Landlords only use glue traps for pest problems
Housing management often refuses to take effective action against pests, relying instead on minimal measures like glue traps or unnamed substances left without instructions. This leaves residents dealing with unaddressed infestations while lacking crucial information about what treatments are being used.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1submitting additional maintenance requestsDid this help you?
- 2trying to find the source of the insects independentlyDid this help you?
- 3Having an exterminator inspect the substanceDid this help you?
- 4Confronting the landlord about legal complianceDid this help you?
- 5Treating with Alpine WSG, gel bait, and glue trapsDid this help you?
- 6Planning to move once the lease endsDid this help you?
- 7sealing holes and setting trapsDid this help you?
- 8undergoing a total bug bomb fogger treatmentDid this help you?
- 9sending pictures to the agricultural extension office for a proper IDDid this help you?
- 10getting the apartment flea bombedDid this help you?
- 11washing beddingDid this help you?
- 12having carpets professionally cleanedDid this help you?
- 13setting out dishes of water and mild dish soapDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My landlords dad came by for our pest problem and gave us this. He told us to put it on a plate in our attic but he didn't tell us the name or what it does.”source ↗
“I'm in CT and I do believe they changed the laws regarding raticides on January 1st but I dont know what this is to know what its active ingredients are.”source ↗
“Management is now trying to gaslight us, claiming they are just innocent North Carolina "waterbugs" coming from outside.”source ↗
“I have roaches in my dorm and my housing people are refusing to do anything to actually fix it.”source ↗
“It's just really frustrating because they put glue traps down and that's it.”source ↗
“Last year, around this same time, we had what felt like a sudden roach infestation for the first time.”source ↗
“Management won't do anything and just tells us they'll "add us to the list" whenever we call to request pest control.”source ↗
“I know they'll still come from neighbors, and am hoping to move soon, but there's nothing else I can do until the lease ends.”source ↗
“A few days later I woke up to fleas in my bed.”source ↗
“I got the whole entire apartment flea bombed, washed my bedding, had the carpets professionally clean previously.”source ↗
“I don’t know what to do because I already have to deal with the stress of school.”source ↗
“If I get pest control in there do you think it would fully get rid of the issue? I just am so scared they won’t go away”source ↗
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