How Are Cockroaches Getting Inside My Home?

What Cockroaches Are Looking For Outside

Cockroaches, like a lot of other pests, are attracted to 3 basic things: smells, food, and water. If a cockroach is wandering through your neighbor's yard and suddenly smells organic, decomposing material, it will happily take a detour to explore the source. This smell could come from a compost pile, fallen fruit, leftover vegetables in a garden, or trash receptacles that do not have tight-fitting lids. Cockroaches will also be drawn in by the smells of fresher food sources, such as food left out after a barbecue or pet food left outside.

Food sources roaches especially love include starchy or sugary foods, grease, meat, and cheese. But they will eat any kind of food they can find. Water sources that attract roaches and other pests are things such as leaky hoses and spigots, bird baths, and any object that holds rainwater.

Ways They Get Inside

Once cockroaches are drawn in close to your home, they may begin exploring your walls and foundation. Conditions around your home will determine how comfortable they will be to come in close. Food and water sources will draw them in, and if you have lots of vegetation around your perimeter, roaches and other pests will feel right at home hiding inside it. If there are gaps, cracks, or holes present on the outside of your home, roaches will likely find their way inside. It doesn't take much of a hole for them to squeeze through, especially if smells are leaking out of from inside. Once inside, cockroaches will waste no time finding food sources. They aren't picky; they are just as happy eating fresh cake crumbs as they are gnawing the hardened gunk between the side of the stove and the counter.

Professional Pest Control Is The Best Solution For Cockroaches

If you have no interest in having cockroaches in your home (like most people) and you are serious about getting rid of them, let the professionals here at Quik-Kill Pest Eliminators help you. Once roaches have established themselves inside your wall voids, they are notoriously difficult to completely eradicate. While there are plenty of over-the-counter products and lots of do-it-yourself tips you can try, if you don't have the knowledge, expertise, and proper tools and products, you are likely to find yourself wasting precious time and money as roaches continue to plague you. You don't have to live with the threats cockroaches bring, reach out to Quik-Kill today to learn more about residential and commercial pest control options.