Once they arrive, a cockroach infestation can be difficult to get rid of. Not only do they breed rapidly and are experts at hiding away in hard-to-reach places, cockroaches are extremely hardy - they can live up to one month without food, up to two weeks without water and up to one week without their head!

A Cockroach infestation may be difficult to pick-up at first as they are mostly active at night, but if you have seen them during the day this can indicate a high level of infestation on your property. You may also have noticed the damage they have caused to food & books, seen their droppings, or smelled a strong odour in dark places such as under your kitchen sink (this is the smell of their urine & feaces!)

More than a nuisance and filthy house guests, cockroaches are known to carry numerous diseases and bacteria, such as, salmonella, gastro-enteritis, dysentery and typhoid and can spread up to 33 different kinds of bacteria. Their droppings can cause eczema and triggers asthma attacks.

Risks of a Cockroach Infestation on Your Property: 

• Disease Carriers: Various diseases and ailments, as well as 33 bacteria.
• Contamination: When they snack on your food, they contaminate it. The risk is higher with children, with the elderly and those fighting illnesses.
• Damage: To your health, your books, your food and your goods-They will eat almost anything.
• Breeding: Cockroaches breed rapidly and uncontrollably if left untreated.
• Unpleasant smell: They live in cold, dark places and their faeces and urine gives off a particularly unpleasant smell under these conditions.