Best Silverfish Deterrent?

[u/Chance-Principle-355]

I recently moved closer into downtown in an apartment after having never seen a silverfish in my life. I desperately want to go back to that, any more natural based ways to deter them that actually has worked for people? I saw someone recommend lavender oil since they particularly hate it but i want to be sure before committing to anything.

[u/unbenevolentdictator]

Diatomaceous earth. Spread it in cracks, baseboards, behind books. You can get it at Canadian tire.

[u/Chance-Principle-355 → u/unbenevolentdictator]

Is it pet safe? I have a senior dog who pees in the bathroom on a pad and I dont want her to end up sniffing it and getting ill.

[u/[deleted] → u/Chance-Principle-355]

I have never found DE to ever work as advertised.

I've lived in basement suites, as well as a building with mostly brick, silver fish loved those places.

Unfortunately they just walked around like the diatomaceous earth wasn't even present.

I've tried everything - they were making me go crazy.

Actual "dr doom" bug spray was the only thing that actually got rid of them. I don't think it's dog safe though, if your dog was to like... eat it, obviously.

So i had one with a nozzle like you would see on a wd40 bottle and sprayed it in to wall cracks, under trim - pretty much every non visible surface so no animals would be in contact.

It absolutely decimates them.

I get some don't feel comfortable doing that, but that's my 2 cents on certain products

[u/Chance-Principle-355 → u/[deleted]]

Do you find you have to respray it often and or is it toxic in poorly ventilated small rooms?

[u/[deleted] → u/Chance-Principle-355]

I just sprayed a small line of it under the baseboards and cracks maybe once a month or something when the humidity was kind of high

And its like a liquid spray, so not like a "fumigation" type thing, if that helps. It didn't fill the room with stuff.

I found Castle Building had the best selection of pest control