Thunder Bay Cockroach Control & Removal

Toodaloo Pest Control removes cockroaches from homes, apartment buildings, restaurants and other businesses in Thunder Bay. We inspect the places cockroaches hide and breed, treat them with professional baits and growth regulators, and follow up to make sure they are gone. Same-day service is available. Call 1-844-866-3256 or our local line 807-788-0978, answered 24 hours a day.

Signs of cockroaches

• Live cockroaches at night, especially in kitchens and bathrooms, that scatter when the light comes on
• Small dark droppings in cupboards, drawers and along baseboards
• Egg cases behind appliances and inside cabinet hinges
• A musty smell in heavily infested areas

Why cockroaches are a problem

Health Canada notes that cockroaches rarely damage buildings, but they can contaminate food and spread disease, and people with asthma may react to their droppings and body parts. Kitchens, bathrooms, basements and plumbing areas draw them in, and once they are inside a building they travel easily, which is why apartment and rooming-house infestations often involve more than one unit.

Where cockroaches show up in Thunder Bay

• Apartments and rooming houses. Shared walls, plumbing and garbage areas let cockroaches move from unit to unit, so neighbouring units may need to be inspected too.
• Restaurants and commercial kitchens. Warmth, water and food make kitchens the easiest place for cockroaches to settle.
• Used appliances and boxes. Cockroaches and their egg cases can arrive inside second-hand appliances, furniture and delivery boxes, so check them before they come inside.

How we remove cockroaches

1. Inspection. A technician finds where the cockroaches are hiding and breeding: behind appliances, under sinks, in cabinet voids and around pipes.
2. Treatment. We treat those areas with professional baits and insect growth regulators, which break the breeding cycle. Any product we use carries a Pest Control Products (PCP) number and is applied as its label allows.
3. Follow-up. We come back to check the results and treat again if needed.
4. Prevention. We give you the steps that make the treatment last, below.

How to keep cockroaches out

Health Canada recommends combining cleaning and sealing with treatment, because pesticides alone will not succeed unless the conditions that feed cockroaches change:

• Keep food in sealed plastic or glass containers and do not leave dishes out overnight
• Store garbage in sealed containers and empty it daily
• Vacuum often and repair leaky faucets and pipes
• Caulk cracks, crevices and pipe openings, and cover vents and drains with fine mesh
• Use sticky traps to see where cockroaches are most active

For landlords and building managers

Health Canada’s guidance for landlords and building managers says they are responsible for the proper use of pesticides in their buildings, recommends hiring a licensed pest control applicator rather than treating pests themselves, and says tenants must be told when they can safely return to a treated unit and what follow-up steps to take. Because cockroaches travel easily inside a building, have the units beside, above and below an infested unit inspected as well.

Renting and have cockroaches?

Report cockroaches to your landlord in writing, and until the treatment keep food sealed and take garbage out daily, because Health Canada notes that treatment only works once the food, water and shelter feeding them are removed. Cockroaches move easily between units, so ask whether the units next to, above and below yours will be inspected too. See renting in Thunder Bay with a pest problem for the steps and where to turn if it is not fixed.

After a cockroach treatment

Health Canada recommends combining treatment with cleaning, sealing and monitoring, so keep up the steps above and place sticky traps where you saw activity to check that numbers are falling. If you still see cockroaches at the follow-up visit, we treat again. Tenants should be told by the landlord when it is safe to use treated areas again.

Licensed, insured and guaranteed

Toodaloo is a licensed pest control company with $5 million in liability insurance, and every visit comes with our satisfaction guarantee. We work with homeowners, tenants, landlords, property managers and restaurants across Thunder Bay.