If I seen a roach 2 weeks ago and then another tonight does that mean we are infested??

Question

We seen a roch like 2 weeks ago on the kitchen counter and then another one on the kitchen wall tonight and I ooked at pictures on the web and think it is a german roach which seems to be the most common and hardest to get rid of and I was always told that once you get 1 roach you are infested and I am very bug phobic not to mention I have 2 childeren one being a newborn so I was hoping someone would give me advice and tell me if it is true that we are infested by seeing 1 then and 1 now we have lived here for 3 years and never had a problem before it just started and it rained a lot tonight and the husband thinks they are water bugs but from what i seen on the web I dont think so I am going nuts trying to figure this out someone please help it would be appreciated and please no smart a** replys I have asked a question in the past on here and got some really smart a** replys when all I wanted was help and advice and didnt deserve the replys I got

thanks in advance

Answer 1

perhaps

Answer 2

Roaches are seldom visible. if you have seen then on 2 occasions, you may be infested . So they best thing to do  is talk with someone who knows bugs and get an expert opinion.

Answer 3

I can only go by what an Orkin fellow said to me.  He said "If you see one cockroach then you have a hundred in the walls."  So if you have seen two then you have two hundred.  The German Cockroach are the hardest to get rid of because they will eat anything and can live anywhere in the house. If you only spray the kitchen they can just move to the living room or bathroom or bedroom.  They will eat the binding of books or wall paper paste or what ever they can find.  Your house doesn't have to be dirty for you to get them.  You could bring them in on a shopping bag from the grocery store and not even notice or from a restaurant take in or even a hand bag of a friend or your kids backpack from school.  It could be that easy.  Best thing for you to do at this point is to not leave any food lying around.  Be scrupulous with everything and place all your food stuffs from the store in plastic bags even your cereal in the boxes.  Take nothing for granted.  Not even the stuff you place in your fridge.  If you can afford it get someone in to spray the place now before it gets to be a problem and buy some of those egg stoppers that Raid or other companies put out. This will keep the bugs from breeding.  Water bugs are large about one to two inches in length and hang about where it is wet.  German cockroaches are small with a yellow stripe on their backs.  Don't allow the kids to eat anywhere in the house except the kitchen and don't carry drinks or sippy cups any place else. Get rid of extra stuff in the house where the bugs could live undisturbed.  Hope I gave you a few useful tips.  Good luck. Hope you kill each and every one of them.

Answer 4

I don't know if infested at this point is correct. I would be doing something soon.