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bullydad · 05-20-2007, 01:05 PM

Roaches will lay eggs in the cardboard --You can not always see them. I know this working for walmart. OMG you should see the rats that walmart would have due to dog food. Huge beast. Never had them and don't want them. Once, when we were unpacking at wal-mart this HUGE LARGE insect came with the ride.

wemple2 · 05-20-2007, 01:33 PM

Gosh...I only hope they stay at Walmart, and don't come home with me. I really do think I would pass out, I'm rather squeamish when it comes to critters.

PuppyLovinNurse · 05-20-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by red98vett

LOL ! you guys are such Woosies !!

hehe...you've never seen a TEXAS Tree Roach I bet - those suckers wear SHOES

That's not fun opening up something with a critter in it but I heard they love glue and stuff like that. I remember an apartment I lived in ...I had to throw out all my phone books cause they were so attracted to them. I'd never seen one till I moved to TX but here we have roaches 2" big ...they live outside and can fly LOL When I first moved here I had one dive bomb me at a pool - I freaked...but after a while you get used to them

I. Would. Die.

PuppyLovinNurse · 05-20-2007, 01:53 PM

So, I gave in & the little guy was burned to death

Now I feel a little bit bad for the little sucker, but at least he's dead & so is the box lol

Twalla - I hairspray spiders all the time

Then I leave them stuck to the wall until my fiance gets home to smush them lol. I'm terrified of spiders.

Sam*my*YoRkie · 05-20-2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bullydad

Roaches will lay eggs in the cardboard --You can not always see them. I know this working for walmart. OMG you should see the rats that walmart would have due to dog food. Huge beast. Never had them and don't want them. Once, when we were unpacking at wal-mart this HUGE LARGE insect came with the ride.

ewwwwwwww my aunt gets her dog food in walmart... ewww Ima tell her not to go there and purchase dog food anymore... yucckkkkkk

mizzwanned · 05-20-2007, 02:14 PM

yuck! I hate roaches, was it just a small roach or a waterbug? I am petrified of waterbugs, and to think every summer when I went to Puerto Rico there are tons of them, they live in Palm trees, etc. Good thing you killed it..

Jenn218 · 05-20-2007, 02:27 PM

YUCK!!

I've had stuff for sale, so I hope it wasn't from here! I will be very grossed out!

We fog/bomb our house (from basement to attic) about every 2-3 months (for roaches,spiders,ants,etc). -we've never had a problem....I just hate bugs...especially in the house!!! We have never seen a bug and I think that is why...I HATE BUGS...which is not good for a person living in the middle of the woods!

FYI: (which I think most everyone has covered)
Roaches lay eggs, so the sooner you kill it the better (glad you did).
Also, even if you squish a roach, they can lay their eggs, so squish it and flush it.
Roaches do love boxes, paper, glue, etc - any packing item, I guess.

You can even find roaches (live and/or dead) in "new" stuff that you buy! Yes, it is true! Roaches can be in packs of cokes, potatoes, etc. They can live pretty much forever....so there is no telling where they come from in your packages!

I have heard stories from people who have worked in stores (several, not just Wal-Mart) and they talk about unloading boxes....they have found everything (lizards, rats, roaches, spiders, etc).....GROSS!

Even though the roach was between tissue paper or your items or whatever you mentioned, doesn't mean it couldn't have gotten there during the transit time...I have heard stories (I use to work w/ handling the mail at our local university) about items being packed w/ care and once they arrive, they have bugs in them! You know a mother wouldn't pack something w/ bugs!

It is all yucky, but you never know what happens to our packages or where they sit for awhile, etc. YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!!

My daughter had to do a report on roaches, so we found alot of interesting info......

Like roaches have two brains, roaches can live in the microwave (turned on), roaches would be the only living thing still alive after a nuclear bomb, etc. CRAZY!

chattiesmom · 05-20-2007, 02:35 PM

I am just a tiny minnow in the big pool of sellers here at YT and I speak only for myself. But if I EVER mailed special "pets" to someone I would want to know.

I grew up in Florida where we had GIGANTIC flying roaches. My mom kept our home spotless but living in an area with a swamp for a backyard roaches would find their way indoors. I can remember at night turning on a light in a dark room and seeing HUGE KILLER ROACHES flying around! I am terrified of roaches!!!!!

my2boyz · 05-20-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PuppyLovinNurse

The boyfriend will go up & look at it, but even he's too much of a pansy to kill it.

I'm glad your roach crisis is over and the little critter was sent to...well...wherever dead roaches go. Is there a place for dead roaches? Has one ever really died before?

Anyway...tell your boyfriend to cowboy up! Doesn't he know we only keep them around to kill the bugs and carry the heavy stuff?

kalina82 · 05-20-2007, 02:57 PM

OMG this thread is totally grossing me out, and V, your stories are the worst. I know now that i will NEVER EVER live in texas LOL

JeanieK · 05-20-2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by PuppyLovinNurse

No, it was inside the actual box, on top of a few layers of tissue paper, in between two of the items that I bought for Chloe...

I picked up the top item & there it was just as still as can be on the second item!

So, I grabbed a glass, threw it on top and later my fiance went and took the item out from under it & left the cup on top & put the box outside in the shed. That's when it started moving and we found out it actually was alive (which, of course, almost killed me lol).

All of the items in the box were thrown out.

But when the box was packed it was most likely not there. a roach would have run out if it were disturbed. it was probably beneath the flaps at the time and not noticeable. Or it could have gotten in somewhere along the line.

There is no way that bug would have stayed there in the box when she was packing it.

Take some spray and spray it or take a shoe and squash it. I would not take the chance of it getting out of where ever you have it.

simonandhallie · 05-20-2007, 03:12 PM

I don't even know what a roach looks like but I sure did learn a lot about them from this thread

kalina82 · 05-20-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by simonandhallie

I don't even know what a roach looks like but I sure did learn a lot about them from this thread

aren't you glad we live in the north east? LOL we don't have HUGE bugs here thank god. i would die.

chattiesmom · 05-20-2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by simonandhallie

I don't even know what a roach looks like but I sure did learn a lot about them from this thread

Kim -- just for you here is what a roach looks like

red98vett · 05-20-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kalina82

OMG this thread is totally grossing me out, and V, your stories are the worst. I know now that i will NEVER EVER live in texas LOL

LOLOLOLOL !!!!!! Honestly - after meeting these creatures (that look just like Chattiesmoms creatures on the left (thank you SO much for that LOL) .....you get used to them - they really don't freak me out at all but I will not EVER Step on one.

05-20-2007, 01:05 PM	#31
bullydad Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 111	Lay eggs Roaches will lay eggs in the cardboard --You can not always see them. I know this working for walmart. OMG you should see the rats that walmart would have due to dog food. Huge beast. Never had them and don't want them. Once, when we were unpacking at wal-mart this HUGE LARGE insect came with the ride.

05-20-2007, 01:33 PM	#32
wemple2 Wee Winston Wiggles Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kewanee, Illinois Posts: 9,666	Gosh...I only hope they stay at Walmart, and don't come home with me. I really do think I would pass out, I'm rather squeamish when it comes to critters. __________________ As Ever, Kathy Intruducing Bentley Winston and Spencer: RIP My Sweet Angels

05-20-2007, 01:53 PM	#34
PuppyLovinNurse Chloe's Mommy! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cornwall, ON Posts: 1,968	So, I gave in & the little guy was burned to death Now I feel a little bit bad for the little sucker, but at least he's dead & so is the box lol Twalla - I hairspray spiders all the time Then I leave them stuck to the wall until my fiance gets home to smush them lol. I'm terrified of spiders. __________________ Sara & Chloe

05-20-2007, 02:14 PM	#36
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	yuck! I hate roaches, was it just a small roach or a waterbug? I am petrified of waterbugs, and to think every summer when I went to Puerto Rico there are tons of them, they live in Palm trees, etc. Good thing you killed it.. __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3

05-20-2007, 02:27 PM	#37
Jenn218 Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3 Posts: 17,329	YUCK!! I've had stuff for sale, so I hope it wasn't from here! I will be very grossed out! We fog/bomb our house (from basement to attic) about every 2-3 months (for roaches,spiders,ants,etc). -we've never had a problem....I just hate bugs...especially in the house!!! We have never seen a bug and I think that is why...I HATE BUGS...which is not good for a person living in the middle of the woods! FYI: (which I think most everyone has covered) Roaches lay eggs, so the sooner you kill it the better (glad you did). Also, even if you squish a roach, they can lay their eggs, so squish it and flush it. Roaches do love boxes, paper, glue, etc - any packing item, I guess. You can even find roaches (live and/or dead) in "new" stuff that you buy! Yes, it is true! Roaches can be in packs of cokes, potatoes, etc. They can live pretty much forever....so there is no telling where they come from in your packages! I have heard stories from people who have worked in stores (several, not just Wal-Mart) and they talk about unloading boxes....they have found everything (lizards, rats, roaches, spiders, etc).....GROSS! Even though the roach was between tissue paper or your items or whatever you mentioned, doesn't mean it couldn't have gotten there during the transit time...I have heard stories (I use to work w/ handling the mail at our local university) about items being packed w/ care and once they arrive, they have bugs in them! You know a mother wouldn't pack something w/ bugs! It is all yucky, but you never know what happens to our packages or where they sit for awhile, etc. YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!! My daughter had to do a report on roaches, so we found alot of interesting info...... Like roaches have two brains, roaches can live in the microwave (turned on), roaches would be the only living thing still alive after a nuclear bomb, etc. CRAZY! __________________ Hi I'm Jenn Mom to..... Mojo,LilyGrace & DD Kate RIP Mojo FOREVER in our hearts! Last edited by Jenn218; 05-20-2007 at 02:28 PM.

05-20-2007, 02:35 PM	#38
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	Please PM the Person I am just a tiny minnow in the big pool of sellers here at YT and I speak only for myself. But if I EVER mailed special "pets" to someone I would want to know. I grew up in Florida where we had GIGANTIC flying roaches. My mom kept our home spotless but living in an area with a swamp for a backyard roaches would find their way indoors. I can remember at night turning on a light in a dark room and seeing HUGE KILLER ROACHES flying around! I am terrified of roaches!!!!! __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

05-20-2007, 02:57 PM	#40
kalina82 Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: with my yorkie baby Posts: 10,141 Blog Entries: 1	OMG this thread is totally grossing me out, and V, your stories are the worst. I know now that i will NEVER EVER live in texas LOL __________________ Kellie and Morgan

05-20-2007, 03:12 PM	#42
simonandhallie *I Love My Monkeys!* Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV Posts: 11,166	I don't even know what a roach looks like but I sure did learn a lot about them from this thread