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10 remedies to keep rats and cockroaches away from your home

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No one wants to share their home with pests like rats and cockroaches. These unwanted guests can contaminate food, spread diseases, and cause damage to your property. While professional pest control services can help eliminate infestations, there are also many natural and DIY remedies you can try to deter rats and cockroaches from entering your home in the first place. Here are 10 effective remedies to keep these pests away:

1. Essential Oils
Certain essential oils have strong smells that rats, cockroaches, and many other pests dislike. Peppermint oil, lemongrass oil, eucalyptus oil, and tea tree oil are some of the most effective. Try making a spray by mixing 20-30 drops of your chosen essential oil with water in a spray bottle. Spray this solution in areas where you’ve seen pests or along potential entry points.

2. Vinegar
The strong sour smell of vinegar is unpleasant for many pests. Spray undiluted white vinegar around countertops, floors, and other areas prone to cockroach or rat activity. You can also use a 50/50 vinegar and water solution. Re-apply regularly as the vinegar smell fades.

3. Boric Acid
This common household product is an effective cockroach killer and deterrent. Make a boric acid and sugar bait by mixing equal parts boric acid and white sugar. Spread this along cockroach trails or in corners where you see them. The sugar attracts them while the boric acid kills them or causes them to avoid the area.

4. Catnip
While attractive to cats, the strong smell of catnip is highly offensive to rats, cockroaches, and many other pests. Grow catnip plants around your home’s exterior or sprinkle dried catnip in potential entry areas. You can also stuff catnip into small muslin bags and place them in cabinets or other hot spots.

5. Soap Solution
A simple soapy water solution can help drive away cockroaches. The slick surface makes it difficult for them to move around, while the smell from the soap further deters them. Mix a few drops of dish soap into a spray bottle filled with warm water. Spray the solution frequently in infested areas.

6. Steel Wool
Rats and mice are skilled chewers, but they can’t easily gnaw through tough steel wool. Stuff any cracks, holes, or potential entry points with steel wool to help block rodents from getting inside. This also deters them by causing an unpleasant feeling on their teeth if they try gnawing through.

7. Coffee Grounds
While you may love the smell of coffee, rats, cockroaches, and many insects detest the strong aroma. Simply sprinkle used coffee grounds around your home’s exterior, entrances, or any areas where you see signs of pests. The grounds can also be mixed with other deterrents like essential oils.

8. Ammonia
The pungent odor of ammonia is highly repellent to rats, cockroaches, and other pests but safe for humans when used properly. Try soaking rags in ammonia and placing them in out-of-the-way areas where you suspect pest activity. Just be sure these areas are well-ventilated.

9. Baking Soda
A light dusting of simple baking soda is a safe, all-natural way to send cockroaches packing. The baking soda sticks to their bodies and eventually dehydrates them, causing them to vacate the area. Sprinkle some baking soda in corners, behind appliances, and any other cockroach hiding spots. Reapply frequently.

10. Diatomaceous Earth
This naturally-occurring sedimentary rock is made of fossilized diatoms and has an abrasive powdery texture that dehydrates and damages the exoskeletons of insects like cockroaches. Lightly sprinkle some food-grade diatomaceous earth in cracks, crevices, and other areas prone to pest activity.

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Keep Things Clean
Pests like cockroaches and rodents are attracted to food sources and crumbs. Keep all kitchen surfaces clean, store food properly in sealed containers, and vacuum/sweep regularly to eliminate anything that could attract them.

Seal Entry Points
Carefully inspect the interior and exterior of your home, sealing any cracks, gaps around pipes/wires, and other potential entry spots with caulk, steel wool, or other materials. Close off any obvious access points.

Remove Water Sources
Cockroaches and other pests need water to survive, so fix any leaky pipes and remove sources of standing water around your home. Make sure to dry up spills quickly as well.

Use Traps
In conjunction with other deterrents, set humane traps around your home for rats, mice, or cockroaches. Empty them outside regularly.

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Maintain Landscaping
Keep shrubbery, mulch, and other yard debris away from your home’s exterior, as pests often nest in these areas before moving indoors. Clean up fallen fruit or seeds.

While these natural pest deterrent remedies can be very effective, be patient as none of them will eradicate an existing infestation overnight. It often takes consistent, repeated application.

If you do have an existing serious pest problem like a rat or cockroach infestation, it’s best to first bring in professional pest control experts who can safely and thoroughly eliminate the pests. Then you can implement the remedies above to help prevent future re-infestation.

Keeping your home neat, sealing off entry points, removing food and water sources, and using these homemade deterrents can make your living space less attractive and inhospitable for these unwelcome pests. A multi-pronged approach is best for keeping cockroaches, rats, and other critters out for good.

While some pests may never be fully eradicated, staying vigilant and taking preventative measures can at least stop them from taking up residence inside your home. With some diligence using these safe and affordable natural remedies, you can help keep your home free of rats, cockroaches, and other invasive pests.

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Surgeons were left stunned and ‘screamed in disbelief by what they found in drunk man’s stomach’! –

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We need to be careful in what we eat and not only physically, but also spiritually and psychologically. If we eat healthy food physically, we will have a proper growth and development, and our body will be supplied with good ingredients for its normal functioning.

But, we also need to be careful what we insert into our bodies. Sometimes people accidentally swallow something they shouldn’t. This was not the case with this drunk man.

Per reports, the surgeons were stunned when they needed to remove a steel cup from a man’s stomach, which they believe was initially inserted into his ‘behind…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

An unnamed man was reporting stomach pains for several days and no treatment seemed to work, despite seeing multiple doctors, according to The Post. He then saw Dr. Lal, who did an X-ray and discovered the cup inside him. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The man was then rushed to surgery where surgeons successfully removed a cup the size of a hand from what appears to be an incision in his stomach.

According to The Post, video shows the procedure which begins with one doctor cleaning the stomach area before carefully removing the silver cup with the bottom of the object facing up. Medical staff appears to be in disbelief as the surgeon holds up the tumbler for the camera.

The man, who works as a laborer, has recovered well, according to reports. The medical professionals have hypothesized that the cup reached his stomach after being inserted up the man’s ‘behind’. Doctors said the man got extremely drunk with three strangers after returning from a grocery store, where he had gone to get vegetables. By the time he sobered up, the unknown people were not present, and doctors aren’t sure if the man shoved the cup up his rectum himself or if he was assaulted.

 

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3-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Shocking Accident Outside Of Ice Cream Store. Suddenly, Her Mother Remembers Her Blanket –

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The love of a child is priceless, so when that child passes away, it is a very devastating thing to intake. It is hard on the parents as well as the family. However, the love and joy for that child never goes away and they live forever through memories of happiness.

Three-year-old Sadie Grace Andrews is will forever be remember and honored after she was killed accidentally while outside of an ice cream parlor.

In Auburn, Alabama, Sadie was outside playing with her other siblings when by accident she ended up slipping into a grease trap and drowned.

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“She had more faith than any child I’ve ever seen,” Sadie’s mother, Corrie Andrews, told AL.com. “And I’m not just saying that because she was my child.”

“We know without a shadow of a doubt, our baby is with Jesus,” Corrie added.

Corrie says that her daughter’s name means, “God’s Thoughtful Princess,” and that is exactly what Sadie was. She was the perfect princess, the best reflect of what her name embodies.

“And she really was that—always expressing gratefulness and love for God and other people. She would light up a room with her smile; she walked with a skip in her step. I’ve never met a more joyful child who loved God with all her heart.”

Sadie’s father, Tracy Andrews, said that he’s happy, appreciative and grateful for the three years that he along with their family got with spend with their precious Sadie, and reflected on the many lessons his daughter was able to teach him about life and love.

“She taught me about being happy and loving life and loving people,” Tracy said. “At 3 years old, there’s no preconceived notions. To her, everybody was good. She didn’t see the bad. She just loved people and it didn’t matter what they did.”

Lance and Kara Latham are the owners of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, the shop where Sadie tragically drowned on Saturday. They released a Facebook statement on Sunday, extending their deepest condolences for the family’s loss. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“As the owner of the Auburn Bruster’s, our deepest condolences go to the family of the child who tragically died Saturday. They are acquaintances of ours and have been regular customers. We are truly heartbroken that this happened. Our thoughts also are with our young crewmember who tried to revive the child. Like all of us, he is quite shaken. The entire Bruster’s family is horribly saddened by this tragic accident.”

They encouraged others in the community to continue praying for the Andrews family.

Sadie’s uncle, Chad Vermillion, also organized a YouCaring campaign on the family’s behalf.

“The body of Christ is powerful when we act together and if we can help alleviate their burden let’s do so,” Vermillion wrote in the fundraiser’s description. “Above all else, please pray for my dear sister Corrie and brother-in-law Tracy. The pain is insurmountable right now.”

Corrie says God used Sadie the morning that she died, to prepare the mother of six for the grief that lay ahead.

Sadie was attached to a blanket from her grandmother, that she slept with every single night. On Saturday morning though, Sadie put the blanket in a bag and told her mom that she no longer needed it, and wanted to give it away.

“Looking back, it’s as if she knew she wouldn’t need it anymore.”

One thing is certain, Sadie Grace brought more joy to this world in her three short years than many of us can fathom in our entire lifetime. She exuded the love of Jesus, and her family takes comfort in knowing that she is Home with Him now.

Praying for peace that surpasses all understanding, and healing for every single person whose life was touched by this beautiful little angel.

 

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She Didn’t Want to Pay for a Divorce. So She Shot Her Husband in His Sleep and the unexpected took place –

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Melanie Biggins, a 42-year-old woman from Missouri, found herself in a situation that ended in tragedy. She was married to Ettienne L. McEwan for nine years, but their relationship had been struggling. For the last year and a half of their marriage, Melanie had been having an affair. She wanted to leave her husband, but she felt trapped because she didn’t have the money to file for a divorce. Instead of finding another way out, she made a terrible decision that changed everything.

On August 31, 2022, Melanie called 911 in the early hours of the morning. She told the police that an intruder had broken into their home and shot her husband while they were both asleep in bed. When the police arrived, they found Melanie trying to save her husband by performing CPR. She claimed that she had woken up to the sound of a gunshot and saw her husband had been shot under his chin. She said she ran downstairs and saw the front door open but didn’t see anyone…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

At first, the police believed her story, but things didn’t add up. Melanie initially told them that the only gun in the house was her husband’s rifle. However, as the investigation continued, she admitted that she had bought a handgun from a pawn shop. The police also found a pillow and blanket with bullet holes on the floor, and they discovered a .38 Special handgun hidden under a bunk bed in another room. These clues made it clear that Melanie’s story about an intruder wasn’t true. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Eventually, Melanie broke down and confessed. She admitted that she had shot her husband. She explained that she had been unhappy in their marriage and wanted to end it but felt she couldn’t afford a divorce. In a moment of desperation, she made the tragic choice to kill him instead.

Melanie was originally charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, which could have led to a life sentence. However, she made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. Because of this plea deal, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison instead of facing a much harsher punishment.

 

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