Aboutfight And Kill Bed Bugs
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Temperature-Related Bed Bug Control Using freezing cold temperatures to kill bed bugs is one option. Put an infested object, such as bedding or pillows, in a sealed plastic bag, then put it in. Bed bugs, a problem worldwide, are resurging, causing property loss, expense, and inconvenience. The good news is that bed bugs do not transmit disease. The best way to prevent bed bugs is regular inspection for signs of an infestation. Image: Bed bugs. The EPA lists more than 300 registered products to treat bed bugs. However, the EPA warns pesticides should only be a part of a multi-comprehensive strategy to fight bed bugs. Using chemicals alone, companies typically have to make more than one treatment treatment. Chemical treatments also don’t guarantee to kill all of the bed bugs.
Bedbugs have you feeling down and thinking you can’t kill them on your own? Take a few minutes and read the uplifting Do-It-Yourself success story below. You can do it – don’t listen to the naysayers!
The testimonial below and those that follow are from visitors who left comments after reading, and using, our guides.
Hello,
Sorry it’s a bit long winded but I didn’t want to leave out anything that might help you; had I known then what I know now, it would have helped me more than I can express, so here it is!
I believe you can fight Bed Bugs but you have to be mentally tough, if not call an exterminator (very expensive AUD $1,000+ and no guarantees)… I’m hoping to reduce the stress/costs involved for you by sharing what I now know…. do everything thoroughly or you’ll be doing it all over again…. it’s quite an emotional journey, be prepared to shed many tears but never, ever, never give in – after all they are just a bug… isolate and keep on vacuuming/steaming/Fossil Shell flouring (see below for instructions on how I killed bedbugs)……and stay strong!
I refused to let a tiny bed bug beat me!I knew the battle would be long!
I diagnosed the problem quickly and took action… I’ve been lucky with only a light infestation; in hindsight I panicked and did so much that wasn’t necessary, purely because I didn’t have the knowledge (heaps of information on the internet) and I had no idea where they were!
If you’ve decided to tackle them yourself be prepared for a long journey (many months to a year is my guess), but through dedication it can be done, I want to do it myself as I know its being done thoroughly by someone who cares… ME!
I highly recommend drowning yourself in knowledge about Bed Bugs/their eggs and their bites; check them out on the internet for a few days before doing anything (stay calm).
Now inspect where you think they might be, is there any evidence? if you find the bugs keep a few as proof (in case you need to call a Pest Control company) on a piece of sticky tape or in a plastic bag, careful not to squash them… keep everything you suspect of having bugs or eggs in it in one room as much as possible.How I Killed Them
My recommendations for going into battle are a bug steamer, bed bug powder, mattress cover, cheap plastic containers with double sided tape around the outside for under bed/chair legs. Please read below for further explanation of these suggestions.
Place a thin layer of the powder wherever you suspect there may be bugs (rub gently to get some of it deeper into carpet), leave in place for a few months at least.
It’s important to kill them or you’ll have them forever, they breed fast…it’s not as simple as moving out for a few weeks to starve them, as they can hibernate for 12 to 18 months without feeding.
In order to reduce the work load dramatically, cover you bed with a mattress cover for bed bugs (vacuum mattress thoroughly before covering) and tape any holes / rips. If you have a base on the bed you can get covers for this also (or vacuum/steam/Fossil Shell flour). I fashioned a cover myself for our mattress out of 2 fitted sheet mattress protectors (don’t get the really cheap ones, make sure the fabric is closely woven so as the baby bugs can’t get through it)… placed one on top and one under the mattress then sealed around the elastic sitting on top with strong tape, a much cheaper option (approx AUD $40 for the two). Leave these covers in place for a year after you think you’re rid of the bugs, just to make sure they’re dead!
They will be hiding/living quite close to their host, more than likely on or in your bed frame/mattress somewhere (completely dismantle and steam slowly/thoroughly as though your life depended on it), or the lounge suite especially if you fall asleep on it, wherever their host spends time sleeping, they like to live where it’s dark and undisturbed (don’t sleep or sit anywhere else as they’ll follow you and spread through the house, better to keep them contained so as you can kill them). I believe they may come into your home in a bag/on clothing but will then make their home in your bed frame/lounge suite where ever you sleep (so don’t go crazy like I did washing/spraying/vacuuming everything in the house)….they’re attracted to the warmth of your body and the carbon dioxide you breath out whilst you’re in the deepest sleep.
They usually feed every few days in the early hours of the morning (approx 4am – 6am), their only source of food is your blood… the bite is painless. They tend to feed on one person unless that person’s not available (usually the person closest to their hiding spot). You may be bitten and your partner not (in the same bed), some people don’t react to the bites at all whilst others have painful allergic reactions.It took me awhile to notice the bed bugs
The thing I’ve found most difficult is that it takes anywhere up to 10 to 14 days for the bites to emerge (for me approx 10 days) – someone with an allergy to the bites might show quicker (Google images/information on bites, they vary considerably), so you can’t feel an itch/bite and know where they are, also bear in mind you may have been bitten elsewhere and not have them in your home…. that’s why I say don’t panic, be logical and investigate all possibilities before acting.
If you found them or strongly suspect they’re in your home I would recommend vacuuming/steaming/taping/filling any cracks and crevices (near any place you fall asleep) in walls/ceiling/floor…even the smallest gaps (with Fossil Shell Flour, see below for instructions), also in and under lounge furniture/beds and bed frames.
If you think they traveled in a suitcase/overnight bag I would strongly recommend you act quickly on vacuuming/steaming/hot wash/hot dryer all clothes and baggage that went with you, probably too late to get the live bugs but there are possibly eggs that have yet to hatch.
Wash your bed linen/doona/duvet and any clothing that you think may be affected in really hot water – anything that can’t be put in hot water, put on high setting in the clothes dryer for 1/2 hour (don’t wet them) – you can put in pillows/doonas/bags/shoes/ belts/delicates – put in dry not wet so as not to damage them, also cheapens the electricity bill.
Be logical about killing bed bugs….I made so much work for myself (did all my belongings, I believe now it just so wasn’t necessary), by the time you realize you have bed bugs they will most likely be near your bed/couch near their host, I doubt they would live in clothes/electronics/bags/shoes etc unless they were placed near where you sleep (also near your favorite chair you may fall asleep in), once they’re inside your home they would make their way to be close to you when you’re asleep.
Once every nook and cranny of your bed is taped/vacuumed/steamed/Fossil Shell Floured, isolate your bed (and all the others in the house, I managed to keep them out of my daughters room by doing this very early on), cheap plastic containers under your bed legs with a little Fossil Shell Flour in the bottom (just in case they manage to get past the tape), wide double sided tape on the outside (you may need to put more tape over the top in a few months as it loses it stickiness), sprinkle Fossil Shell Flour (work into carpet a little) on the floor around the containers to kill them (they need to be killed or they’ll keep breeding), careful the containers don’t crack from the weight of the bed as the bugs will crawl through.
Don’t wear any clothing that you’ve been wearing during the day/night to bed (best for all to go naked in any affected beds), do not use/sit/put anything on the bed for any reason ever! DO NOT LEAVE STUFF LYING AROUND ON THE FLOOR (clothes, books, computers, phones etc), THEY LOVE TO HIDE IN IT… bed bugs are lazy and will be living close to their host, near or on the bed, in the lounge chairs you sit on, they like to live where it’s dark and undisturbed (don’t sleep or sit anywhere else as they’ll follow you and spread through the house).
Don’t give others your infestation
Very important note… if you decide to throw away mattresses/bases or lounge suites make sure that you severely slash them with a knife so as no one else will take them home and have to go through this awful experience.
Another very important note…. In future when traveling check the mattress and surroundings for any sign of bed bugs, keep everything in your bag… zip it up and place in sink/bath/shower or up high on a table etc well away from the bed.
I’m in my 6th month of fighting bed bugs, and now think they are only in our 3 seater couch that I used to fall asleep on…. I’ve now sprinkled Fossil Shell Flour under the cushions and around the short legs on the carpet; no one sits on it…. I’ve sprinkle Fossil Shell Flour around the legs of our other 2 chairs and we sit on them (got my daughter a bean bag so she was well away from the lounge suite)…. my plan is to make them come and get me, in order to do that they’ll have to crawl through the flour, and DIE…. WISH ME LUCK!Bed Bug Free!
Special thanks goes to our visitor (Steamer/DE) from Australia who took the time to share her tips on how to kill these bed bugs yourself without having to pay the fees for a professional extermination company.
Update: The method above worked and the visitor is now bed bug free! A number of people have stated that Pine Sol is VERY effective at killing bed bugs on contact. This combined with the methods I have listed on my bed bug dust page should do the trick!More Success Stories
Jayne::
ok….I have had these little varmints for about 3 months….it started out when I was moving in to my apartment I found a nice bed that was left outside, it was one of those memory foams beds, very expensive & the box spring was with the bed…I was extremely excited to come across what I thought would be a really good find….ha!
I am going thru a divorce….and about a month after I got the beds are started noticing these pinkish welts on my legs….I started freaking out at work thinking they were hives induced by the stress I was going thru with my divorce….I wish, I had always heard the fun saying before I went to bed, don’t let the bed bugs but….but believe me when I tell ya…….I did not know that these things existed!
I was disgusted and appalled….I hate bugs in general w/a passion!….so anyway….to make a long story longer…I called terminate and they confirmed my fears….BED BUGS….showed em to me and everything….so I asked what I can do & basically told me because I live in an apartment not much because in order to do a treatment they need to the ok from the apartment management and if bugs are found in any other apartment I would be responsible to pay for the treatments (CRAZY).All About Bed Bugs
I asked what else can I do and the exterminator advised me on the bed casings (a lil expensive) then I got word of this wonderful stuff on line called DE or diatomaceous earth….I was sold….went out about week ago and have proceeded to cover my apartment & mattress with it, I literally put a border around all the wall of this powder…I was extremely victorious I thought….I felt like, yes I am gona get my apartment back!
Well, that was up until yesterday and today, between now & then I have found 3-4 bugs just hanging out on the walls….what did I do wrong? I literally have this white powder all over my apartment….my next step (b/c I am broke) is to try to get the mattress coverings….
I am having a real hard time sleeping @ nite & am very fearful that my kids are going to take this hitchhikers back to their dads & he will kill me for bringing these things into his house….please help….tell me if I am doing something wrong or if there is something else I should be doing, they are now appearing on my walls! Don’t know how they are climbing up the walls & not getting effected w/the DE….please anyone help, open for any and all suggestions…. by @ my wits end :(
Etta Rae::
Hey Jayne, to ease your burden. Get rid of the infested bed. It’s no use trying to save it and you’ll have better control of the situation for I did the same thing months back (bringing home a used box spring, bad choice). The best thing you can do is invest in a roll away bed plus mattress cover.
Keep up with that DE stuff and buy Ortho Home Defense MAX (Kills Bedbugs where they hide!). Using Spackle on any cracks or holes will bring some relief to you as well, I promise. We can’t get rid of these all together but we can prevent them from ruining our lives and getting a good nights rest. Stay at the top of your game, don’t let them win by making you go bonkers from losing sleep.
Also try washing the areas of your body that you have the bumps with cold water and antibacterial soap plus use coco butter lotion and Vaseline to relive itchiness (doing this well get the bumps to go down faster). About all I can say from here on out is stay calm, cool, and collected because if you let these horrible demons ruin your life, you’ll never see the end of them. The best way to getting rid of these things and ensuring they are gone is to NOT panic. Panicking is the last thing you want to do because you could do something wrong and make your infestation worse.
Invest in time vacuuming, steaming, clearing out clutter/ packing stuff into plastic bins that have tight sealed lids, changing your bedding as often as possible and washing/drying them on high heat (do the same with clothes), spraying Ortho’s pesticide made especially for bedbugs, and Spackle up open cracks and holes.
I’m currently in my own fight against these horrible things and so far I’m coming out at top even though like you, I get that sick feeling of just giving up and letting them win but no, we can’t. These things pretty much mysteriously came back into the U.S. and we can get them back out as fast as they came. We did it once before,we can do it again! I wish you much luck!
nina::
Me and my partner are moving into a new house and are currently living at my mother in laws until it is available. We threw away our bed, wardrobe and other bedroom furniture as we had been getting bitten for months. I am now worried that they would be in our clothes and we have brought them to my mother in laws house! Will washing everything on high heat and sealing in a bag do the trick if so?
Also, do the bites really take 10 days or more to show/itch? We thought we were rid of them but have a few more bites since being here. Not sure if that’s because we still have bed bugs or not?
We are a young couple not earning alot and cannot afford to buy expensive mattress covers etc so will the DE stuff really work on our sofa, currently being stored in a shed. And how long until I can actually use the sofa again if I use it? Please help!!! Am starting to panic and cant find any answers to these questions!
Etta Rae::
Nina, wash all your clothes in hot water and dry on high heat. If any of your furniture was heavenly infested, it’s good you got rid of it. Things can be replaced plus this is coming from someone who can’t afford very much either and I had to get rid of my whole bed. To be on the safe side, you could try spraying your couch with Ortho Home Defense Max (Kills Bed Bugs where they hide!). I hope this helps, much luck.
Mary-Ann::
Hi Jayne –
I feel your pain! I am now going through a 3-week ordeal of trying to get my Landlord to help me with this nightmare! By law (in Maine, anyway) Landlords are responsible to pay for treatment of bedbugs and other infestations ( up to twice/year, I believe). My neighbor got them twice in under 3 months and the LLD did NOT warn nor treat adjacent apartments – which I have seen is an standard practice in some areas. I asked for an inspection 2 months ago, after seeing bites or a rash of some sort on my body. They did a canine inspection but the dog didn’t find any bed bugs. Upon further investigation, I discovered that Dogs have approximately a 98% accuracy rate and let’s face it, dogs – like people, have bad days. In any case, almost a month after the inspection – which I vacuumed for, etc – something you should NEVER DO – (duuh!) I was covered with WELTS, mostly around my neck arms and shoulders. I saw all the signs – tiny black spots, blood spots on my sheets and then, an engorged one on my leg! I contacted my landlord a second time.
I wanted to use DE, but was told by Modern Pest Control (the co. my LLD contracted with) that DE “might interfere” with their treatment. It’s three weeks to the DAY I confirmed BB’s in my apt and it’s been 2 days since their heat treatment (done this Wednesday) – cooking my apt at 126 to 138 degrees, and I am seeing a few… STILL… even a few wigglers on my mattress! (Incidentally, I spotted them WHILE trying to put on the WalMart cheapo/top-of-the-line brand of mattress cover. First – you get what you pay for. This is my SECOND WallyWorld cover – the first one’s zipper broke trying to put it on my foam mattress! Today, the SECOND one RIPPED! They are like PLASTIC PAPER and I do NOT recommend them if you have a PLUSH mattress!!!) IN any case, I FREAKED and immediately called Modern. They now tell me that it could take “UP TO” 2 WEEKS for the heat and Tempo 1% dust to work completely. Prior to treatment, I was told the heat is a 100% kill ON THE SPOT and the dust would take care of any residuals that may have burrowed to hide from the heat deep in my mattress or in cracks and gaps in the apartment. I was under the impression that there would be NO MORE BB’s and that in several days, a couple of sick stragglers may wander out, but the dust would kill them within hours. Now, I’m told a different story. I feel that I would have been better off the DAY I spotted the bugs, to go straight out and buy Diatomaceous Earth (DE). I still have the bag sitting here, in fact, and boy am I tempted!
I have read only GOOD things about DE and though it can take up to 8-10 days to completely ERADICATE the bugs, (some say the residual should be left longer for any eggs laid by the adults killed at time of treatment). In any case, it WILL do the job! My only questions for you are: When did you apply the DE and are you certain you got EVERY nook and cranny in your home?
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Temperature-Related Bed Bug Control Using freezing cold temperatures to kill bed bugs is one option. Put an infested object, such as bedding or pillows, in a sealed plastic bag, then put it in. Bed bugs, a problem worldwide, are resurging, causing property loss, expense, and inconvenience. The good news is that bed bugs do not transmit disease. The best way to prevent bed bugs is regular inspection for signs of an infestation. Image: Bed bugs. The EPA lists more than 300 registered products to treat bed bugs. However, the EPA warns pesticides should only be a part of a multi-comprehensive strategy to fight bed bugs. Using chemicals alone, companies typically have to make more than one treatment treatment. Chemical treatments also don’t guarantee to kill all of the bed bugs.
Bedbugs have you feeling down and thinking you can’t kill them on your own? Take a few minutes and read the uplifting Do-It-Yourself success story below. You can do it – don’t listen to the naysayers!
The testimonial below and those that follow are from visitors who left comments after reading, and using, our guides.
Hello,
Sorry it’s a bit long winded but I didn’t want to leave out anything that might help you; had I known then what I know now, it would have helped me more than I can express, so here it is!
I believe you can fight Bed Bugs but you have to be mentally tough, if not call an exterminator (very expensive AUD $1,000+ and no guarantees)… I’m hoping to reduce the stress/costs involved for you by sharing what I now know…. do everything thoroughly or you’ll be doing it all over again…. it’s quite an emotional journey, be prepared to shed many tears but never, ever, never give in – after all they are just a bug… isolate and keep on vacuuming/steaming/Fossil Shell flouring (see below for instructions on how I killed bedbugs)……and stay strong!
I refused to let a tiny bed bug beat me!I knew the battle would be long!
I diagnosed the problem quickly and took action… I’ve been lucky with only a light infestation; in hindsight I panicked and did so much that wasn’t necessary, purely because I didn’t have the knowledge (heaps of information on the internet) and I had no idea where they were!
If you’ve decided to tackle them yourself be prepared for a long journey (many months to a year is my guess), but through dedication it can be done, I want to do it myself as I know its being done thoroughly by someone who cares… ME!
I highly recommend drowning yourself in knowledge about Bed Bugs/their eggs and their bites; check them out on the internet for a few days before doing anything (stay calm).
Now inspect where you think they might be, is there any evidence? if you find the bugs keep a few as proof (in case you need to call a Pest Control company) on a piece of sticky tape or in a plastic bag, careful not to squash them… keep everything you suspect of having bugs or eggs in it in one room as much as possible.How I Killed Them
My recommendations for going into battle are a bug steamer, bed bug powder, mattress cover, cheap plastic containers with double sided tape around the outside for under bed/chair legs. Please read below for further explanation of these suggestions.
Place a thin layer of the powder wherever you suspect there may be bugs (rub gently to get some of it deeper into carpet), leave in place for a few months at least.
It’s important to kill them or you’ll have them forever, they breed fast…it’s not as simple as moving out for a few weeks to starve them, as they can hibernate for 12 to 18 months without feeding.
In order to reduce the work load dramatically, cover you bed with a mattress cover for bed bugs (vacuum mattress thoroughly before covering) and tape any holes / rips. If you have a base on the bed you can get covers for this also (or vacuum/steam/Fossil Shell flour). I fashioned a cover myself for our mattress out of 2 fitted sheet mattress protectors (don’t get the really cheap ones, make sure the fabric is closely woven so as the baby bugs can’t get through it)… placed one on top and one under the mattress then sealed around the elastic sitting on top with strong tape, a much cheaper option (approx AUD $40 for the two). Leave these covers in place for a year after you think you’re rid of the bugs, just to make sure they’re dead!
They will be hiding/living quite close to their host, more than likely on or in your bed frame/mattress somewhere (completely dismantle and steam slowly/thoroughly as though your life depended on it), or the lounge suite especially if you fall asleep on it, wherever their host spends time sleeping, they like to live where it’s dark and undisturbed (don’t sleep or sit anywhere else as they’ll follow you and spread through the house, better to keep them contained so as you can kill them). I believe they may come into your home in a bag/on clothing but will then make their home in your bed frame/lounge suite where ever you sleep (so don’t go crazy like I did washing/spraying/vacuuming everything in the house)….they’re attracted to the warmth of your body and the carbon dioxide you breath out whilst you’re in the deepest sleep.
They usually feed every few days in the early hours of the morning (approx 4am – 6am), their only source of food is your blood… the bite is painless. They tend to feed on one person unless that person’s not available (usually the person closest to their hiding spot). You may be bitten and your partner not (in the same bed), some people don’t react to the bites at all whilst others have painful allergic reactions.It took me awhile to notice the bed bugs
The thing I’ve found most difficult is that it takes anywhere up to 10 to 14 days for the bites to emerge (for me approx 10 days) – someone with an allergy to the bites might show quicker (Google images/information on bites, they vary considerably), so you can’t feel an itch/bite and know where they are, also bear in mind you may have been bitten elsewhere and not have them in your home…. that’s why I say don’t panic, be logical and investigate all possibilities before acting.
If you found them or strongly suspect they’re in your home I would recommend vacuuming/steaming/taping/filling any cracks and crevices (near any place you fall asleep) in walls/ceiling/floor…even the smallest gaps (with Fossil Shell Flour, see below for instructions), also in and under lounge furniture/beds and bed frames.
If you think they traveled in a suitcase/overnight bag I would strongly recommend you act quickly on vacuuming/steaming/hot wash/hot dryer all clothes and baggage that went with you, probably too late to get the live bugs but there are possibly eggs that have yet to hatch.
Wash your bed linen/doona/duvet and any clothing that you think may be affected in really hot water – anything that can’t be put in hot water, put on high setting in the clothes dryer for 1/2 hour (don’t wet them) – you can put in pillows/doonas/bags/shoes/ belts/delicates – put in dry not wet so as not to damage them, also cheapens the electricity bill.
Be logical about killing bed bugs….I made so much work for myself (did all my belongings, I believe now it just so wasn’t necessary), by the time you realize you have bed bugs they will most likely be near your bed/couch near their host, I doubt they would live in clothes/electronics/bags/shoes etc unless they were placed near where you sleep (also near your favorite chair you may fall asleep in), once they’re inside your home they would make their way to be close to you when you’re asleep.
Once every nook and cranny of your bed is taped/vacuumed/steamed/Fossil Shell Floured, isolate your bed (and all the others in the house, I managed to keep them out of my daughters room by doing this very early on), cheap plastic containers under your bed legs with a little Fossil Shell Flour in the bottom (just in case they manage to get past the tape), wide double sided tape on the outside (you may need to put more tape over the top in a few months as it loses it stickiness), sprinkle Fossil Shell Flour (work into carpet a little) on the floor around the containers to kill them (they need to be killed or they’ll keep breeding), careful the containers don’t crack from the weight of the bed as the bugs will crawl through.
Don’t wear any clothing that you’ve been wearing during the day/night to bed (best for all to go naked in any affected beds), do not use/sit/put anything on the bed for any reason ever! DO NOT LEAVE STUFF LYING AROUND ON THE FLOOR (clothes, books, computers, phones etc), THEY LOVE TO HIDE IN IT… bed bugs are lazy and will be living close to their host, near or on the bed, in the lounge chairs you sit on, they like to live where it’s dark and undisturbed (don’t sleep or sit anywhere else as they’ll follow you and spread through the house).
Don’t give others your infestation
Very important note… if you decide to throw away mattresses/bases or lounge suites make sure that you severely slash them with a knife so as no one else will take them home and have to go through this awful experience.
Another very important note…. In future when traveling check the mattress and surroundings for any sign of bed bugs, keep everything in your bag… zip it up and place in sink/bath/shower or up high on a table etc well away from the bed.
I’m in my 6th month of fighting bed bugs, and now think they are only in our 3 seater couch that I used to fall asleep on…. I’ve now sprinkled Fossil Shell Flour under the cushions and around the short legs on the carpet; no one sits on it…. I’ve sprinkle Fossil Shell Flour around the legs of our other 2 chairs and we sit on them (got my daughter a bean bag so she was well away from the lounge suite)…. my plan is to make them come and get me, in order to do that they’ll have to crawl through the flour, and DIE…. WISH ME LUCK!Bed Bug Free!
Special thanks goes to our visitor (Steamer/DE) from Australia who took the time to share her tips on how to kill these bed bugs yourself without having to pay the fees for a professional extermination company.
Update: The method above worked and the visitor is now bed bug free! A number of people have stated that Pine Sol is VERY effective at killing bed bugs on contact. This combined with the methods I have listed on my bed bug dust page should do the trick!More Success Stories
Jayne::
ok….I have had these little varmints for about 3 months….it started out when I was moving in to my apartment I found a nice bed that was left outside, it was one of those memory foams beds, very expensive & the box spring was with the bed…I was extremely excited to come across what I thought would be a really good find….ha!
I am going thru a divorce….and about a month after I got the beds are started noticing these pinkish welts on my legs….I started freaking out at work thinking they were hives induced by the stress I was going thru with my divorce….I wish, I had always heard the fun saying before I went to bed, don’t let the bed bugs but….but believe me when I tell ya…….I did not know that these things existed!
I was disgusted and appalled….I hate bugs in general w/a passion!….so anyway….to make a long story longer…I called terminate and they confirmed my fears….BED BUGS….showed em to me and everything….so I asked what I can do & basically told me because I live in an apartment not much because in order to do a treatment they need to the ok from the apartment management and if bugs are found in any other apartment I would be responsible to pay for the treatments (CRAZY).All About Bed Bugs
I asked what else can I do and the exterminator advised me on the bed casings (a lil expensive) then I got word of this wonderful stuff on line called DE or diatomaceous earth….I was sold….went out about week ago and have proceeded to cover my apartment & mattress with it, I literally put a border around all the wall of this powder…I was extremely victorious I thought….I felt like, yes I am gona get my apartment back!
Well, that was up until yesterday and today, between now & then I have found 3-4 bugs just hanging out on the walls….what did I do wrong? I literally have this white powder all over my apartment….my next step (b/c I am broke) is to try to get the mattress coverings….
I am having a real hard time sleeping @ nite & am very fearful that my kids are going to take this hitchhikers back to their dads & he will kill me for bringing these things into his house….please help….tell me if I am doing something wrong or if there is something else I should be doing, they are now appearing on my walls! Don’t know how they are climbing up the walls & not getting effected w/the DE….please anyone help, open for any and all suggestions…. by @ my wits end :(
Etta Rae::
Hey Jayne, to ease your burden. Get rid of the infested bed. It’s no use trying to save it and you’ll have better control of the situation for I did the same thing months back (bringing home a used box spring, bad choice). The best thing you can do is invest in a roll away bed plus mattress cover.
Keep up with that DE stuff and buy Ortho Home Defense MAX (Kills Bedbugs where they hide!). Using Spackle on any cracks or holes will bring some relief to you as well, I promise. We can’t get rid of these all together but we can prevent them from ruining our lives and getting a good nights rest. Stay at the top of your game, don’t let them win by making you go bonkers from losing sleep.
Also try washing the areas of your body that you have the bumps with cold water and antibacterial soap plus use coco butter lotion and Vaseline to relive itchiness (doing this well get the bumps to go down faster). About all I can say from here on out is stay calm, cool, and collected because if you let these horrible demons ruin your life, you’ll never see the end of them. The best way to getting rid of these things and ensuring they are gone is to NOT panic. Panicking is the last thing you want to do because you could do something wrong and make your infestation worse.
Invest in time vacuuming, steaming, clearing out clutter/ packing stuff into plastic bins that have tight sealed lids, changing your bedding as often as possible and washing/drying them on high heat (do the same with clothes), spraying Ortho’s pesticide made especially for bedbugs, and Spackle up open cracks and holes.
I’m currently in my own fight against these horrible things and so far I’m coming out at top even though like you, I get that sick feeling of just giving up and letting them win but no, we can’t. These things pretty much mysteriously came back into the U.S. and we can get them back out as fast as they came. We did it once before,we can do it again! I wish you much luck!
nina::
Me and my partner are moving into a new house and are currently living at my mother in laws until it is available. We threw away our bed, wardrobe and other bedroom furniture as we had been getting bitten for months. I am now worried that they would be in our clothes and we have brought them to my mother in laws house! Will washing everything on high heat and sealing in a bag do the trick if so?
Also, do the bites really take 10 days or more to show/itch? We thought we were rid of them but have a few more bites since being here. Not sure if that’s because we still have bed bugs or not?
We are a young couple not earning alot and cannot afford to buy expensive mattress covers etc so will the DE stuff really work on our sofa, currently being stored in a shed. And how long until I can actually use the sofa again if I use it? Please help!!! Am starting to panic and cant find any answers to these questions!
Etta Rae::
Nina, wash all your clothes in hot water and dry on high heat. If any of your furniture was heavenly infested, it’s good you got rid of it. Things can be replaced plus this is coming from someone who can’t afford very much either and I had to get rid of my whole bed. To be on the safe side, you could try spraying your couch with Ortho Home Defense Max (Kills Bed Bugs where they hide!). I hope this helps, much luck.
Mary-Ann::
Hi Jayne –
I feel your pain! I am now going through a 3-week ordeal of trying to get my Landlord to help me with this nightmare! By law (in Maine, anyway) Landlords are responsible to pay for treatment of bedbugs and other infestations ( up to twice/year, I believe). My neighbor got them twice in under 3 months and the LLD did NOT warn nor treat adjacent apartments – which I have seen is an standard practice in some areas. I asked for an inspection 2 months ago, after seeing bites or a rash of some sort on my body. They did a canine inspection but the dog didn’t find any bed bugs. Upon further investigation, I discovered that Dogs have approximately a 98% accuracy rate and let’s face it, dogs – like people, have bad days. In any case, almost a month after the inspection – which I vacuumed for, etc – something you should NEVER DO – (duuh!) I was covered with WELTS, mostly around my neck arms and shoulders. I saw all the signs – tiny black spots, blood spots on my sheets and then, an engorged one on my leg! I contacted my landlord a second time.
I wanted to use DE, but was told by Modern Pest Control (the co. my LLD contracted with) that DE “might interfere” with their treatment. It’s three weeks to the DAY I confirmed BB’s in my apt and it’s been 2 days since their heat treatment (done this Wednesday) – cooking my apt at 126 to 138 degrees, and I am seeing a few… STILL… even a few wigglers on my mattress! (Incidentally, I spotted them WHILE trying to put on the WalMart cheapo/top-of-the-line brand of mattress cover. First – you get what you pay for. This is my SECOND WallyWorld cover – the first one’s zipper broke trying to put it on my foam mattress! Today, the SECOND one RIPPED! They are like PLASTIC PAPER and I do NOT recommend them if you have a PLUSH mattress!!!) IN any case, I FREAKED and immediately called Modern. They now tell me that it could take “UP TO” 2 WEEKS for the heat and Tempo 1% dust to work completely. Prior to treatment, I was told the heat is a 100% kill ON THE SPOT and the dust would take care of any residuals that may have burrowed to hide from the heat deep in my mattress or in cracks and gaps in the apartment. I was under the impression that there would be NO MORE BB’s and that in several days, a couple of sick stragglers may wander out, but the dust would kill them within hours. Now, I’m told a different story. I feel that I would have been better off the DAY I spotted the bugs, to go straight out and buy Diatomaceous Earth (DE). I still have the bag sitting here, in fact, and boy am I tempted!
I have read only GOOD things about DE and though it can take up to 8-10 days to completely ERADICATE the bugs, (some say the residual should be left longer for any eggs laid by the adults killed at time of treatment). In any case, it WILL do the job! My only questions for you are: When did you apply the DE and are you certain you got EVERY nook and cranny in your home?
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