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7 Ways to Get Rid of Baby Roaches in Your House Naturally!

Naturally Daily Team by Naturally Daily Team
August 19, 2018
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Coming home after a busy day, the last thing you want to face is an insect infestation, especially if the insects are roaches.

There’s something about these insects that make them so severely hated. Even a single one of them can make you feel disgusting.

While a big cockroach can be alarming, baby roaches can be a nightmare too. They always travel in a group and it is quite difficult to kill them because of their size.

Just like everyone else, you might be thinking of using the most powerful bug sprays to get rid of those annoying baby roaches. Think again. These sprays can harm you and your family, especially children while killing those bugs.

It’s always good to follow the safer ways when it comes to pest control. [1]

Fortunately, you can get rid of those baby roaches just by using some natural home remedies. These remedies are readily available at your home and entirely safe for you and your family.

Here you are going to read about some effective home remedies to get rid of baby roaches. But, before that, you must know what baby roaches are and how harmful they can be.

In this article, we will cover:

  • What are Baby Roaches?
  • Home Remedies to Get Rid of Baby Roaches

What are Baby Roaches?

Baby roaches are the nymphs that hatch out of the egg sacs. They are usually white or light grey and usually darken within a few hours.

Like the big cockroaches, these baby roaches are also nocturnal and love damp and dirty places. You can find them everywhere, particularly in your kitchen if you live in an apartment.

Not only these insects are disgusting, but they can also be hazardous to your health.

Cockroaches are a source of bacterial infection, and lots of diseases have been associated with them. [2]

Baby roaches are more dangerous as they are a sign of severe infestation. If you don’t stop them when they are little in number, you will soon have hundreds, even thousands more crawling on the tiles of your home.

Home Remedies to Get Rid of Baby Roaches

The home remedies are quite useful in killing roaches but may take a bit longer. You should be patient while you’re using these remedies.

1. Baking Soda

Baking soda is quite simple but effective to kill baby roaches.

Baking soda isn’t poisonous, but it will mix with the roaches’ stomach acid, leading it towards death.

Mixing it with other things like sugar will attract the roaches, and you will see a fast decline in the population.

If you have kids in your house, make sure they don’t consume it. It could be life-threatening for them. [3]

What You Need:

  • Baking Soda: ¼ Cup
  • Sugar: ¼ Cup
  • A bowl or cup

Direction to Use:

  • Mix the same quantity of baking soda and sugar in a bowl.
  • Sprinkle the mixture in the areas you’ve seen roaches.
  • Leave it as a bait for them and repeat the process often until you’re sure it kills them all.

Read More: How to Use Baking Soda for Diaper Rash Treatment

2. Boric Acid

It’s a mild acidic hydrate of boric oxide famous for antiseptic, antiviral, and antifungal properties. [4]

Because of its toxic nature, boric acid is widely used in killing insects. [5]

Boric acid is quite effective in killing baby roaches and is widely used.

Before you use boric acid, you must know it doesn’t work when it’s wet. So, you must use it dry.

What You Need:

  • Boric Acid

Direction to Use:

  • Sprinkle the boric acid where the baby roaches are supposed to be (in a tight corner or under the cabinet).
  • The goal is to make those baby roaches walk through the powder. Once they do it, the acid will be on their antenna, legs, and body.
  • The acid will slowly ingest into their body, causing the death.

3. Fabric Softener Spray

While softening your favorite outfit, this fabric softener can also kill baby roaches because of its toxicity. [6]

Unlike other remedies, you cannot just place the fabric softener in the floor and hope to get the job done.

You have to actively spray it wherever you see the baby roaches in your home.

What You Need:

  • Natural fabric softener: ¾ cup
  • Water: ½ cup
  • Spray bottle

Direction to Use:

  • Put those ingredients in a spray bottle and shake the bottle well to mix them up.
  • It will be a concentrated solution. Keep that in mind when you’re going to spray.
  • Squirt the baby roaches with the solution when you see them.
  • Roaches breathe through their skin. When the solution gets on the baby roaches, they will be suffocated.

Read More: 11 Best Essential Oils for Bed Bugs Bites Remedy

4. Bay Leaves

If you have soft corners for every living thing of the planet, even for those baby roaches, you will want them to be away from your home.

Because of the odor, bay leaves are natural roach repellent.

The best part is, bay leaves aren’t poisonous, meaning that you can place them without any tension.

What You Need:

  • A handful of bay leaves
  • Mortar and pestle

Direction to Use:

  • Put the dry bay leaves in a mortar and crush them with a pestle.
  • If you don’t have mortar and pestle, you can also crush the leaves in a bowl, or by using the back of a butcher knife.
  • Sprinkle the powder where you know the baby roaches are present.

5. Coffee Ground

Not only you, buy the roaches love it too. The great aroma and taste of coffee are hard to avoid. [7]

The used coffee grounds can be used to get rid of baby roaches. You can use the coffee to make a trap and attract the baby roaches to their death.

What You Need:

  • Coffee Grounds
  • Petroleum Jelly
  • Jar

Direction to Use:

  • Fill the jar with coffee grounds and water to it.
  • Apply some petroleum jelly inside the jar.
  • The baby roaches can breathe in water for 40 minutes, during that time they will try to crawl out of the jar but will fail because of the petroleum jelly.
  • Place the jar regularly around the home where the baby roaches frequent.

Read More: 5 Amazing Health Benefits of Lipton Tea

6. Catnip

Catnip is a plant-based natural insect repellent that people has been using for centuries now. [8]

It contains Nepetalactone that the roaches hate so much. Having this component make catnip so effective against baby roaches.

What You Need:

  • A handful of catnip leaves
  • Water: two cups

Direction to Use:

  • Put the catnip leaves in two cups of water and boil it for 10 minutes.
  • Keep it in the refrigerator.
  • Pour the solution into a bottle. Then spray it around your home.

Read More: How to Get Rid of Lockjaw: 18 Best Home Remedies

7. Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous earth isn’t harmful to human or pets but is a death sentence for the baby roaches that decide to consume it. [9]

The way it kills the baby roaches is pretty fascinating.

Diatomaceous earth contains silica that dehydrates the baby roaches body, eventually leading them towards death.

What You Need:

  • Diatomaceous Earth

Direction to Use:

  • Sprinkle the diatomaceous earth around your home, especially where the baby roaches are supposed to be.
  • The baby roaches aren’t build up a tolerance to it, meaning that you will get rid of them quickly.

Bottom Line

These home remedies are quite active and will help you get rid of those annoying baby roaches.

However, those baby roaches might come back if you don’t take further precautions. Make sure you keep your home and the surroundings clean so that they can’t be back.

Did you find this article helpful? Please tell us about your experience of trying those home remedies in the comment section.

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