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omg!!! i found a cockroach in my house

I have just been tidying my boys bedroom and there it was, horrible, anyway i managed to get it traped in a glass and take it outside onto the street. I have goosebumps all over i hate spiders at the best of times!

Should i be worrying??? Only one roach found and now removed - what should i do, urrrggghh i feel sick...hate them....

Live in a semi detached house been here for 9 years never seen one here b4 - i bet i wont be able to sleep tonight

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  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    well at least its not william roach

    we have all sorts of insects living in our homes and all thought they look creepy and horrible they shouldnt do you any harm comapred to the amount of bacteria we have in our homes even the most cleanest of homes
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  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I feel your pain. I can manage most things but cockroaches make me go all ew!

    Sorry to say but if you have one roach, you probably have a hundred.

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  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Years ago we found one roach in a kitchen cupboard got rid of it and never saw another.. we thought it was a bit strange at the time as we'd never had any probs before..
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  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    They give me the willies.
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • Are you sure that it is a cockroarch?

    I know that this sounds stupid but a few years ago some flatmates closed off the kitchen because they thought we had cockroaches, turned out to be may flies.

    They were all to scared to go into the kitchen, but i'm told that they trapped one in a jar, so i go in and see its not one, but because they hadn't seen one before that is what they assumed it was.
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