Roaches in House:

6 Reasons Why the Pesky Roaches Can Thrive in Your Clean House

Nobody wants roaches in their house roaming around freely and contaminating their food; and the moment they spot roaches in their kitchen or anywhere, they indulge in impulsive cleaning and obsessive mopping, but they barely succeed in completely eradicating these pesky pests from their house.

This left us wondering what is in our house that is inviting roaches and they aren't deterred by all the cleaning. The truth is, you may just be unlucky and need the help of a roach exterminator to get them out. The following could be the reasons roaches are invading your clean house:

#1. Grimy Corners

When it comes to cleaning we mop the floor and apply disinfectant, but sometimes forget to clean the places most loved by cockroaches. They love to hide in corners, small crevices, and hard-to-reach areas. Grease drippings and splatters behind stoves and ovens. Also, spillage and food particles under the fridge might be inviting roaches to your kitchen too. So, you have to regularly clean these unusual places to get rid of these annoying pests.

#2. Unsecured Pantry

Sometimes we clean the kitchen, and wipe off the grime and crumbs on the floor, but forget that open food items in the pantry are the real treat for roaches. Always store food items in tight plastic containers. It will help you in keeping cockroaches away from your place.

#3. Damp Areas

Like all living creatures roaches need water to survive, and sometimes in their quest for water they invade your house. If there are leaking pipes, and standing water around your house, it'll be heaven for roaches. They certainly won't hesitate to come in and enjoy it. Even your pet's water bowl, and condensation from the air conditioner and refrigerator will be enough to attract roaches. Cockroaches love to live in dark and damp places. So, areas in your house like basements, dressers in the washroom, and cabinets under the kitchen sink are ideal places for cockroaches to live. Look out at these places when trying to find out if you have a roach infestation.   Cockroach

#4. Other Cockroach Delicacies Other Than Food

Roaches don't just thrive on basic food items, trash, and stinky food debris. They can practically eat almost anything that's around them. No matter what situation they are in they'll somehow find something to munch on. They can eat stuff like cardboard, book bindings, leather, wallpaper paste, grease, soap, toothpaste, feces, and even human hair. So, it might be an abundance of these items which are luring roaches into your home. The worst fact about them is that they can survive without food for up to 6 weeks. So, eliminating their food sources won't be much effective unless you try stringent means to get rid of them.  

"Always store food items in tight plastic containers, it will help you in keeping cockroaches away from your place."

-Rest Easy Pest Control

#5. Messy garden

No matter how clean your house is, if you have a messy garden with overgrown grass and bushes then you should not be surprised you have roaches. These are the perfect hideouts for them. Cockroaches invade a place in search of three things: food, water, and shelter. Overgrown grass and bushes will provide dark shelter to the roaches. Standing water in flower pots, gutters and birdbaths will be enough for roaches to quench their thirst. Roaches aren't specific about food so they will fill themselves from leaves, litter, mulch or any such thing around.  

#6. Cracks and Crevices

Cracks and crevices in walls are ideal places for roaches to hide. Roaches also consider any gaps between electrical installation and walls as their home because it's providing them much needed shelter. Fill any such gaps, cracks, and leakages in pipes to eradicate sources for roaches to live upon. If the previous steps have not proven successful then contact a professional pest control service to help rid of you cockroach problem.

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