Page 2 | Bastard silverfish

HappiestSleeping · 21/01/2024 08:00

PurpleCar02 · 19/01/2024 21:24

They hate lavender, get some drops from Holland & Barrett and dilute with water into a spray. It won’t get rid forever but they will stay away for a while. Sadly the only thing that got rid of them for me permanently was moving house!

How did you get them to move house? Did you have to pay their estate agents fees? 😉

Hoglet70 · 21/01/2024 07:51

@JaneJeffer team Woodlouse here too!

JMSA · 21/01/2024 07:38

@Lwrenagain

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Grimchmas · 21/01/2024 07:25

@Caswallonthefox spiders eat other pests, that may be why!

Lwrenagain · 21/01/2024 07:13

@JaneJeffer I used to be team woodlice but they just don't have the cute little "whoosh!" Of the silverfish.
Plus the name silverfish is infinitely cooler than "woodlouse".
If someone called me a wee silverfish I'd think, fuck yes, I sound like a rockstar, someone calls me a woodlouse and I feel like they think I'm in need of a shower 😂

JaneJeffer · 21/01/2024 06:59

I think woodlice make superior bathroom pets because they don't eat carpets

Lwrenagain · 21/01/2024 06:21

JMSA · 20/01/2024 05:18

I'd leave if I were him. I'm sorry, but this is batshit bonkers

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I told him you'd said this and he said, the CF, the silverfish are so low on the bat shittery he comes home to, they don't even compute ☺😂

Lwrenagain · 21/01/2024 06:20

AllTheChaos · 21/01/2024 02:29

Justice for Kieth!

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Finally, a comrade! 😂

AllTheChaos · 21/01/2024 02:29

Lwrenagain · 20/01/2024 03:24

Same, we don't have many but I grew very fond of ours during my nightly wees when pregnant. It made being up every 7 minutes to pee more enjoyable seeing them just dicking about on the bathroom floor.

I stopped seeing one of mine and it turned out DP stepped on it "accidentally", bollocks, cold blooded murder.

If I'd have been well enough at the time I'd have staged a justice for Keith campaign 😁

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Justice for Kieth!

AllTheChaos · 21/01/2024 02:28

therealcookiemonster · 20/01/2024 04:14

it's their house now. they won. Time to move on

😂

JMSA · 20/01/2024 05:18

Lwrenagain · 19/01/2024 21:45

I fucking love mine, dp goes fucking apeshit about them, he caught me giving them quaver dust and read the the riot act.
I told him that if I couldn't keep the silverfish I'd get a Shetland pony.

I won purely because we'd 100% be paying to feed a wee horsey had I not been allowed to keep my bathroom buddies as I call them.

I'd leave if I were him. I'm sorry, but this is batshit bonkers

Mumoftwo1312 · 20/01/2024 05:08

Kitkatcatflap · 19/01/2024 21:24

I used to hate them until I read that they date back to prehistoric times and then I admired their pluck. They don't bother me now.

I love this worldview, I wish I could have such a sunny disposition

Still, they're so disgusting bleurgh. Poiiiiiison them!

Mumoftwo1312 · 20/01/2024 05:07

When I had these, I tried all the naice remedies like diatomaceous earth and various herbs and spices but in the end poison was the only thing. You can get a specific poison which is mixed with diatomaceous earth, for silverfish.

It only needs to be left overnight once, then hoover and mop it away, so I don't see why it should be unsafe for your kids. Do it when they're in bed, clear it up in the morning

therealcookiemonster · 20/01/2024 04:14

it's their house now. they won. Time to move on

Lwrenagain · 20/01/2024 03:24

rickyrickygrimes · 19/01/2024 22:02

😂@Lwrenagain we only have two teeny ones and they live in the toilet room. I only see them when I go for a nighttime pee, and yes they are bathroom buddies. They don’t do any harm and you know, biodiversity and all.

Same, we don't have many but I grew very fond of ours during my nightly wees when pregnant. It made being up every 7 minutes to pee more enjoyable seeing them just dicking about on the bathroom floor.

I stopped seeing one of mine and it turned out DP stepped on it "accidentally", bollocks, cold blooded murder.

If I'd have been well enough at the time I'd have staged a justice for Keith campaign 😁

BiscuitDreams · 19/01/2024 23:20

We had a full on infestation in the loft when we bought our house. They were crawling on walls and we found them in every room of the house (apart from the bathrooms, weirdly). I got a company to sort out the loft because we couldn't do it ourselves, and now I just Indorex our skirting boards every six months or so and I barely see them. Indorex is pretty hardcore stuff but it works like a charm and you only need to use it a few times a year. Would recommend (although I would keep kids and pets away and ventilate all rooms after treatment).

But yes, sweep/vacuum floors and clean surfaces etc to keep crumbs away. Keep using the dehumidifier and air out rooms. Seal all gaps in skirting boards etc. Cedar wood blocks can also help and they smell nice. 😊

Crazycrazylady · 19/01/2024 22:59

I got a pet friendly spray online causes protector c which I sprayed under all the skirting boards. The first morning I had loadsssss of bodies, the second a few more. I go over it once a month just to make sure the bastards stay gone but so far so good!!

CustardySergeant · 19/01/2024 22:56

Get this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Karlsten-Silverfish-Effective-Quality-staining/dp/B089MYTPPN?ref=ast_sto_dp
and always remember to respray round the edges of the room whenever you have washed the floor. It really works.
You don't get loads of dead silverfish, you just never see them again.

DogualCat · 19/01/2024 22:52

Get a cat, we get the odd few now and again in the bathroom as it doesn’t have a window. The cat has great fun hunting them!

Kentlane · 19/01/2024 22:51

We got a lavender carpet spray designed to deter them.

Caswallonthefox · 19/01/2024 22:42

What I find bizarre is, we had silver fish in our bungalow, when I was growing up. Gas central heating, double glazing, no damp and yet, there they were.
I now live in a grade 2 listed flat that has no double glazing and central heating that is as much use as a chocolate fire guard and the damp is not fun, yet no silver fish.
I have more problems with spiders.

Greenthread · 19/01/2024 22:19

Rainbowx · 19/01/2024 21:59

I used sticky pads from eBay, but I don't really get them anymore, thankfully. Placed in each corner of bathroom/kitchen area

I second sticky pads. We have had a few in our bathroom for years, then one day a few months ago we saw loads in the kitchen. It was late at night and dark. We put a sticky pad down and caught loads over a few days and now we never see them.

FromHereToSomewhere · 19/01/2024 22:14

Lwrenagain · 19/01/2024 21:45

I fucking love mine, dp goes fucking apeshit about them, he caught me giving them quaver dust and read the the riot act.
I told him that if I couldn't keep the silverfish I'd get a Shetland pony.

I won purely because we'd 100% be paying to feed a wee horsey had I not been allowed to keep my bathroom buddies as I call them.

Amazing. They are kinda cute...but they eat carpets.

INeedAnotherName · 19/01/2024 22:02

i have been using the dehumidifier to help with condensation as I know they like damp but keep finding them in the washing basket and under dcs bed.

Keep up with the dehumidifier, ventilation and heat. It will work eventually.

Are you putting damp towels in the wash basket? That would make it a lovely dark and damp home. Use the washer as the basket and do washes more often as a temporary measure.

Someone needs to clean under that bed every couple of days. Call the riot act, nothing goes under it, hoover regularly. Unless you are using it as storage rather than empty food plates/rubbish. In which case air it out regularly.

You have to keep on top of the damp/food for a few months then you suddenly realise you've not seen one for a while.

rickyrickygrimes · 19/01/2024 22:02

😂@Lwrenagain we only have two teeny ones and they live in the toilet room. I only see them when I go for a nighttime pee, and yes they are bathroom buddies. They don’t do any harm and you know, biodiversity and all.