how to deal with pest roaches!

[nstd]

so a friend brought over a few boxes from his storage and long story short it carried roaches into our home.

If I were to use pesticides and roach bait will it harm my dubia colony or even chameleons? My concern is the pest roach will find its way into my dubia colony or my chameleon cage.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

so a friend brought over a few boxes from his storage and long story short it carried roaches into our home.

If I were to use pesticides and roach bait will it harm my dubia colony or even chameleons? My concern is the pest roach will find its way into my dubia colony or my chameleon cage.

I have heard of some breeders keeping the sticky traps around just in case they had an escapee, so I would think that those wouldn't harm your colony. Take precautions... clean, don't leave crumbs/food around, vacuum regularly. Roaches will are looking for a place to be undisturbed... so limit those places in your home. Be extra diligent... pick up clutter in the closest, etc. We don't "usually" hear of roaches infestations in homes that are tidy. I attempted to tame a feral cat once - he loved our tom cat and was always hanging around. Lovely boy, was hit by a car and made it back to die under my window, but while I had him in the house, he brought in a crap-ton of fleas. I'm a tidy person and I still got infested, but the trick is to get on top of, and stay on top of, the vacuuming and cleaning until your sure the critters are gone.

 

[jamest0o0]

I agree with ophelia, but honestly some roaches will live off pretty much anything and anywhere. When i was in florida everyone had "palmetto bugs", they'd fly into your car, come up out of the drains, etc. I've heard they can even eat the glue on envelopes to survive. I'd most definitely take that advice, but even that might not be enough if it's bad enough. I guess it would depend on a few factors.

 

[jamest0o0]

Maybe set sticky traps around your roach bins so anything would get stuck on those before climbing in?

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

Yeah... would depend on where you are, what kind of roaches and how many were brought in... so sorry!

 

[nstd]

Yeah... would depend on where you are, what kind of roaches and how many were brought in... so sorry!

I've encountered at least two healthy roaches. I did a google search, and they look like oriental roaches. Thanks for the advice though. I bought these sticky traps in hope they will solve the problem.

https://www.amazon.com/B-S-H-U-N-st...=1493838042&sr=8-4&keywords=roach+sticky+trap

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

I've encountered at least two healthy roaches. I did a google search, and they look like oriental roaches. Thanks for the advice though. I bought these sticky traps in hope they will solve the problem.

https://www.amazon.com/B-S-H-U-N-st...=1493838042&sr=8-4&keywords=roach+sticky+trap

good luck!!