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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.pets
Subject: How do you kill roaches?
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 18:57:39 EDT
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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.

The problem is that I have pets, a cat, and several aquariums with
relatively delicate fish. The last time I dealt with an exterminator I
tried to cover the tanks, turned off the water pumps, etc, and ended
up with every fish in the marine tank and half of the others dying
within a week. The exterminator did not spray in the rooms where I
keep my fish.

A friend of a friend has gekko's (sp?) which actually seem to work,
but I'm sure that my cat would catch them eventually. Bringing an
animal into the apartment that I know is going to be killed seems
inhumane.

Aerosol poisons are out because of the fish and baited poison/traps
are out because of the cat.

Is there any hope for getting rid of the roaches?
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  Marty Sasaki				net:   sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
  Havard University Science Center	phone: 617-495-1270
  One Oxford Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138