COCKROACHES. YUCK!
Some roach species are known to transmit disease-causing organisms, and are frequently implicated in the transmission of Salmonella, often the causal agent of gastrointestinal disorder. German cockroaches also trigger respiratory system issues to people sensitive to the irritants they produce.
The majority of cockroaches are tropical or sub-tropical in origin and normally live outdoors. Some species have adapted well to living inside with people. Though it is true that they thrive in clutter, filth and grime, occasionally cockroaches infest even the most sanitary and well-organized houses and buildings.
Roaches are typically brought into homes in infested food items, particularly dried pet foods and in seasoned fire wood. They also enter around loose-fitting doors and windows, where electric lines or water and steam pipes go through wall surfaces.
If a home or building is unoccupied and sinks are not used, enabling the P-trap to dry up will enable cockroaches gain access but they will not come through the sewage system lines otherwise. Roaches will eat any type of unprotected kitchen products infecting food with waste matter and salivary secretions. Some will also consume materials such as leather, wallpaper paste and bookbinding.
Avoidance
- Proper cleanliness, both indoors and outdoors, effectively limits roach food sources. Do not leave unwashed dishes, kitchen silverwares and exposed food out overnight. Clean up all spilled over liquids. Areas below and behind closets, furniture, sinks, stoves and refrigerators need to be cleaned up regularly, as should cabinets, pantry racks and storage bins where fragments of food often build up. Kitchen waste and excess refuse needs to be kept in cockroach-proof containers, and disposed of as frequently as feasible. Dry pet food should be kept in tight containers far from the kitchen and other foods. If pets are fed indoors, leftover foods need to not be left to remain in the feeding dish overnight. Trash bin need to be washed on a regular basis, in and out.
- Get rid of all possible hiding places such as paper, lumber, fire wood and yard trash.
- Seal any type of gaps of 1/8-inch or bigger in the foundation and exterior wall surfaces. Inspect the seal around air conditioning units, windows, doors, pipelines or other openings into the residence. Repair fractures and openings in floors, walls and ceilings. Seal openings around plumbing fixtures, heater flues, electric outlets, windowsills and walls, and along baseboards and ceiling moldings. Thresholds on doors need to be as tight as possible and gaps in verandas and stoops need to be sealed.
- Leaking water faucets and pipelines need to be repaired given that a lot of species are drawn in to water sources.
- Avoid installing lights right over doorways, or change out light bulbs with yellow colored bulbs that are less appealing to bugs.
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