What You Should Do About Cockroaches In Your San Jose Home

Cockroaches aren't just dirty insects, they're drawn to things that are in a state of decay. You can find a cockroach feeding on a rotting piece of fruit or a rotting animal. You can find it happily exploring a dumpster or trash can for a wide selection of unsavory meals. You can find it living in a sewer culvert and feeding on feces. These are just some of the many places you can find a cockroach. So, it shouldn't be a surprise that cockroaches are implicated in the spread of diseases, human pathogens, parasitic worms, and allergens. What should you do about cockroaches in your San Jose home? The first thing you should do is protect yourself.

Tips To Prevent Cockroach-Related Illness

There are many ways cockroaches can make you sick. They can climb around in your trash and then walk across your counters, cutting board, and dishes. They can get down into the drain above your garbage disposal, climb back out, and then climb into your silverware drawer or food cabinets. They can climb around inside your toilet then investigate your toothbrush. Here are some tips to help you protect yourself.

• Keep your kitchen as clean as possible.
• Deep clean the sides of your oven and other spaces that may have rotting organic matter.
• Keep your interior trash receptacle clean, and remove trash before anything has time to rot.
• Put stored foods in sealed plastic or glass containers. Cockroaches can chew through cardboard and paper.
• Keep your bathroom as clean as possible.
• Clean all recycling well before putting items in your recycling bins.
• Keep cat boxes well maintained.

How To Control Cockroaches

It is difficult to get control of cockroaches. While there are some things you can do, such as sealing exterior holes, installing dehumidifiers, and fixing faucets and other plumbing leaks, cockroach control products must be used to get complete control of cockroaches in your San Jose home. It is best to have a licensed professional select products and administer them. It would be nice if you could just put some roach traps down and be done with roaches, but it isn't that simple. Cockroach extermination is a process.

Why is it so hard to get control of roaches?

• Cockroaches are naturally strong insects. You can spray one with a chemical that would kill most things, and it can survive. Not only can it survive, it can shed its skin and grow a new skin that is even more resistant to the chemical you used.
• Cockroaches learn to avoid areas that have been sprayed by chemicals that will kill them. They've also been observed turning their noses up at bait they would have normally taken. These are highly adaptable pests.
• Cockroaches can live without food for a month and without water for a week. If they can't find a bite to eat inside your home, they're able to wait until food is available again. You'll have a difficult time starving them out.
• Cockroaches can find lots of food in surprising places. They'll eat crumbs under your toaster. They'll eat food that has fallen into the gaps of your couch. They'll eat toothpaste. They'll even eat dead insects inside your walls.
• Cockroaches can climb walls, run across ceilings, and squeeze through gaps that are half their height. If you manage to get rid of the cockroaches inside your home, more can come in to replace the ones you eliminated.
• Cockroaches are naturally strong insects. You can spray one with a chemical that would kill most things, and it can survive. Not only can it survive, it can shed its skin and grow a new skin that is even more resistant to the chemical you used.
• Cockroaches learn to avoid areas that have been sprayed by chemicals that will kill them. They've also been observed turning their noses up at bait they would have normally taken. These are highly adaptable pests.

Cockroach Control In San Jose

If you live in the Bay Area, reach out to Bay Pest at the first sign of a cockroach infestation. These insects can make you very sick, and trying to get control of cockroaches inside your home, using DIY methods and products, can be a futile effort. At Bay Pest, our licensed professionals use field-tested strategies that work to eliminate cockroaches. Roach control isn't a one-and-done job. We perform inspections and apply monitoring products to make sure cockroaches are (and have been) eliminated. You won't have to wonder if your San Jose home is cockroach-free.

Do you have questions? We'd be happy to answer them. You can contact us right here on our webpage. Tell us about your cockroach problem and we can guide you toward the right solution for your specific needs and budget.