It is soon the big start on vacation, you have everything planned except perhaps these cockroaches that take advantage of your absence to invite yourself in a very specific place in the house. Here’s how to avoid unpleasant surprises when you return.
Close the windows, unplug the electrical devices, cut the water and the gas, emptying the fridge, are all gestures that are made before going on vacation. But even if you think you have forgotten anything, this place in the house deserves all your attention if you do not want to have to compose with the cockroaches when you return.
Cockroaches are irreparably attracted to food, food waste and humidity, as these insects need water to survive. This is why it is essential to maintain good hygiene in your living rooms, especially by insisting on the kitchen or the bathroom to prevent their proliferation. But despite everything, you should know that the cockroaches can elect home in a unsuspected place in the house, which you should check before your departure on vacation. As indicated above, wet places are predilection places for cockroaches, also, it is not impossible that they take refuge under the sink of the kitchen to proliferate. This place, where the trash can also be, is very appreciated by the cockroaches, because it combines water and food residues.
So to prevent them from installing there during your absence, be sure to empty and clean your trash can, but also the sub-evidence to make them impeccably clean and dry. It is also very important to check the sink piping joints to overcome any micro-finals that could attract cockroaches. For even more efficiency, you may use natural solutions to block the cockroaches. One of them consists in filling a small plug of white vinegar and placing it in the sink, because the cockroaches are sensitive with the pronounced and spicy vinegar, which is a very effective repellent. Another tip: place two bay leaves dried in your sub-evidence and cockroaches will flee from the smell of this aromatic plant they hate.
And above all, do not leave any food open in your cupboards. Even a simple pack of cookies started may be enough to attract cockroaches. Before leaving, store everything in hermetic boxes or throw away what does not keep well. The less smells and crumbs, the less you may have unpleasant surprises when you return.
