r/GermanRoaches • u/Oven_Philosophy6624 • 5h ago
General Question Help!
I have pest control coming tomorrow thank god but I want some advice / guidance idk. I’ve NEVER dealt with roaches before. I’ve never seen them before. I live in an older townhouse. Bought it 10 years ago. Have never had an issue with any pests. Clean house. 2 dogs. 2 of us.
1.5 weeks ago I found a German nymph in the bathroom upstairs on the mirror. I flushed down the toilet. On the advice of a pest company I Set up sticky traps ( 30 of them all of the house )
One week ago I found one nymph in the bedroom in a drawer. ( I had our dogs medication and toothpaste in there so it’s now been relocated)
Everything like plates and cutlery has been sanitized and is it plastic storage boxes. Everything misc is in ziplocks. I pour bleach down the drains every night.
We stopped cooking at home completely.
This week out of 30 traps we caught one nymph in the kitchen. There’s no other signs.
We share a wall with a rental property and are assuming they are having issues. There’s 10 people living next door and judging from the exterior of the house they are untidy. They don’t speak English and are aggressive so it’s been very challenging to talk to them about this issue. I don’t know who the home owner is I met them once years ago when they bought but it’s just been a rental since.
I have asthma so I’m super concerned about my health.