Roaches– agree that water, followed by food, is the key to having roaches.

I was in an apartment complex in NW Escondido that was roach-infested and has been for years (it had roaches the last time I was in there, a month in 1995).

These apartments have lush, wet landscaping right next to the buildings, the buildings are made of wood, and pets are allowed so there are any number of dog and cat dishes out in the units to feed the roaches. Of course the roaches migrate between units so the management’s token spraying of each unit when it comes empty is useless.

In the house I’m currently living in we see an occasional roach. It has a hot tub built into the upstairs master bedroom (I know, “WTF???”) which leaks when filled above a certain level. My housemate/landlord drained it at one point but I’m not sure if he’s refilled it since he started bringing his girlfriend over for dates.

OTOH I lived in an apartment and a condo, each in RB, which had fairly “dry” landscaping, minimal pets, newer stucco construction, and never, never saw a roach in those places.

Mice are magnetically attracted to seeds, birdseed, rice (esp brown rice), mice/hamster/etc food. Keep these sealed in glass jars and that will solve the problem.

Temeculaguy, you may want to doublecheck and see if what you have is moles, not gophers. Moles are bug-eaters while gophers are herbivores, so if you have white grubs or lots of worms in your lawn, moles will be attracted. I think also they will react differently to the various traps etc than gophers. If it’s moles, a good dose of BT on the lawn vs white grubs might help with the problem.