Hi, I'm a gigantic wuss and there's a cockroach in my closet?

Question

A big one. I've only seen one cockroach before in this apartment, months ago, and my cats happily killed it before I even knew it was there. I keep it fairly clean, and the closet seems like a weird place for one to end up...

Anyways, regardless of why or how it's there, how can I kill it? It's in a bad place for crushing(on the corner of an air filter in a box in the closet) and I hate trying to crush them anyways. If he runs he'll escape into a bunch of boxes and clothes and stuff and I won't be able to find him easily. I put my cats in the closet to see if they'd go after him but he's not moving and I don't wanna make him move. In the meantime I've stuffed some jeans under the closet door so he can't get out

Would it be worth it to get a cockroach trap/poison to put in my closet? I guess there could be more of them. I don't normally let my cats near the closet so they couldn't get to it.

Answer 1

Get your little sister to remove it.

Answer 2

step on it, let it free, or leave it alone!

Answer 3

vacuum cleaner can actually do the right ...thing¿don´t you think?  a smart man like you...

   p.s. "Bygone" (spray),too,but....he´s toxic,i suppose you kissing your cats,so ...it´s a dirty job for ...them,cold climate is another...option + clean kitchen(¡always!)...of course