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Cat Forum / General Topics / September 2006Help! Exterminator
Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are not allowed) because it was in my price range and crunch time. I thought I could just get away with having a cat. Turns out an exterminator comes into the building on the first Sat. of each month to spray everyone's kitchen and bathroom for cockroaches and/or rodents. I am freaking out!!! I do not want my pet to be harmed by this, but I don't want to give him up. Does anyone know anything about the duration of these sprays and if keeping him out of those rooms is enough? If I got my landlord to stop spraying my place in particular, is there residue from previous month's spray? Would it be wise to send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! > Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved > into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are not > allowed) because it was in my price range and crunch time. I thought I could > just get away with having a cat. Turns out an exterminator comes into the > building on the first Sat. of each month to spray everyone's kitchen and > bathroom for cockroaches and/or rodents. I am freaking out!!! I'd freak out if an exterminator had to come in monthly to my place too. My downstairs neighbor would be a basket case. >I'd freak out if an exterminator had to come in monthly to my place >too. You'd also be freaking out if the exterminator didn't come and your place was over run with cockroaches. To give you an idea how bad that can be, when I was in college I had a room-mate who collected cock roaches, when ever he found one he'd put it in a huge jar. But the end of the year it was filled. That is life in the big city. So often the choice is...they spray often or the building is shut down by the health department. I know nothing about the spray they use. Maybe you could contact the company that does it and ask them. Maybe you and your kitty can take for a little ride the first of each month and go visit your mom... I am a little surprised that they do this on a regular basis. I am quite sensitive to chemicals and sprays, and I don't think I could stay there with that. > Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved > into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > to > send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! What a cheap landlord I wonder if he or she ever heard of once a year spraying Once a month talk about a total inconvience depending on where in the world you are you can refuse that service If I am correct >I know nothing about the spray they use. Maybe you could contact the >company that does it and ask them. Maybe you and your kitty can take for a [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> wise to >> send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! >What a cheap landlord I wonder if he or she ever heard of once a year >spraying It may not be up to the landlord. Maybe due more to nearby construction, mandates from the health department, etc. For example when they starting building the expessway they had huge rats that were sent scurying through the city. One of the mitigation for the expressway was the monthly spraying. >Once a month talk about a total inconvience depending on where in the >world you are you can refuse that service If I am correct Not necessarily. You as as landlord can refuse the service. But then the health department can refuse to let the building be occupied. So yeah, you can refuse it, have a $750,0000 building stand vacant while the health department condemns it. >>I know nothing about the spray they use. Maybe you could contact the >>company that does it and ask them. Maybe you and your kitty can take for a [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> wise to >>> send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! >I know nothing about the spray they use. Probably is very toxic. >I am a little surprised that they do this on a regular basis. I'm not surprised in the least. I've had numerous apartments where they had to. I would add often the source was not the building itself or the neighbors. Soemtimes it's construction in the area. And sometimes it's not just restricted to the city. > Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved >into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are not [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >particular, is there residue from previous month's spray? Would it be wise to >send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! Uh, you need to move. First off, they can evict you for having a pet. So go find a place that allows pets, or better yet, buy your own home. When you're paying rent, you're paying someone else's mortgage. And tell your mother to take a long walk off a short pier. You don't say whether or not you are in the US or what state you are in, but in Texas, you can simply request that the exterminator NOT spray your apartment. A written request would be the most binding way. Good luck. > Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved > into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > to > send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! > You don't say whether or not you are in the US or what state you are in, > but in Texas, you can simply request that the exterminator NOT spray your [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> wise to >> send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! If they are spraying monthly your problems are bigger than that ...get the hell out of there. I have been in my place 13 years and do not have any bug or animal problems. MOVE BEFORE It's TOO LATE. POISONS KILL > Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved >into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are not [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >particular, is there residue from previous month's spray? Would it be wise to >send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! You don't say where you live or why they are spraying, but that may not be possible. Depends on the circumstances. (i.e. Maybe the health department shut the buildig down and mandated spraying each month?) I would add the source of the rodents may not even be in the building itself. Nearby construction will send the critters scurying into other areas/buildings. So it may well turn out not spraying one apartment lead to getting the building shut down. Before saying anything to anyone i'd be prepared to find a permanent residence for the cat outside of this building. The ongoing spraying may well be the reason pets are not allowed. So, are there any tenants in your building with babies or toddlers? I can't imagine living in a place that is sprayed for pests on a monthly basis! That just can't be good. It seems to me that if they are spraying for pests that often, that the entire building must have a SERIOUS problem. A friend of mine once opened her kitchen cupboard and pulled out a box of cereal, to find a hole in the cereal box, and in the wall behind it, and LOADS of cockroaches crawling in and out of the hole. An exterminator was called, and after several visits over a period of almost a year, they were not able to eradicate the cockroaches, and the landlord ended up tearing down the infested part of the building. YUCK. I would suggest looking for a new place to live. Lori > Hi! The love of my life is my 2 year old cat, Sam. I have recently moved > into an apt. in a city, on my mother's insistence (even though pets are [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > to > send him on a year vacation to my boyfriend's place? Please... help! >So, are there any tenants in your building with babies or toddlers? > >I can't imagine living in a place that is sprayed for pests on a monthly >basis! That just can't be good. It seems to me that if they are spraying for >pests that often, that the entire building must have a SERIOUS problem. Not necessarily. The problem could be the the construction a 1/4 mile away on the highway, near by renovations. |
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