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[alexseanchai]

...suggestions for how to de-crawlybug the kitchen with prejudice, without risking Thea?

ETA 4/21 11:15p:

Things I did today:

* load and run dishwasher
* wash many dish
* sanitize sink
* sanitize counter to right of sink
* scrub gunk off stove burners
* soak stove under-burner drip-catcher things
* wipe off and sanitize stove top and oven front
* empty and sweep out cabinet under sink
* sanitize inside of cabinet under sink
* sweep kitchen floor
* take out trash and recycles
* email apartment complex property manager office to say, hey, can maintenance come caulk up the kitchen (see photos of where needed), 'cause we're trying to deal with a bug problem and those cracks are probably not helping

Things I did not do today but need to:

* empty, sweep out if necessary, and sanitize inside of cabinet next to sink
* empty, sweep out if necessary, and sanitize cabinet between stove and fridge
* empty, sweep out if necessary, and sanitize the three drawers above those two cabinets
* sanitize dishwasher front
* sanitize fridge front
* sanitize kitchen floor







Not the world's clearest photos, sorry. Obtained after sister-roommate said I'd better come to the kitchen have a look, and, when I was slow off the mark, told me she was looking at a fuckton of the little fuckers (I'm paraphrasing). Guess I pissed them off cleaning...

She's saying call an exterminator and, you know, that's probably a good idea. Hopefully, however, it is the apartment complex's responsibility to both call and pay for the exterminator!

Comments

[madgastronomer]

What kind of crawlybugs?

[madgastronomer]

Diatomaceous earth is mostly bad for bugs (including ants, roaches, and fleas), and reasonably safe for cats and people, but personally I haaaaate the feel of it on my skin.

[kittydesade]

Seconding the diatomaceous earth, we use it to keep ants out of the ferals' food bowl, put a small sort of a moat around anything we set down with food using a pie tin and the ants stay out of it.

[alexseanchai]

idk possibly a flavor of roach?

Thanks

[alexseanchai]

updated post with blurry photos etc