Question: Hi. I am moving from a roach infested apartment into a new apartment. I want to be sure that I do not take any roaches or roach eggs with me when I move. Can you tell me what I need to do in order to ensure this doesn't happen? Thanks.

ANSWER You can avoid taking cockroaches with you when you move by doing some simple things to control them now, and when you get to where you are going.

The use of the plastic bait stations or the gel bait can be effective. A week or so before you move, place a station or a small amount of the gel in each box you pack from the kitchen or bathroom, close the box and seal it. You can use mothballs or moth crystals in the boxes instead of the gel baits or plastic stations.

Before you move into the new place, put out some of the plastic stations or gel baits in the kitchen and bathroom. In this way, the first meal a cockroach may get when it gets to the new place (if they traveled with you) will be their last.

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