Telltale Signs of Cockroach Infestations
Cockroaches are undoubtedly one of the most harmful and cringe-worthy pests that may infest your home. These unhygienic pests are known to carry diseases that are detrimental to your family’s health. As such, you must recognize signs of cockroach infestation before any of your family members contract diseases from contamination.
Sighting of a roach
Cockroaches are nocturnal pests. You may spot them when you enter a newly-lit room. However, if you see them during the broad daylight, this can only indicate that the infestation is possibly more severe than anticipated.
Spotting roach feces
Roaches can eat anything. They can feed on garbage, feces, dead skin cells and food such as pizza, rice, and others. Because of their appetite and high metabolism, their presence is marked with a considerable amount of roach droppings. Check for droppings in common hiding areas such as sinks, pantries, cupboards and stoves.
Smelling Cockroaches
These pesky pests give off a musty and pungent odour that worsens every day the infestation is untreated. This odour not only lingers in the air but also in your food and furniture.
Seeing Cockroach Eggs
Cockroach eggs are otherwise referred to as oothecae. Cockroaches are aggressive breeders and they don’t lay singular eggs. The presence of these oothecae is an indication that cockroaches are breeding in your home.
Diseases that cockroaches may transmit
Listed below are diseases that cockroaches bring to your home.
- E.coli infections
- Cholera
- Typhoid fever
- Salmonellosis
- Listeriosis
- Dysentery
- Leprosy
- Asthma
- Campylobacteriosis
- Plague
How do cockroaches transmit disease?
Cockroach infestations transmit diseases in three common ways. Read below to know more.
Cockroach Droppings and Saliva
Cockroaches feast on basically anything. Whether it’s animal feces or a raw piece of chicken, they’ll eat it. Organisms from contaminated food items will lay dormant in a cockroach’s digestive system and then be excreted in cockroach droppings.
In return, these droppings may contaminate people’s food and surfaces. Cockroach saliva spread diseases in the same manner as cockroach droppings.
Cockroach Transfer
These pests are commonly found in places such as waste areas, sewers, drains, or cesspits. Not only are they in regular contact with germs, bacteria and viruses, but harmful pathogens will also quickly stick to their bodies making them contaminated.
Once they pick up these harmful pathogens, cockroaches can also contaminate surfaces and food items with which their bodies come in contact. Thus, making disease transmission possible.
Once you catch a glimpse of a cockroach, don’t ignore it and immediately contact us! We will help assess whether you have an infestation in your home and provide proper treatment for quick and effective pest relief.