Problem or solution?

[nancylebov]

One of the cats has discovered that she likes eating cockroaches. Does this mean it's a bad idea to put down cockroach traps?

Comments

[zenlizard]

If the cockroach traps involve toxins, the answer is "yes".

[crystalpyramid]

Glue traps are probably okay (except maybe cats also get stuck in glue?). Roach hotels or other poison-based things, less so.

[crystalpyramid]

There's definitely a kind of glue traps that bond with some chemical made by cockroaches (and presumably not by cats) which is probably fine.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

No, but it means you probably want to put down roach-motel-style "the roaches never get out" traps rather than "the roaches carry the poison back to their family before dying" traps.

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

What he said. Also, remember that for every roach you and kitty see, there's a thousand you don't.

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

What they both said.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

We were overjoyed when our first kitty chased down and ate roaches. Less so when she started barfing them back up. When she developed a "who cares?" attitude toward them, we were actually relieved.