A Nasty Little Story Your Exterminator Will Never Tell

.and all of that junk is all over Smokey's feet and he tracks it around everywhere he goes! Are you with me so far?While you are asleep at night, Smokey is on the move. They don't live out in the woods.I almost forgot to mention your gas grill out on the patio or deck..FACT: Roaches, like the very large Smokey Brown Cockroach, or "Palmetto Bug", live out in the woods and mulch and in the ivy growing around your house. Calm down... Yep... Pretty amazing..the kind that flies... Everywhere he goes, he "goes".. (by the way, you won't like hearing this, but that gorgeous ivy growing all over the side of your house is a virtual ROACH FACTORY!)... I'm a clean person and a neat housekeeper....... He is hungry and so he visits the buffet you have unknowingly provided....I'm not going to tell your neighbors.here is a real assortment of exotic foods, all blended together into a form of crud on the little round blade that cuts into the can and goes around the rim when it turns. Nope..you know.. If you have one of those vinyl covers over your grill, that's even better..." He has entered your home through the gap underneath the door to the patio...S..... Try leaving a porch light on at night and go out there and see how many bugs you count.. There is actually light coming out from underneath the doorway from inside and that light attracts them also. (They've got'em too you know!)....they do love the taste of the toothpaste residue on your toothbrush and around the edges of the lid to the toothpaste tube!And that's a factP...... And then they feel the warm temperature of the air coming out from under the door and that also attracts them. you understand why you have roaches in your home from time to time.. As a matter of fact, many times I have lifted one of those covers and seen dozens of cockroaches scurrying in all directions.....you know. And by now he has pooped all down inside your toaster, all over your can opener, and all over the inside of your silverware drawer.... He walks on dog and cat poop because he just loves the little snacks he finds there.. Let's follow him.. Each time you open another can, it not only picks up more food from that can, but it deposits the crud and bacteria already present into the can you just opened! Sure....it's a cockroach Deal with it!"The fact is.like the ones.into the kitchen!The typical Smokey Brown Cockroach (The really big, ugly, dark brown ones we like to call Palmetto Bugs) likes the kitchen because there is plenty of food and water there.Ccockroaches are found in ALL homes! That's right. Some species of cockroaches live outdoors in the woods and in the fields and don't usually end up inside our homes....Cockroaches have been around for millions of years (or, if you don't buy the theory of evolution, about 6,000 years)."But I keep my food in containers and I keep my floors and countertops clean. (Did I mention the bacteria on his feet?)Next, he goes to the can opener on the countertop...""Face it Mrs.did you know that over 42 types of bacteria have been identified on the feet of cockroaches, including the germs that cause serious diseases such as Salmonellosis, Gastroenetritis, Dysentary and Poliomyelitis? Airborne contaminates from their feces (poop) can also trigger respiratory symptoms including Asthma attacks is sensitive individuals! Certainly not all types on all cockroaches, but enough to say truthfully that everywhere a cockroach travels he leaves behind a trail of bacteria with every.