Sometimes Single Parent?
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Ha ha me too super frightened of cockroach, yikes!! Gets goosebumps every time… DH is super good at killing them, he will roll up whatever he can gets his hands on and smacks them flat… Ha ha ha…
DD2 is like him, DD1 will scream when she sees it but DD2 just steps on it (when they saw it outside of home) and says "you are bigger than the cockroach"… -
we have some house pets with name like Proud Lizard who would strut his / her stuff at night, walking in front of u slowly, like a model on catwalk runway, crossing the living room in broad night light…showing us how fat he / she is …
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verykiasu2010:
we have some house pets with name like Proud Lizard who would strut his / her stuff at night, walking in front of u slowly, like a model on catwalk runway, crossing the living room in broad night light......showing us how fat he / she is .....
wow...your house sure must be free of mosquitoes and insects right? -
I hate cockroaches…the more you try to whack them, the more they will fly towards you. I scream whenever I see cockroaches esp the ADULT ones. Oh yes, I also scream when I see cats. The way they approach is so eeks ! There was once my uncle brought us to a place in East Coast to have dinner…there were many cats…half the time I was looking for them rather than at my meal. Oh yes, I sat on the chair with my legs crossed and swear never to go there again, although the pork chops were DELICIOUS.
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starting from last year, DW would need to travel to China around May-Aug, for either 2 or 4 trips. Supposed to be 4 last year but reduced to 2 cos of the bird flu concern.
This year she was away 2 wk each for both trips, with a week in betw.
It was worse off last year because both kids took turns to fall sick just when she was away
Can be tough as need to make adjustments both at work and at home. Luckily my parents helped out more during the period. -
On pests, there was dengue outbreak at my neighbourhood just when DW was away in July, and NEA cleaned the vicinity more, and also washed and i think sprayed something down the chute. During that period, I prob killed more roaches in the 2 weeks than the rest of the 10 yrs i've been staying there, combined...
we'll kill lizards in the house too, if we can find them. But at my mum's place (upstairs), she will tell me not to kill. So those bold lizards can come out dancing on the walls and floors too
Once I was so angry when 1 of those large ones went onto the dining table when we were not in the kitchen, and i got a sticky pad/trap, overnight, got 3 adults stuck there. My mum called me to go over quickly, then tell me she was very uncomfortable seeing them like that and asked me to dispose of them quickly...
personally, i can't stand mosq the most, and will try to hunt them down if they appear. I'm training my kids to do the same too
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The lizards in my house are very bold and spiteful…always leaving shit all over :x So I told hubby we gotta try and get rid of them. They start ‘singing’ every night and once we switch off the lights at night, they come out to party.
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Actually any idea how to prevent to have lizard.. or how to get rid of them? :?
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fussyMummy:
Actually any idea how to prevent to have lizard.. or how to get rid of them? :?
Before we were married, PILs had an exterminator come in to flush out cockroaches, works like a dream. But it did nothing for the lizards.
After we got married and I moved in with them, I brought my cat along. The lizards started to disappear one by one. What I dread now are snails, especially so now due to the wet season.
Now for roaches, lizards or any house pests, I'd prefer not to use any chemicals because of DD. But you can get any commercial pesticides in powder or liquid form (depending on preference) at Homefix or old fashion hardware (wu jin) stores.
Here's something for a laugh:
http://www.expatsingapore.com/forum/index.php/topic,3240.0.html -
haha... well, almost nothing works. The lizards will come back.
The cat idea is good. A friend told me his cat was great, will catch and eat up all the lizards and mouse/rat in the old terrace house. The only prob was that for the mouse/rat, it would leave the head behind after its meal, so my friend and his family would have to clean up
As for the lizards, the easy way is to buy some of those sticky traps, and leave them around the frequently-visited areas. Temp fix, until the next platoon comes by to replenish this batch.
if they are stupid enough to be on low enough height, apparently hot water works great - if you don't mind cleaning up. A friend told me this method after trying it out. The cold-blooded reptile cannot tahan heat. first burst it will wriggle violently, then kanna again it will not move anymore again :evil:
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