When cockroaches appear in the house, the first desire is to quickly get rid of unpleasant pests and protect yourself from their penetration in the future. Processing from cockroaches can be done with your own hands using aerosols, dust or gels - this requires a certain amount of time, as well as the absence of excessive disgust and severe allergies to chemicals. If you fully comply with the requirements of the instructions and carry out the processing correctly, these products will give a good long-term result.
When there is no opportunity or desire to mess with poisons, you can involve specialists in this matter by calling a team of exterminators to your home. This method is good because private offices give a guarantee for their services and use professional high-quality disinfectants. The disadvantage of professional processing is the relative high cost.
How to treat an apartment from cockroaches
To date, the chemical industry produces many poisons of various groups, which are presented in several convenient forms of release: aerosol, powder, liquid, paste, gel, chalk. You can choose exactly the option that seems most convenient to use.
The most famous remedies for cockroaches are:
- Gett is a drug made using microencapsulation technology. It does not smell, is safe for humans and animals, and can be used on any surface in the house. The principle of operation is as follows: a cockroach runs over an infected surface and catches a microcapsule with poison on its paws. He brings her to a secluded place where other cockroaches live, where they also end up in contact with the brought poison. After some time, paralysis and death of insects occurs.
- Raid - an aerosol, has an oily structure that settles on smooth surfaces, has a rather heavy and pungent odor. Effectively copes with small populations of insects, easy to use. This tool is contraindicated for allergy sufferers, requires ventilation after use.
- Raptor is an aerosol, with its help, the apartment is treated from cockroaches in the early stages. The drug works quite effectively, but it has a pronounced smell of dichlorvos, requires the use of personal protective equipment, and is contraindicated in asthmatics and allergy sufferers. Traps and Raptor gel are also available.
- Paste Sturm - a tool in the form of a ready-to-use insecticidal gel placed in a syringe. The death of the insect occurs 12 hours after contact with the poison. During this time, the cockroach usually manages to poison several of its relatives with whom it has been in contact. The tool is produced for professional use, has a wide range of action: it kills not only redheads, but also black, American cockroaches, ants and silverfish.
- Fas - gel from cockroaches based on two active substances of a different mechanism of action. Easy to use, economical, has a low hazard class for people and animals. After application, Fas gel is active on the surface for 1.5-2 months.Effective even with a strong infection of the apartment with insects.
- Brownie - an insecticidal gel that has an enteric-contact effect on insects. It is conveniently applied, the death of insects occurs in a day or two. The tool is very economical, retains its properties up to 2 months after application. Gel Brownie is an inexpensive solution to the problem of cockroaches with an average level of infestation.
- Globol is a German long-acting cockroach gel. It is very effective even with a strong infection of the apartment with insects. When buying, you should keep in mind that there are a lot of counterfeit products on the market today, you need to look for a product with inscriptions on the packaging completely in German and a special holographic sticker.
- Feverfew is a powder from Caucasian or Dalmatian chamomile that is safe for humans. Refers to natural methods of struggle, a natural insecticide. Freshly crushed powder is sprayed into places where insects accumulate with a rubber bulb. Suitable for the destruction of a small population of cockroaches or for the prevention of their entry into the room.
- Mashenka is an inexpensive tool in the form of a chalk, easy to use. Chalk Mashenka is perfect for preventing the penetration of cockroaches, as well as destroy their small populations. It may not be effective enough if the apartment is heavily infested with cockroaches.
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Each of the above drugs has a different cost, its pros and cons.One thing can be said as a recommendation: while there are few cockroaches, you can deal with them with folk remedies, traps or insecticidal crayons.
But the fight against the increased population requires the use of insecticidal aerosols or gels.
Instructions for processing an apartment with aerosols
Aerosols tend to settle on surfaces, so before use you need:
- Hide all food and personal items.
- Put on personal protective equipment for the mucous membranes of the eyes and respiratory tract: goggles, a mask.
- Shake the aerosol can, and then spray the agent in places where insects accumulate (1-2 seconds at one point), as well as on possible routes of their movement.
Processing is usually carried out twice with an interval of several days.
Review
“I got cockroaches from my neighbors in a communal apartment when they poisoned them. On the advice of these same neighbors, I bought Reid and sprayed the whole room with it. The smell then kept very strong, but the cockroaches immediately disappeared.
Alla, Dnepropetrovsk
Treatment of the apartment with gels
It is not difficult to treat an apartment from cockroaches with a gel. As a rule, they are sold in a special tube or syringe, which greatly facilitates the process of applying the product.
The gel is applied dotted at intervals of several centimeters. It should be used near baseboards, under sinks and in kitchen cabinets, near the trash can. In a word, you need to cover all the favorite places of cockroaches.
Depending on the active substance in the base, the gel retains its properties on the surface from a week to two months.
Powders and crayons against cockroaches
The powder, having a finely dispersed form, acts not only as a poison, but also mechanically, clogging the respiratory tract of the insect. However, this same fine dust easily rises into the air and can enter the human or animal body, causing poisoning.
When working with the powder, it is imperative to use respiratory protection.
Review
Ryazan, Vladimirsky prospect. We live in an old house, cockroaches have been here and probably always will be. Once a month my wife steadily paints all the baseboards, walls and household appliances with some kind of Chinese chalk, and cockroaches almost never look into our apartment. Once the neighbors poisoned them with some kind of stinking muck, so they fled to us in droves, but without any measures then they themselves ran back. In general, I am for a pencil.
Vadim, Ryazan
As a rule, powders are applied in a thin layer in places where insects accumulate, it is desirable to pour them in one continuous line. For ease of spraying, you can use a rubber bulb.
If the treatment against cockroaches is carried out with insecticidal chalk (pencil), then it is even easier to apply. A continuous line is drawn, which the cockroach must cross. This is done in places of accumulation of cockroaches, as well as in places of their movement.
Calling the pest control team: preparing and putting the apartment in order
Professional cockroach treatment at home is the easiest way to permanently eliminate these insects. It can be quite expensive, but almost every company provides a guarantee. Usually "fighters" work reliably and quickly - after all, this is their bread.
In order to prepare the apartment for processing, you must:
- clean dishes, hide food;
- close the aquarium by turning off the air intake;
- remove people and pets from the apartment.
And after the specialists finish the work, it is necessary:
- ventilate the room well, wipe surfaces and wash dishes;
- after a couple of days, thoroughly vacuum the apartment and immediately discard the contents of the bag;
- carry out wet cleaning in the room, but not earlier than indicated by experts.
The complete extinction of parasites after professional treatment of an apartment from cockroaches usually occurs within a few hours or days.
Only the owner of the apartment can choose a method of dealing with insects, having assessed the scale of the disaster and calculated his financial capabilities. Self-control of insects will be budgetary, but long and possibly ineffective. Professional help costs money, but it will definitely get rid of insects for a long time.As in other cases, when destroying insects, you will have to choose: time or money.
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