ROACHES

Okay /v, I live in a godawful roach-infested shithole, and I'm finally moving out. What do you recommend I do so I don't have any stowaways on my vidya systems? My plan is to open up all my systems and blow them out and inspect them real good before packing them up and before taking them into my new place. How easy do you think it would be to crack open my various systems, and could I potentially fuck them up?

I have:
>SNES
>GameCube
>N64
>VCR/DVD combo and a CRT TV

I was considering fogging the place, but from what I've read, it doesn't really get in those cracks and crevices, and only coats the room with a mist. I was expecting it to flush out and kill anything that might be hiding in my vidya systems.

Bump, with some visual inspiration (don't worry, this isn't me).

get a couple logs of wood, get a good fire going, and just put everything in the fire

How long have you been living in Istanbul?

You know, I would do it to be GC, since I could easily get another one and since it was having some disc-reading issues a while back, but I'll be fucked if I'd do that to my Super Ninty.

I failed to mention I also have a Wii, but I'm planning on selling that shit.

About five years.
I don't use any of this stuff daily, probably even less than once a month, so I'm hoping there won't be many buggers in there because it wasn't warm inside all the time.

put electronic in bag
suck all air out of it
leave overnight
nothing can live without oxygen not even roaches or thier eggs

they make devices specifically to suckout and seal such things, look into that.

Is that you Ryan lochwood?

>even the eggs
God, I hope so. I've read that a dead roach can still leave its eggs after it dies.
Good tip, I'll look into that.

Just buy a bug bomb, put them all all in a room, bomb that room (put towles under / around the door to keep the gas in), and then clean everything off (it usually has a slight slick to it), and you're good.

Source: Parents house had BAD German roach infestation prior to me moving out, and was even worse when I moved back in (i essentially harrassed my dad into accepting that it was unacceptable to live this way and forced him to spend money on a guy coming every week to spray until they were completely gone).

Had to constantly clean my PC out because I'd occasionally feel them crawl on my feet while playing vidya or browsing the internet, shit is the grossest feeling in the world. Brother had to toss out a 360 because it stopped working. Open it up to find a nest inside, and the roaches were feeding off the contacts on the mobo.

Waking up with bites is worse. You feel dirty, gross, and disgusting all the time, knowing shit may have been crawling on you while you slept. I kept my room spotless, but sometimes, shit slips in.

Can't believe my parents let it go on for 5 fucking years. Can't believe how much persuasion it took for my dad to stop being so fucking stubborn and stop living like a fucking hobo with bugs.

>five years
Jesus H Christ. Your dad must be a real miser.

See my OP tho, aren't bug bombs just a band-aid? I was going to use one under the assumption it would seep inside the vents of my TV and my systems and get anything that might be hiding in there, but from what I read, it basically only coats your home in poison and doesn't really get into the nooks and crannies. Plus there's a doggo where I'm taking the stuff next, and I don't want him to get sick if I miss something when I wipe my shit down.

But yeah, it has been gross. They only appeared halfway through me living here. I fought them hard, but eventually gave the place up to them. It's an apartment complex, so no matter what I do, it's other people in the adjoined apartments and not just me. I've gotten used to the feeling of them crawling over my feet, I've shaken them out of my coffee pot before brewing, I've seen them in-fucking-side of my alarm clock screen and scale. I've even taken a sip of coffee that I left unattended and got a roach in my mouth. I literally can't be shocked anymore.

Roaches really aren't that bad. Drain flies and ants are much worse.

Bull. I used to have ants and they weren't all that bad. Just clean my shit and they fuck off.

Roaches are persistent and never seem to go away. And they're fucking disgusting.

He's disgusting. No roaches anymore, but he's still a disgusing slob. We have 5 dogs, including mine (which is completely housebroken), and 3 cats. None of his dogs are fully house trained, and will p[iss / shit in the house. He puts no effort into housetraining them, so we have to endure spotting piss spots on the corners of the couches / furniture / walls, and occasional daily piles of shit in the house. As for the cats, 2 go outside / in the litter box - but one cat, one fat fucking piece of asshole shit cat in particular, pisses outside of the litterbox. EVERYWHERE. And because he's such a fat fucking piece of shit, he has a human sized bladder. So when you walk into the laundry room, there's a 50/50 chance there's gonna be a fucking piss flood in the middle. The floor has a perpetual slick to it too because it's just wiped up / mopped, and nobody scrubs the floor properly ( I refuse to do it because allergies and because FUCK that.)

The house has a constant underlying odor of piss that is occasionally covered up by incense or candles. So much effort goes into making sure my clothes smell clean and fresh, as well as my room being clean at all times. It's also my dad's way or the highway - his word is law, and if you dont agree, you can get the fuck out.

My life is fucking hell.

As you can imagine, I'm currently trying to find a better job so I can move back out of this shitheap for good.

>5 fucking years of roach infestation
>tfw mom is like Monica from Friends
>everything about the house always had to be perfect
Feels good.

Roaches really aren't that disgusting and as long as you don't leave food out or seal it in bags like you should they generally stick to hiding under the sink and such.

Ants will climb up your monitor power wire onto your desk to get into the orange juice you're drinking. I fucking hate ants.

You need to find a bug exterminator that uses special blend poisons. Thats what we did. He had a blend that eradicated the FUCK out of our roaches, and didn't harm any of doggos at all. The best part was you could see it visibly fucking up the roaches. We'd find roaches with swells and fucked up wings from the poison, and dying babies that looked fucked.

A month later we were bug free. Cost a bit of money, but it was a relief being roach free.

Jesus Christ, that sounds awful. Hope you get a job soon. I too am looking for new work. It's a pain in the fucking ass that I have to deal with both of these things at once.

>tfw mom is a cleanfreak but dont want to do it herself.

Nah. Once roaches nest in your house somewhere, they're there for good. It's the worst trying to get rid of them.

Not those palmetto bugs either. Actual fucking cockroaches.

Yeah they're a pain to get rid of but they're not that bad to live with.

>put electronic in bag
>suck all air out of it
>leave overnight
>retrieve crushed electronic and throw in trash

Mind you, I'm talking about German cockroaches. the little fuckers. Not the big wood roaches. They're whatever. Once you experience german roaches, you'll understand.

That might be a consideration, although I only have two weeks left at this dump and I don't really care if the bugs are still here when I leave. They're obviously already in other people's apartment, so it's more than my problem. We have a regular exterminator, and when he comes, I see dead roaches when I come in the door, but they always come back. I just don't want to bring any of these fuckers with me.

I've been looking into ditomaceous earth. It's apparently safe to be around pets, so I can sprinkle it around my TV a day or two before I take it apart and then maybe some more while it's moving to the new place.

My main concern is: is it really a good idea to take apart my old systems like my SNES and my N64?

I was in the same situation as you. Lived in an apartment for 6 months, got a bad roach infestation, did everything I could think of to get rid of them before I moved into the house I'm in now, and they still followed me over.
Bug bombs are damn near useless but it might help cut down on the numbers before you move. The think that finally got rid of them permanently was pic related. No bullshit, just get a couple packs of these fuckers and put them around the house. I never called an exterminator or anything after I moved and I have zero cockroaches in my house whereas before it looked like a crackhead nigger lived here.
Good luck dude, roaches are the fucking worst.

I've only ever dealt with the big ones, yeah. The little ones are probably worse.

>not bad to live with
>waking up to find they somehow got into your bread bag and nested inside of it
>finding them all in your cabinets and in your damn cereal boxes
>have to constantly wash dishes before use because bugs were crawling and pissing all over them
>waking up at night because you feel one crawl on your face / go in your mouth
>waking up with itchy fucking bites on your arms / legs / wherever the fuck
>going to work and having to go to the restroom and kick off your shoe because you felt shit moving in your shoes
>constant paranoia you'll have one in your clothes
>smell of mildew wherever they nest
>having to pull your refridgerator out to find a massive fuck-off sized nest underneath that blows your fucking mind
>buying a motel room for 2 nights and leave your pets with a friend while you a-bomb your kitchen afterwards
>finding roaches in food in your refridgerator
>feeling of hopelessness that ensues
>they dont live with you, you live with them

Yeah, sure.

>air can crush solid matter

ok there kid

SO fucking glad we dont have roaches here

Sounds like you live like a dirty nigger.

Yep, I've used two different baits, and that pic is one of them. It cut down the numbers but didn't eliminate them, since they're partying in adjoining apartments.

Literally fuck this place.

Oh yeah, then you don't even know, man. The big ones are just alarming to see, but they don't infest. They just like damp places. You see one, you kill it, no big deal.

German roaches are literally a scourge of the earth. You will know them when you get them. To get an idea of what it's like, watch the scene in Aliens when they first go into the power building and they start coming out of the walls.

Nah, just live with a father who lives like a dirty nigger.

We've gone on trips with my mom while my dad, stayed behind, and returned days later to the house riddled with animal piss, piles of shit, huge messes everywhere, and disgusting unrecognizable smells in the house nobody could place.

Just curious. Is your dad a hoarder as well by chance? Sounds like he'd be.

I know all of these feels.
I had a new water bottle that I had bought, and since then I've made sure to only buy screw-top ones, because this one had a top that had a little gap in it which roaches would crawl into because it was nice and moist. One fell out at work one time and I was freaked that I was about to infest my workplace.

Spray pic related around your doors and seal any cracks in your house with a hot glue gun.

I'd still probably choose roaches over bedbugs desu.

Lol.

Our carport is a perpetual dump for all his appliances / tools / trash he refuses to throw away. We even have a gigantic hot tub ground insert laying in the side of our yard because he continues to swear hes going to dig a hole and install it and get it working, which we all know is horseshit. We clean it out yearly (correction: he decides he wants it clean, and forces us all to help clean it), and then 6 months later it's like nothing changed.

Yes, he's a massive fucking hoarder. My mom refuses to go into the carport because she knows she's going to lose her fucking mind and her mood will be ruined for the day.

So, the other question unanswered still is:
Should I be taking apart my Super Nintendo to inspect for roaches, or their corpses fun fact: roaches will feed on their dead bretheren How easy is it? I've never done it before.

I looked at that stuff. Industrial grade shit, right? I've considered it, although since I'm jumping ship, I only care about the things I bring with me.

>bedbugs
Christ, I've been paranoid about those. I go to sleep feeling sudden itches and pinches and wonder if I have those, or if it's just my bro-roomate roaches. Or just my imagination.

>move into condo with room mates
>room mate brings nice couch
>she brings over friends one night at like, 3 fucking am
>one friend wrecks the couch and tears it wide open
>have to curb the damn thing
>start looking for new couch
>aunt offers me a nice cloth couch for free, just have to go get it
>get it home and set it up (came with a nice arm chair as well as pillows)
>come to find out it's completely infested with fleas and thats why she wanted to get rid of it
>spend 4 weeks treating it twice a day with furniture treatment for fleas to no avail
>try taking it to a salvation army
>they turn me away because they have too much furniture
>return at night and leave that shit around back
>spend rest of lease with beach chairs in the living room

Fuck my aunt.

ive had both
had bedbugs AGAIN show up last month after not having them for 4+ years
why? because fucking foreigners moving in, they moved out today(prolly kicked out)

so had my place sprayed last month and seems got rid of them again.

id rather live with roaches then bedbug tho since roaches dont actually bite and you just have to be clean and tidy.

Wow, what a bitch.

At least they didn't hop onto other pieces of furniture or carpet.
I have a big wood-frame chair with a cushion, which my future roommate is afraid of, afraid that roach eggs might be hidden inside. It's a separate piece from the chair, but I don't think it's something I can just throw in the laundry. Not sure what to do about it.

>So, the other question unanswered still is:
Should I be taking apart my Super Nintendo to inspect for roaches,
Question still stands.

I've been living in my first apartment for university, and thankfully have only encountered two roaches over the entire semester. Guess I got lucky.

shake it
if it sounds like stuff flinging around go for it

>I live in a godawful roach-infested shithole
>I was considering fogging the place
Sure, go ahead and the world a favor.

Try to throw out as much of your old cardboard boxes as you can. Roaches like to lay their eggs in them

It makes lots of rattling sounds, it's so old.
Actually, my SNES is probably fine, since there are few open crevices for things to crawl in. But my Gamecube and N64, on the other hand.
What the fuck type of screwdriver do I even need to get in these things?

There's a used game shop near my place. Maybe I should just have them take them apart and look at them.

Don't worry, already got that covered.
All the boxes that were already here are thrown out; brought in all-new boxes from outside and didn't let them sit in my apartment longer than it took to pack them. And I have plastic boxes as well.

Drain flies are cunts, but easy to get rid of. Roaches are like a tumour

Kek, should have fucking sprayed that thing soaking wet with insecticide of the stongest caliber

>Go to friend's house
>Watch 2 or 3 roaches roam around from time to time
>One day they increase in population
>Shit's getting annoying
>Decide to help him up by buying a huge ass of anti roach insecticide and killing them
>Go around his house spraying
>We take turns
>Detect trouble spot just behind the kitchen sink
>Nothing happens for 2 hours
>Suddenly they burst like a fucking waterfall
>They run around in hordes
>Some attack us, literally, flying into us or just bashing against our shoues
>We run in panic
>Get on top of the dinner table
>The little fuckers also get up there too
>We make our last stand on top of the furniture
>Half an hour of roach stomping
>All kind of roaches come out of the source, brown, slighty brown, small, huge, even white and transparent ones

At least we got rid of them forever

ya you cant open nintendo products yourself

they use a proprietary screwdriver and screws.

>read this thread
>never seen a roach in my life
>still feel extremely itchy

...

This is fucked.
Yeah, guess it's the gameshop I go, then. They'll either sell the appropriate tool or just open it up for me. My TV I should be able to do myself.

Guess I'll just throw out my DVD player. It's fucking old, anyway.

You need to get like 3 packs of the bug bomb stuff and throw those in a sealed bag (preferably clear plastic) with your electronics inside.

Roaches eat fucking wires and shit so do it asap. I would gas everything at least twice if you got them bad. Your TV will have a surprising amount in it.

If you take furniture with you do the same thing and bomb the fuck out of it. They'll be hiding in places you can't even comprehend.

While you're at it inspect everything and if you got bed bugs its fucking gg.

SOURCE: I work at a rental store.

Three whole canisters meant for a whole big room, confined in one bag? That sounds apocalyptic.

>>never seen a roach in my life

Do you ever do anything?

This definitely worked for me, live with my gf and her grandfather who is a goddamn hoarder, brings shit from his two office cleaning jobs JUST BECAUSE. Old electronics bring roaches, as if the building we live in and neighbors who are fucking nasty aren't enough.

Anyway, it's a gel syringe, squeeze a small drop every 6-12 inches and especially in the kitchen and bathroom.

ya that works pretty well before an actual outbreak

thats what the exterminator used in my place
they eat the stuff and die and when new roaches show up they eat the dead body and also die from it.

Raid cans come in a 4 pack or something. They're small but effective.

Obv need to get big bags and tape them shut for furniture.


OP said he had them bad so it's what he needs to do otherwise spend shit ton more money on professional spraying.

I am OP. And I've moving out in less than two weeks, so I could care less about long term.

But the place I'm moving to for the time being has a doggo and I'm paranoid about residue being leftover that might make him sick.

I've been meticulous about packing my shit so far, but it's my vidya and TV that really worry me, because I know how roaches get into shit.