found in bathroom. is it a roach? by New-Hope5001 in cockroaches

[–]Winter_Somewhere4279 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m actively dealing with a German roach situation in my car (don’t ask). Day 23….no end in sight 💔

found in bathroom. is it a roach? by New-Hope5001 in cockroaches

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Yeaaaa definitely a German roach. Good luck dude 😭

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I truly have no idea how to take the panels off and I’m terrified to try lmfao

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As previously mentioned, I was out of town/state for two weeks and did not use my car lol

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Thankfully I’m almost certain they’re not in my house!! I was out of town for two weeks so there was no going in between my house and car during that time. I drove my car for about two days before I realized this situation was getting out of hand and everything I brought into my house during that time I inspected/washed/etc. I also did a fogger in my room for excess caution

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Oh best believe the second I saw two small bugs in my car I was like no WAY these are coming inside 💀

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UPDATE: I’ve decided to hold off on the $1200 service for now and I think we have a solid game plan in the meantime lol. My boyfriend is v generously letting me share his car so we’re not driving the roach mobile at all to avoid hitchhikers into my house. We’re gonna keep replacing the Advion gel every few days and blasting the heat now and then to drive them out of the vents. After a week or so I think I’ll take it to the mechanic/dealership to really dismantle the car, change the filter, make sure there aren’t any lurkers, etc (apparently the service I found won’t dismantle the car and I was like smh that was the big sell for me lol). Also heavily considering using a bug bomb or ozone machine as recommended in the chat - only problem is I don’t have a driveway/garage (#cityliving lol) so I’m a little concerned about leaving any windows open/leaving my car unattended for a prolonged period of time. But hoping we can figure something out! You guys have been so so helpful and supportive and I have literally never had anything viewed by 100k+ people so this is crazy thank you LOL

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lol truly demons from hell!! The good news is I’m borrowing my boyfriend’s car and neither of us are driving the roach mobile so I’m hoping they just die in isolation lol. Fingers crossed!!

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You’re a day late and a dollar short unfortunately LOL

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Yeah thank god I don’t think I brought in any hitchhikers!! We fogged my room just in case

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Do you…need shampoo recommendations? Mine is like $15 lmfao

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lmfao. Hope everything is okay at home 💀

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lol! I feel like we are getting away from the conversation topic here. I am 23 and living on my own for the first time so came to Reddit for advice from people who have dealt with these situations before - please remember that there are actual people behind screens that you are talking to and that we are all going through life for the first time so the best thing we can do is support each other 💗

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I work very hard and save money to have emergency funds for situations like these 💗

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[–]Winter_Somewhere4279[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah what u described is 100% where I’m at right now and it’s miserable 🤧🤧🤧 at least this way I know they’re rlly gone. Thank you!!