<<HUG>> We live in FLA and downhere we've got roaches that can pick a guard-cat up and make off with it... If you live in an apt or condo best thing to do is call the complex mgr and have them call out the exterminators...
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Back in 2006, I moved back to my hometown in Tennessee because I was homesick. Oh, how that turned out to be the worst possible decision at that time in my life! Was woefully unprepared for being outside of my safety net as far as family and friends were concerned (everyone had moved to Ohio by that point).
So in my crappy-... apartment, I had no furniture. So I put a message out on Myspace (Myspace, remember that?) asking for free furniture from friends. Someone came forward with a couch and an easy chair for free, I just had to come get it from their shed. Well, we couldn't fit the couch in the apartment, but we could fit the easy chair.
I left for work after the moving was done, then came home. The chair was my only piece of furniture at the time, so I kind of sat on the floor with my back against the footrest. The next thing I know, something jumped into my pants from the ankle area. I leapt up, smacked the blank out of it, turned the light on, and from every single point of vision I saw little bodies hopping and moving everywhere. I mean they were everywhere. These little buggers right here:
Cave crickets! EVERYWHERE! They'd even jumped up into my pants leg! I swear to gad it was like a horror movie. I grabbed my portable phone, a flip flop, and I went to freakin' town killing them all. I was like Conan, or Neo, or God. I delivered death-blow upon death-blow to these unending hordes. In the end, I killed almost thirty cave crickets within two minutes, with dozens more hopping around.
I called a buddy of mine, said, "F, dude, I'm overrun by cave crickets, they're everywhere, I'm coming to you," and I dipped. Returned the next day with four bug bombs. Nuked the holy living crap out of that apartment. Came back nine hours later and over fifteen more upturned cave cricket corpses were exposed, some still kicking their hind legs.
They came from the easy chair.
I looked at the couch outside at one point and saw a spider the size of a freaking hockey puck. Could you imagine what would've happened if I had been able to fit the couch in there? Gah.
Shivers...
So in my crappy-... apartment, I had no furniture. So I put a message out on Myspace (Myspace, remember that?) asking for free furniture from friends. Someone came forward with a couch and an easy chair for free, I just had to come get it from their shed. Well, we couldn't fit the couch in the apartment, but we could fit the easy chair.
I left for work after the moving was done, then came home. The chair was my only piece of furniture at the time, so I kind of sat on the floor with my back against the footrest. The next thing I know, something jumped into my pants from the ankle area. I leapt up, smacked the blank out of it, turned the light on, and from every single point of vision I saw little bodies hopping and moving everywhere. I mean they were everywhere. These little buggers right here:
Cave crickets! EVERYWHERE! They'd even jumped up into my pants leg! I swear to gad it was like a horror movie. I grabbed my portable phone, a flip flop, and I went to freakin' town killing them all. I was like Conan, or Neo, or God. I delivered death-blow upon death-blow to these unending hordes. In the end, I killed almost thirty cave crickets within two minutes, with dozens more hopping around.
I called a buddy of mine, said, "F, dude, I'm overrun by cave crickets, they're everywhere, I'm coming to you," and I dipped. Returned the next day with four bug bombs. Nuked the holy living crap out of that apartment. Came back nine hours later and over fifteen more upturned cave cricket corpses were exposed, some still kicking their hind legs.
They came from the easy chair.
I looked at the couch outside at one point and saw a spider the size of a freaking hockey puck. Could you imagine what would've happened if I had been able to fit the couch in there? Gah.
Shivers...
HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH! You just made me laugh out loud, seriously, I don't mean that in a fake way, you just made me laugh hard enough to make my side hurt.
Some people say I am crazy but right now I am glad I have five cats. heehee So I say get another cat and vape to your hearts desire.
When I lived in SW Florida, we let geckos live in our apartment. They would chill in our houseplants and such. Much better way to control the insect population (those freaking flying cockroaches, I'll move furniture, heaven, and hell to kill you!) The lizards were cool. Left zero filth and just looked awesome. Cornered one just for poops and giggles and it HISSED and HISSED at me. I eventually coddled him back into his plant bucket. We had a good time confronting each other.
I'm baaaaaack...
Exterminator Man has come and gone. Turns out he uses a series of products that include a borax solution and diatomaceous earth, so I was able to nod wisely and say "Ah yes, I believe both of those are very effective..." Thank you, Bullette, for imparting your wisdom and giving me confidence!
FYI, EM says both products, once dry, are not harmful to cats, but borax shouldn't be left out where cats might get it on their feet and, in cleaning themselves, accidentally ingest any. He agreed though that borax would be good to use in enclosed spaces (behind drawers and in cupboards) the cats can''t reach.
He also said yes, it would be helpful to pour clorox down little used drains. When I asked about "little used," he said a drain used regularly (i.e. kitchen sink or primary bathroom sink) would flush them down before they could gain entry. My reaction was, "I bet these big ugly suckers can swim against the current!" so it's going to be bleach ALL the drains ALL the time! Big shoutout to RosaJ for the heads-up!
So, that's the status. Now I want to go back and read the new posts. Be warned: In my antihistamine-impaired condition, I am not responsible for any actionable comments!
Exterminator Man has come and gone. Turns out he uses a series of products that include a borax solution and diatomaceous earth, so I was able to nod wisely and say "Ah yes, I believe both of those are very effective..." Thank you, Bullette, for imparting your wisdom and giving me confidence!
FYI, EM says both products, once dry, are not harmful to cats, but borax shouldn't be left out where cats might get it on their feet and, in cleaning themselves, accidentally ingest any. He agreed though that borax would be good to use in enclosed spaces (behind drawers and in cupboards) the cats can''t reach.
He also said yes, it would be helpful to pour clorox down little used drains. When I asked about "little used," he said a drain used regularly (i.e. kitchen sink or primary bathroom sink) would flush them down before they could gain entry. My reaction was, "I bet these big ugly suckers can swim against the current!" so it's going to be bleach ALL the drains ALL the time! Big shoutout to RosaJ for the heads-up!
So, that's the status. Now I want to go back and read the new posts. Be warned: In my antihistamine-impaired condition, I am not responsible for any actionable comments!
Do scorpions skitter like palmettos do? (I am officially changing the R word to palmetto? It doesnn't make me gag.) I've only seen big scorpions, which didn't bother me (other than the principle that they're deadly poison, of course...) cause they were easy to get away from. Now an infestation of little scorpions probably would cause me to move to another planet...
Don't know what brown recluses look like so not sure if we have them here. Had a woman working for me who was bitten by one and almost lost a leg. Don't mess with brown recluses!
Are the Marines there yet? If not, you can't go wrong with those guys!
Sadly, the Marines never showed up. [sigh... story of my life...] Thanks Katya! I love polar bears, and am always happy to see see handsome men on horseback, especially handsome men in uniform on horseback.
I agree with BostLabs! Time to move, or get a new mattress and bomb the place!
Your post has given me a new outlook on things. When/if this happens again, I'll tell myself, "It could be worse, they could be bedbugs!" Kinda puts things in perspective.
Hope you get your situation worked out, ch2468! Good luck!
Posted my update(s) earlier. We did prevail! And we thank you for your interest and concern! How are things in Oz? Are you anywhere near Perth?
Excellent suggestion, Tank! I usually vape @18mg, but as it happens, I had come cola juice mixed up in a 24mg base, filled me a tank yesterday morning, and I think being on the forum with you guys and girls and vaping that cola is what kept me from that stinky.
Am still vaping the cola24, and combined with the antihistamine I took earlier, I'm floating along so gracefully!!! Bring me my toeshoes, I'm ready for the Bolshoi...
I hate bugs as well. I remember when I went to Mexico and I was in a outdoor market. A woman was selling jewelry made from roaches. She glued colored stones to their backs. What was really wierd was that they werre alive and would crawl across her chest while attached to a gold chain pinned to her shirt.
Actually I was more afraid these big ugly suckers would pick ME up and carry ME off! (My next article: "I Was a Love Slave in a Palmetto Nest!" Think the Enquirer might buy it?)
Turns out we have an ongoing contract for pest control, so I didn't have to pay for this visit today, and if I see any more BUS's, I can have them come back at no charge. Win-win for me, and for Koko the cat too, who loves men, was all over Exterminator Man today, to where I had to physically remove her so she didn't get any product on her. We call her "Little ....," but of course we mean that in the nicest way...)
All I can say is:
(Reminds me of the Big Bang Theory where Penny rescues a red easy chair from the sidewalk; turns out it's "inhabited" and you can imagine Sheldon's reaction...)
Oh Butters, the tears are running down my face, and my entire rib cage is sore! I said in an earlier post, "Laughter spread is work well done." I say you may rest on your laurels for the rest of today...
I love geckos! We have them in all sizes. They eat ants and spiders and mosquitoes, so they'd always be welcome in my house. Unfortunately, the cats like to play with them and bite they lil tails off, so whenever I see them, I have to get out the handy dandy "gecko rescue kit" (a glass and a big card) and relocate them outside. A gecko is our friend. Mine are all named Bubba (the big ones) or BeauBeau (the little ones). Mostly they grow their tails back.
Ohhhh eeewwwwwww.... Just.... eeewwwwwwww And.... gggggaaagggggg ack I think I would have passed out right then and there! Was anybody buying??!!!
We used to catch lizards outside our house in FLA as kids and let them "bite" and hang on to our ear-lobes as "ear-rings". Heh.
I'm not the kid in this picture, but it's what I did back in the day.
I'm not the kid in this picture, but it's what I did back in the day.
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LOL! I can hear it now: "Here, Bubba Bubba! Jump on up and bite my ear. Mama's got a hot date tonight!"
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