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pest control - spraying in house?

tigergreentigergreen
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the pest control people are coming to spray today....and now i'm paranoid.

do any of  you have them spray inside the house still, or not?  i can have them spray around the outside to try to ward off bugs coming in, but we usually have them spray inside (just not in LO's room) as well.

what have you done?

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Re: pest control - spraying in house?

  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    I wouldn't want any spray inside.  I wouldn't want any chemicals inside...baby living there or not.
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  • tigergreentigergreen

    i just told DH to tell them to double up outside the house if they have to (since he's never out there right now - it's WAY too hot), but not to spray inside at all.  i just don't feel right about letting them spray inside the house.  i'd rather have him eat a bug by accident than bug spray by accident.


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  • fairiestarrdustfairiestarrdust
    I would check with the company.  I had my house sprayed in and out a few months ago.  I let them know I had a baby and pets and asked what precautions to take.  We had to leave the house for 4 hours or so and they said the spray that the use would not harm us in any way.
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  • FlaCourtneyFlaCourtney
    My company sprays outside and then treats the outlets with something Borax-based that is not harmful to us or our cat. We don't have to leave the house or anything and it's very effective.
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  • AggieDeeAggieDee
    We do quarterly treatments and they spray inside and out.
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  • etude de la vieetude de la vie member

    we don't allow them to spay inside. A good friend of ours is a professor of entomology (study of insects) and he told us some pretty alarming stuff about pest control chemicals so we canceled every thing when I was (and now again) pg and won't allow any pesticides (not even Raid) inside the house!  

    If we find ants or some insect in the house we use natural home remedies to ward of insects.    

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  • april_lynn_08april_lynn_08 member
    We just had our house sprayed inside and outside 2 weeks ago. None of us had to leave. I have two dogs also. What they use isn't harmful to use so I'm not worried about it. 
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  • BengalBelleBengalBelle member
    imageetude de la vie:

    we don't allow them to spay inside. A good friend of ours is a professor of entomology (study of insects) and he told us some pretty alarming stuff about pest control chemicals so we canceled every thing when I was (and now again) pg and won't allow any pesticides (not even Raid) inside the house!  

    If we find ants or some insect in the house we use natural home remedies to ward of insects.    

    That's interesting.  Our pest control guy is a professor of entomology  (this is his side business),  and he uses a spray that isn't harmful.   We don't have to leave the house and he sprays inside and out.  Different professors, different viewpoints I guess.

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