I have bed bugs

[SuperiorHands]

As a hotel manager I assure you most of the advice you are getting is garbage. The only way to get rid of them is to spray every inch of everything with poison as well as a growth inhibitor, while also using a dusting product in every outlet and socket in the house. Bed bugs can be dormant for months on end, and they have extremely short reproduction cycles. If you try to do this yourself you better get it right on the first try.

 

[45ACP]

You sound poor

Came here to post this but would've been surprised if no one beat me to it.

Left happy that it was the very first response.

Well done.

Sorry about the bed bugs though TS. I've never had to deal with them but it sounds like they aren't much fun.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Ok so the exterminator came and sprayed my house down with some chemical stuff aswell as powdered the mattresses. He will be coming again In 2 weeks to take care of it once more. He said from experience my problem didn't seem bad at all and that it was largley isolated to my bedroom but he took no chances and treated the whole house. He said the first treatment should wipe them out completely and if not the second D will be the final nail on the coffin. I have no idea but I really hope it's true.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

As a hotel manager I assure you most of the advice you are getting is garbage. The only way to get rid of them is to spray every inch of everything with poison as well as a growth inhibitor, while also using a dusting product in every outlet and socket in the house. Bed bugs can be dormant for months on end, and they have extremely short reproduction cycles. If you try to do this yourself you better get it right on the first try.

The pest guy mentioned that hotels and places like it are harder to control because of the sheer ammount of human traffic aswell as the infinite amount of floor space they could travel and hide in.

 

[GSP_37]

I'd be nice if you could use something like a soundwave or dog whistle to kill bedbugs without toxic, carcinogenic chemicals.

 

[Polish Machine]

As a hotel manager I assure you most of the advice you are getting is garbage. The only way to get rid of them is to spray every inch of everything with poison as well as a growth inhibitor, while also using a dusting product in every outlet and socket in the house. Bed bugs can be dormant for months on end, and they have extremely short reproduction cycles. If you try to do this yourself you better get it right on the first try.

Hotels spend the money to get it done right because they need a quick turnaround and can't risk the bugs spreading to other rooms. There are other ways to get rid of these fuckers but it can take time if you don't have the money.

 

[specter1001]

As mentioned before.. you're fucked!!
Chances are they're all over the damn place by now so get rid of all your furniture, your bed, your carpet, and you are left with the following treatment options:
-steam the fuck out of everything
-wash all your clothes/sheets with high heat
-cake your whole house with food grade diatomaceous earth (crumbly powdered fossil remains of diatoms that kill bugs on contact but not instantly)
-spend money on multiple expensive professional treatment
-kill with fire
-move out

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

I got bit last night which is disheartening. I'm hoping the next treatment wgipes them out but I'm gonna prepare myself mentally to start throwing shut out

 

[ventrue]

pretty disgusting. I hope you an fix this problem. I would do whatever the hotel chains do to rid their rooms of these bugs.

 

[fightingrabbit]

I got bit last night which is disheartening. I'm hoping the next treatment wgipes them out but I'm gonna prepare myself mentally to start throwing shut out

Do you have any idea of how they got brought into your house?

Also, has the frequency of the bites been going down since the spray? If so, the next treatment will probably do the trick.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Do you have any idea of how they got brought into your house?

Also, has the frequency of the bites been going down since the spray? If so, the next treatment will probably do the trick.

No idea where they could have come from. The house was sprayed yesterday and I was bitten 4 times last night. Actually tonight while searching I found 3 of them which is more than I have ever seen. I have a feeling the pesticide is making them come out or something

 

[Joe]

My mom had this problem. Even got someone to come in spray around a few times. It killed a lot of them and there were a lot of them. Went from outside in the living room to inside the bedroom. I finally told her I would go down to home depot and buy a gallon of bug spray which Is like 16 bucks. I sprayed every crack and hole they could possibly hide. All the furniture and drapes. Especially around where you sleep. Get any area where they can climb up to your bed because at night time is when they will feed. I did this three times and my mom told me they aren't around anymore. This just takes patience and time. They will not go away with one or two treatments.

 

[Lanx]

obviously wash everything you own w/ super hot water and use the dryer. or burn your clothes.

move your bed AWAY from your wall, pref, in the middle of the room (this way bed bugs can't crawl on the wall and hop to your bed)

Get this mattress encasement
http://amzn.to/1TmYapo

Then get these traps and place them under your bed legs
http://amzn.to/1XyF0yC
those bed bugs will die before they reach your bed

you're gonna want some sprays, use something natural
http://amzn.to/1TeYnwH

And use this earth stuff, food grade so you can dust it everywhere, kills lots of shit
http://amzn.to/1OFJoKi

 

[bobgeese]

Thats gross, thats a gross way to live...


Hopefully you get the quote, best of luck!!!

 

[Bmurray]

Ditch mattresses and pillows, get some Raid Foggers, follow the instructions, and see how that goes.

 

[molest]

I rescued a kitty who had fleas and they got into my carpet (carpet is the worst, rip it out if you have any) and they spread all over

You can buy these toxic sprays to spray the house with but you will need to sleep in your car for the night or something

Go to an animal store or something -- not sure if fleas = bedbugs

you might have to toss the whole mattress and start over in life

my cats get fleas every year, and i have a carpet. but they never spread?

 

[Clippy]

my cats get fleas every year, and i have a carpet. but they never spread?

My cats only had fleas once when brought in abandoned kitty.

I probably waited too long to treat it tho which is why it got in the carpet and I had to poison bomb my apartment

It got to the point where I was seeing salt and pepper on things, which was flea egg stuff

It got bad, I mean it escalated quickly yo

Not a good time at all

 

[molest]

My cats only had fleas once when brought in abandoned kitty.

I probably waited too long to treat it tho which is why it got in the carpet and I had to poison bomb my apartment

It got to the point where I was seeing salt and pepper on things, which was flea egg stuff

It got bad, I mean it escalated quickly yo

Not a good time at all

Strange man, must be a different strain or maybe its cuz i clean my carpet a lot. My cats fleas are pretty harmless they never sting me nor lay eggs, but after a couple days my cat starts scratching alot so i have to buy him that anti flea spray.

 

[PeterGriffin]

No idea where they could have come from. The house was sprayed yesterday and I was bitten 4 times last night. Actually tonight while searching I found 3 of them which is more than I have ever seen. I have a feeling the pesticide is making them come out or something

I've dealt with them unfortunately, and it's a colossal pain in the ass. In our particular case, throwing out all our furniture simply wasn't an option. We're not poor, but furnishing 5 bedrooms and a new living room set wouldn't be cheap anywhere.

1. Bag everything you own, and only keep out what you'll need to get by for 2-3 weeks. What you keep out must be washed and dried on high heat, your local laundromat should have a heavy duty commercial dryer to do the trick. The bed bug larvae take two weeks to hatch, hence the exterminator returning in two weeks. Their goal is to get the live ones in the first trip, and the hatchlings the second go around. Doesn't always works, and living out of bags sucks ass. When they spray, remove any wall plates for light switches and power outlets. As already suggested... caulk around the baseboards. They can travel through pretty small spaces and live for a year without feeding. Two treatments if you're lucky, three is more likely.

2. Extreme heat and cold does work. -40 degrees celsius will kill in 48 minutes IIRC. Soaking your items then putting them in the freezer works, but rarely will a freezer get that cold. You're looking more like two days if you go this route. Heating to 50 degrees celsius will kill the larvae and live bed bugs in about 12 minutes, but it's not as easy as it sounds getting up that high, and I wouldn't trust any pricey electronics be kept at that temperature.

3. Double sided tape on the legs of your bed frame, and frame itself if you feel like it.

4. Bed bug mattress covers on both the mattress and boxspring. Apparently bed bugs have a real dislike for the memory foam type mattresses, and rarely will infest them.

5. My 10 year old daughter (at the time) figured out something rather simple, not really sure why others hadn't. Bed bugs only seem to come out in the dark, so we got her blinders when she suggested sleeping with the light on and on top of the covers. Dramatically cut down on her getting bit. My wife got bit a lot, yet I thought she was crazy and imagining it because I didn't at all and we slept in the same bed. Seems like bed bugs are similar to mosquitos in the sense that some people are just more attractive or smell better or something.

 

[The Clamburglar]

Have you tried not being gross?