In the past 5 years living in my one room apartment, I usually saw 1-5 small cockroaches per year. This summer, it was 1 per week and that escalated in August to 2 per week. I called my management company and they sent someone to check my apartment. They found the plug under the sink between the floor and the pipe was old. They changed it on 8/27. I thought it was finished, so I continued living as normal (leaving unwashed dishes in the sink overnight sometimes, throwing away food garbage in the trash, and vacuuming once a week). Big mistake. I saw 10 cockroach nymphs on 9/1. I checked the plug and found a significant gap between the pipe and the flooring. I think a bunch got in through there. Now I see 2-5 roaches every day. They're the German cockroach nymphs.
Now I've sealed the pipe gap myself with putty. I also put out 12 black caps, 5 sticky traps, sprayed a barrier spray by the front door and sliding door, sprayed muendo in the room, I vacuum twice a day now, wash dishes immediately, put food garbage in the freezer, keep the plugs in the drains when not in use, wipe all water off the sinks, and of course kill any bug I find with gokijetto. But I'm worried that enough got in to make it a huge problem. I called management again and they said they've done all they can do. But I think it's their fault it got so much worse. Is it worth trying to push for a professional exterminator through them? Should I pay for one myself? Are my baits enough? I haven't found any adults, eggs, or poop. Just the juveniles wandering around. I can tolerate 1 a week if it's just the nymph. I can't tolerate a bunch of adults scuttling about.
by HannahinJapan