!dts From: dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.pets Subject: Re: How do you kill roaches? Message-ID: <665@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 19:01:34 EDT Article-I.D.: gitpyr.665 Posted: Mon Aug 19 19:01:34 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:33:05 EDT References: <307@harvard.ARPA> Reply-To: dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) Distribution: net Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia Lines: 62 Xref: watmath net.consumers:2811 net.pets:985 In article <307@harvard.ARPA> sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki) writes: >I've just moved into a nice apartment that suits me in every way with >the exception of the roaches. I would like to get rid of them forever. >I know that this is impossible, and would appreciate any hints on how >to come close to this. > Amazingly enough, the house I live in has no roaches even though it's in Atlanta and we aren't too careful about sweeping up our stray crumbs. I asked my landlord why this should be so. His response was that when he first moved in there were no roaches because the house had been uninhabited for six months across a winter so any pests had most likely froze. Immediately upon moving in he bought a large supply of Harris' Famous Roach Tablets and stuffed them into every crack and crevice, of which our house has many. No roaches, beyond the occasional explorer from the yard, have ever appeared in the seven years since (he has renewed the tablets once). He had had good luck with these tablets before, in an apartment that was heavily infested. It took a couple of months, but the roach population eventually died down to a reasonable level if not completely to zero. Harris' Famous Roach Tablets contain, if I recall correctly, boric acid and bait. Of course, ours is an old house and there's lots of holes to put bait where the cats can't get to it (we have three). This may not be true of your place. I have no idea whether this stuff would hurt a cat that ate one of the tablets. In fact, I don't know for sure whether it even works; all I have is my landlord's statement that it is the most likely reason for our apparent lack of roaches. And then there's the question of whether it is available in your area. (-:If all of these obstacles can't be surmounted, I suggest you move out for the winter and then when you move back in don't bring any food (or books or anything else edible) inside ever again.:-) -Danny PS -- Lest anyone be offended, I have no connection with whoever makes or sells the product discussed above. -- CAUTION: WET FLOOR <== Is this a warning or a command? -- Danny Sharpe School of ICS Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!dts -- -- CAUTION: WET FLOOR <== Is this a warning or a command? -- Danny Sharpe School of ICS Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!dts