Household Pests

[Guest guest]

I have recently come to conflict about what to do with household

pests like roaches. Should I just get sprays and keep them out, or is

there a much better way to handle/deal with them. I am a vegetarian

and believe in the principles of non-violence and all, but I don't

want roaches blocking me from my bathroom! Any suggestions would be

greatly appreciated.

[Guest guest]

After the Vastu, try putting cayenne pepper powder in cracks and crevices

from where the "pests" are pestering. It really works for ants. I've learned to

tolerate bugs well, catch & release, let flies fly, just shoe them away, but if

you're in the tropics and below sea level, cockroaches can get out of hand if

you don't succumb to pesticides, unfortunately, that is my experience. We

have exterminator spray once a month in my bldg. Garlic juice is an old-wives

thing. A friend I know swears by a sonar-like equipment $$$ that sends out

anti-bug vibes. Others I know use caulking to seal every crack they find in

their

house/apt. S. Florida is a swamp, we have cucarachas, Bigger than you! Clean

house and all !! Keep your sugar, flours, pasta, cheerios, granola etc. in the

fridge, cans and tightly sealed canisters & non-food in the cupboards only. I

speculate that any bagged or boxed stuff the buggs can smell may attract bugs.

So many times, pasta or grains get bug infestations down here, chewed right

through plastic. When I lived behind a restaurant, every other tennant had mice

(sad story it was for the mousies) but I had not a 1 mouse siting with 3 cats

in the apt., and those darlings traversed the alleyway like kamakazees just out

my window! Check the Real Goods catalog, they're great. Good luck!

 

http://www.realgoods.com/shop/shop2.cfm?dp=209

 

In a message dated 8/5/03 8:26:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

Ammachi writes:

 

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Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:00:25 -0000

"lani12162002" <lani12162002

Household Pests

 

I have recently come to conflict about what to do with household

pests like roaches. Should I just get sprays and keep them out, or is

there a much better way to handle/deal with them. I am a vegetarian

and believe in the principles of non-violence and all, but I don't

want roaches blocking me from my bathroom! Any suggestions would be

greatly appreciated.

>>

[Guest guest]

I had a converstaion with Amma this summer (on 13th July in Chicago).

I spoke in English, Amma replied in Malayalam, Geetha acted as the

translator.

 

Me : Is it okay to kill household pests ?

Amma : What household pests are you talking about ?

Me : Mice & then cockroaches.

Amma : Are there mice in America ?

 

Geetha said something in reply that I didnot completely understand.

I said that my roommates & I had caught more than 10 mice and then

released them. I don't know if it was translated.

 

Amma : You can catch the mice in traps and then release them in the

fields. And throw a cloth on the cockroaches, grab them that way and

then throw them out of the window. There is no need to kill anything.

 

Amma spoke with gestures as She spoke of catching cockroaches.

 

I have a very small number of cockroaches in my apartment, and as Amma

gave me this advice, I have been following it. I don't know how

helpful this is to you.

 

Namah Shivaya,

Nirmala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ammachi, "lani12162002" <lani12162002>

wrote:

> I have recently come to conflict about what to do with household

> pests like roaches. Should I just get sprays and keep them out, or

is

> there a much better way to handle/deal with them. I am a vegetarian

> and believe in the principles of non-violence and all, but I don't

> want roaches blocking me from my bathroom! Any suggestions would be

> greatly appreciated.