You’ll be meeting new
roommates and getting to know the people who live in the rooms around yours,
the people you’ll be seeing every day and maybe sharing common spaces like
bathrooms and study areas with. But your roommates and the other students
you’ll be sharing common space with aren’t the only new creatures you may
encounter.
Pests are common in small
areas where a lot of people live closely together. And when you add a busy
student life with little time for basic housekeeping plus students who just
aren’t going to pick up after themselves at all, you have a titanic breeding
ground for potential pests – just the kind of roommates you don’t want!
But there are steps you can
take to keeping your space pest free:
·
Store your food securely! If you make food in
your room be sure to clean up as soon as you are done. Cereals and chips can be
transferred to plastic containers to keep them fresh and bug free. And those
bags of noodles that will become your best friend on a cold night of studying
when you didn’t have time to get to the cafeteria before it closed – you can
store them in a plastic container too! Even leaving an open soda can out
overnight is enough to attract bugs.
·
Clean often! Pests like to hide behind those
dust bunnies that gather under your bed and behind dressers and appliances like
refrigerators and televisions.
·
Do laundry! Bugs are attracted to those smelly
socks you wore home from the gym and those other items of clothing we won’t
mention.
·
Pick up! Shoes, wet towels, dirty clothes, paper
bags, or a pile of books or trash are all potential hiding places for pests.
·
If pests are visiting your room because your
neighbors are too busy to clean their rooms, look for
holes in the walls or baseboards where bugs can travel from their room to
yours. A little caulk from the hardware store on those tiny spaces is worth
having to keep those pests out of your area!
·
Check the space between your door and the floor.
If it is big enough for pests to crawl under ask if you can install a door
guard on the bottom of your door to discourage that truant spider or mouse
crawling down the dorm hallway.
If
you share a common kitchen with your dorm or housemates, it can be harder to
keep the space clean if not everyone cleans up after themselves. Try to work
out a system with everyone so that the common areas are clean and pest free –
this will help keep everyone’s rooms pest free too!
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About The Author
Frontline Pest Professionals proudly serves the Nashville,
TN, Richmond and Manassas, VA, Baltimore, MY, and Louisville, KY areas.
Frontline’s goal is to provide excellent and efficient pest control service to
their clients. Following through and making sure the pest issues are resolved
is Frontline’s #1 goal. Educating clients about different pests in their area
is a must as well. You can visit the website http://www.frontlinepest.com/
for more information.
