Garden Apartments & Pests
My girlfriend and I are considering moving into a floor-thourgh garden apartment in N. Park Slope where the bedroom faces the garen. We are worried about bugs, mice and other pets. Does anyone have any experiences/thoughts to share? Many thanks.
My girlfriend and I are considering moving into a floor-thourgh garden apartment in N. Park Slope where the bedroom faces the garen. We are worried about bugs, mice and other pets. Does anyone have any experiences/thoughts to share? Many thanks.
I vote for the cat. I have cats, a garden and no pests. If a fly enters he is dead within 15 minutes. The garden is the best perk available in an apt. Sit out on a summer evening and watch the fireflies.
If you have a cat, rodents won’t even come around. : ) The other apartments in our brownstone have mouse sightings occasionally, but with our even strictly indoor, declawed feline we’ve never, ever had one.
Gemini
If you want a cat, I am trying to find a home for one or two of mine. I have a total of five. I know. I took them in from outside and had they spayed. All I can tell you is they are great to have around a garden. I have never had a rodent problem seeing for myself that they catch the “mices” before they come inside.
Oh great, now I get to worry about one falling on my face! Thanks Goldie! (Just kidding.) I told my landlady to get rid of the putrid pool of water & pigeon poop that collects in the air shaft and breeds all kinds of insects. But would she listen? No. Thank god we’re moving soon.
im assuming we’re talking bout the same house centipedes, very whispy legs that break off easily, grey/silver, look prehistoric/spiky, and move real fast and grow quite large (several inches)?
after we moved in and found a few, it scared the s..t out of my wife (and still does), so i figured out what they were, read up on them, and it turns out a) theyre harmless to humans but can give a tiny bite if you provoke them b) theyre actually beneficial in that they eat other bugs and c) theyre attracted by water, so keep your place clean, and there’s apparently no easy way to get rid of them. so we live with the idea of looking up from bed in the middle of the night to see one fall on our face.
What’s with all the centipede hate? I see them all the time in my upstate house and just send them back outside.
Bessie, I think you should take the cat in. Gemini, try harder and then take a couple of feral cats in. Count, get a cat. Everyone’s problems solved!
I saw a centipede a few weeks ago and now I live in terror I will step on one barefoot in the dark. Are they really harmless? Google says some are, some aren’t.
Thank you everyone.
GHB – I agree. It’s a simple (and reasonable) question, no need to be nasty. I did appreciate CMU’s comment, which gives the thread a nice touch of Brooklyn authenticity…”tellya what, pal…I gotta garden apartment…how ’bout youz don’t move in there?”
goldie – my personal worry is house centipedes. I agree they are harmless but so, so gross. I use to get them a lot at an old apartment a few years back, but have been relatively bug-free in park slope for several years. Oh well, guess I will have to deal.
Thanks again for the responses…if anyone has more suggestions, please post!
Don’t worry about mice & bugs. Our kitchen is on the ground floor facing rear year. Once a year or so we may see some little ants, but that’s about it. About a year ago we had a racoon in our backyard, so you might want to keep that back door closed!