It's been a long time since my last post because of my health and the pandemic. I'm just getting over a bout with Covid.
I moved to this new apartment building a couple of months ago. It has over 100 apartments and I was skittish at first about moving into a large place like this because of the risk of getting roaches. However, it's much better run than where I used to live.
My cat has a very large stash of dry food and canned food. I keep both types in the same cupboard next to the fridge.
A couple of weeks ago I finally got the strength to reorganize the cupboard where his food is stashed. I didn't have a chance to do this since I moved because my life has been absolutely crazy as of late. So, I took everything out of the cabinet....started sweeping the kitchen floor at about the same time and found a small bug crawling slowly across the floor away from that cabinet and towards the sink. I'm not sure it was a roach but I whacked it.
I then inspected that cabinet and found debris in it that I know w/o a doubt wasn't brought by me. I never had roaches in that other apartment. All we had to cope with there was ants and spiders.
I found what appeared to be bits of dry food left by the previous tenant - who I understand was not clean - or this could have been roach droppings or both. I found a dead roach on the other side of the cabinet that looked like it had been dead for many months before I moved here.
Another neighbor told me that when this woman moved out, it took a cleaning crew a very long time to get rid of her stuff and she ended up catching roaches from someone down the hall who used to visit her.
I found a live one crawling slowly on my kitchen floor this morning a short time ago when I started my cat chores. I disposed of it.
The thing was crawling slowly...I thought that most roaches were quick to run when the light is turned on?
Anyway, I'm freaking out here....I can't bear the thought of those things getting into my cat's unopened bags of food. I leave out food for him to eat during the day and never found anything in his bowls that didn't belong there. I never found any bugs in the bags of food that I opened since moving here.
What can I do to protect his food, esp. the dishes that I leave out for him? I can't feed him on a schedule...his health wouldn't permit it. I have to leave out food at all times and have been trying to get him to eat more.
Please tell me they won't get into his unopened bags of food. I can't afford to dump his stash. It is quite large.
I would appreciate your advice. Tx.
I moved to this new apartment building a couple of months ago. It has over 100 apartments and I was skittish at first about moving into a large place like this because of the risk of getting roaches. However, it's much better run than where I used to live.
My cat has a very large stash of dry food and canned food. I keep both types in the same cupboard next to the fridge.
A couple of weeks ago I finally got the strength to reorganize the cupboard where his food is stashed. I didn't have a chance to do this since I moved because my life has been absolutely crazy as of late. So, I took everything out of the cabinet....started sweeping the kitchen floor at about the same time and found a small bug crawling slowly across the floor away from that cabinet and towards the sink. I'm not sure it was a roach but I whacked it.
I then inspected that cabinet and found debris in it that I know w/o a doubt wasn't brought by me. I never had roaches in that other apartment. All we had to cope with there was ants and spiders.
I found what appeared to be bits of dry food left by the previous tenant - who I understand was not clean - or this could have been roach droppings or both. I found a dead roach on the other side of the cabinet that looked like it had been dead for many months before I moved here.
Another neighbor told me that when this woman moved out, it took a cleaning crew a very long time to get rid of her stuff and she ended up catching roaches from someone down the hall who used to visit her.
I found a live one crawling slowly on my kitchen floor this morning a short time ago when I started my cat chores. I disposed of it.
The thing was crawling slowly...I thought that most roaches were quick to run when the light is turned on?
Anyway, I'm freaking out here....I can't bear the thought of those things getting into my cat's unopened bags of food. I leave out food for him to eat during the day and never found anything in his bowls that didn't belong there. I never found any bugs in the bags of food that I opened since moving here.
What can I do to protect his food, esp. the dishes that I leave out for him? I can't feed him on a schedule...his health wouldn't permit it. I have to leave out food at all times and have been trying to get him to eat more.
Please tell me they won't get into his unopened bags of food. I can't afford to dump his stash. It is quite large.
I would appreciate your advice. Tx.