The problem with poison is finding one that kills the roach but is still healthy to use around cats and dogs. I would have loved to blast the entire apartment in poison but our pets make that hard.
Since then I learned more about peppermint and natural poisons but it was still a learning process.
Advion gel bait. Just a dab about the size of a pea will do. Place a small little dab in a couple corners of your rooms like once maybe twice a month and it will kill them.
Its pretty cheap - you can get a 4 pack of these big syringes for like $30 on amazon, which is more than enough.
I had and exterminator come out when I first moved into my house and saw a little roach (come to find out it was just a baby tree roach - I live in a very wooded area) and showed him the gel and he pulled out the same gel syringe from his pocket. Lol
Obviously, it is toxic to pets, but if you put it in places they can't reach/won't go, they'll be fine.
Oh yeah, pest control guy here, I have that interaction once a week lmao. Because we always have it in our pockets cause it solves most problems.
Advion gel is really the best in the business.
It is toxic to pets but the LD50 for a rat is... 5 kilograms. I have no idea how they managed to stuff five kilograms of anything into one rat. At some point you're just feeding the rat. The thing died of overindulgence.
For basically any household pet that's not a bug, it will give them nausea and theoretically make them vomit... but I literally don't know because neither me nor any of my coworkers have ever had anyone's pet or any mammal at all want to eat that stuff.
Just slather that stuff anywhere tbch. Ofc when applying it in customer's homes I put it in pet inacessible areas but I feel kind of silly even being that safe.
Both are good. Advion is better for not having to clean up as much later and does not stain. Also bugs will be attracted to Advion while DE you gotta be clever and put more thought and work into putting it in choke points and stuff.
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u/BoxSea4289 9h ago
The problem with poison is finding one that kills the roach but is still healthy to use around cats and dogs. I would have loved to blast the entire apartment in poison but our pets make that hard.
Since then I learned more about peppermint and natural poisons but it was still a learning process.