11 May 2009, Posted by christie in Pets, 1 Comments
Kill roaches (but not your pets) using two simple cookie ingredients
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I live in the deep South in an area where there are a lot of trees, owls, raccoons, bats, you name it. And I was told when we moved here that there is a major problem with those huge roaches – the flying kind – in this neighborhood. I always bought Combat every three months and never had a problem, but then I adopted two kittens. I was afraid to even shut Combat up in the cabinets because the kittens got into everything (even the lining of the sofa – apparently there was a hole in the fabric). So once I threw out the Combat baits, we began to have problems with bugs. Every time someone would open the door after dark, we’d later see a huge beast on the wall. The cats would mew at the bugs and would often chase and catch them. Soon we decided we’d have to use Combat again and would just hide them well. But before I could even buy some Combat, one night one of the cats threw up in the middle of the night. In what had been the contents of her stomach was a roach! EYUUUUGGGGGHHH.
I wrote to a pet columnist asking for a product that I could use to get rid of bugs but not hurt my pets. I thought that would be a great question and one that needed answering, but my question lay dead in his slush pile. Finally I turned to my friend Google and found that a 50-50 mixture of plain old baking soda and sugar will do the trick. Seriously. I took three little tops that came on gallon jugs of milk or orange juice and put the 50-50 mix in them. I put each one in an area where I had seen the bugs, each time putting it directly against a wall and behind something so it wouldn’t attract the cats. Starting the very next day, I have not seen another roach. That was two weeks ago, so I feel confident that this works! The story is that the sugar attracts them and the baking soda makes their little stomachs “blow up.” Yuck! But I have not seen a roach at all so I guess they are going to their nests to blow up.
Friday when I got home from work, I saw that one of my “baits” had been thrown out onto the floor by a curious kitty, but I assume a half a teaspoon of sugar or baking soda didn’t tempt her or harm her at all because both cats were fine. I simply made a new mixture, refreshed all the baits, and we’re still roach-free. This simple and safe solution has been SUCH a relief!
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July 31, 2009 5:04 am
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[...] Kill roaches (but not your pets) I wrote to a pet columnist asking for a product that I could use to get rid of bugs but not hurt my pets. I thought that would be a great question and one that needed answering, but my question lay dead in his slush pile. [...]
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