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lifeiswhatyoumake
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It's not "infested."
I only find a few once in a while.
I only paid $30 for this mattress so it wouldn't be a huge loss.
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lifeiswhatyoumake
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Well, I'm feeling better now.
I re-checked the mattress and found the smallest baby bed bug.
Here it is:
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Going by the name "bed bug" I assumed they tend to live inside your bed ea mattress. By putting an impenetrable cover over the mattress you would cut off the source so to speak. It would also make the mattress pretty much uninhabitable for them.
If its a really cheap one you might be better of just ditching it. Then buy a new one and use one of those covers until the problem is solved.
Did you say one came from under the window?
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lifeiswhatyoumake
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Tripsurfer said: Going by the name "bed bug" I assumed they tend to live inside your bed ea mattress. By putting an impenetrable cover over the mattress you would cut off the source so to speak. It would also make the mattress pretty much uninhabitable for them.
If its a really cheap one you might be better of just ditching it. Then buy a new one and use one of those covers until the problem is solved.
Did you say one came from under the window?
I agree with that impenetrable cover idea.
And yes, I was really high at the time, but I definitely found 2 bed bugs on the wall directly below the windowsill. I also thought I saw an adult bed bug crawl into a crack below the windowsill as soon as it knew I was looking at it.
It makes sense because I sleep with my head towards the windowsill, with the mattress directly against the wall.
I had my hands beneath the pillow a few days ago and I've been getting bit solely on my hands and shoulders recently.
This makes me believe that they are coming from the windowsill, since my hands would be the easiest target for them to bite.
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You should definitely apply something to seal that windowsill. They are not walking in through the open window right?
I came across this:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bed-Bugs
I read that you will need to leave the cover on for over a year if you want to kill all bugs inside it
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Edited by Tripsurfer (10/06/13 03:24 PM)
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There's a lot of good advice in this thread and a lot of not so good advice. I own a pest control company and we've done well over 100 bed bug jobs in the last couple years.
First things first. If you are in an apartment complex, and haven't stayed anywhere else lately, nor bought a new mattress or furniture, there is a fairly good chance you might have gotten it from one of your adjoining neighbors. I would take a good long look at your rental agreement/lease and see if they specifically mention whether or not they or you are responsible for pest infestation in your apartment. In many cases the owner of the property is responsible for it. They would certainly be responsible if the bugs came in from an abutting room. And in many cases if you are in an apartment complex you are required to let your landlord know you've got an infestation.
This is not a simple thing to deal with. Setting off a couple bombs nor sprinkling flea powder is going to do much of anything to stop or disrupt the spread of infestation. You will most likely be looking at 1,500-2,000 dollars or so for a professional treatment and in many cases there will be no warantee and a substantial charge for return visits which are inevitable. Heat treatments are generally much more.
If you are stuck dealing with it yourself, you need to bag up all of your clothes all bring them to be laundered, make sure to dry at as high a temperature as possible... Leave them in bags and keep them out of your apartment until you've treated. Clean your apartment meticulously and create access to every area of your apartment. Then buy Permethrin concentrate at DIY pest or somewhere similar. Every state has different rules and regulations of who can buy this chemical, but always generally have it available for sale, sometimes just not the concentrate. You will want to mix this down to .5% in a 1 or 2 gallon spray bottle you would buy for treating weeds outside. Then proceed to spray your entire apartment. Spend extra time and use extra chemical around your bedroom if that seems to be where they are concentrated. Also spray in all the nooks and crannies of your couch. IF possible it would be good to get a duster bottle and some diotamaceous earth or a chemical dust- "Delta" or deltamethrin would be a great choice. Use this to get into voids you can't reach with the spray or can't spray with a liquid like inside the light sockets. Permethrin is safe for application to the mattress itself.
Then you will need a mattress liner. Buy a good one, the cheap ones rip very, very easily and are then useless. Bed bugs don't just crawl around outside looking to crawl in your house. That's not how it works. You either brought them there or your adjoining neighbor did.
The sooner you take care of this problem the better. I wish you good luck!
Edit- just noticed you said you paid $30 for the mattress? Was it used? Because if so, or if it was one of the refurbished ones there's a good chance that's your culprit right there. Whenever ordering a new bed make sure to request that it's delivered still sealed in its bag. In many cases the people who deliver mattresses will take the old dirty mattresses as part of the deal when buying the bed, these get put in the truck right next to the new mattresses they're out delivering and then they've got them as well.
Edited by JonnyBtreed (10/06/13 04:22 PM)
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: Micawber]
#18943897 - 10/07/13 09:34 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Alright OP, get yer head outta yer ass. Yer doing this wrong.
You find a bedbug and wait two days to decide what to do with your mattress? Dumb. This problem requires deft and systematic action.
So you found one baby? Do you think these things lay one egg at a time? There are many more than the three you've found.
Tuff love.
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: Me_Roy]
#18945096 - 10/07/13 02:26 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I threw my mattress out last night. I've been washing/drying (and re-drying) all my clothes and sheets. Next step is get Diatomaceous earth. I'm also sanitizing all of my room with a rubbing alcohol spray. I need to borrow a vacuum from a friend, too.
I really appreciate how helpful you all are... and I know man, tough love is good love.
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do you have a wooden bedframe? they like to hide in cracks and holes in the wood
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lifeiswhatyoumake
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I didn't even have a bed frame LOL.
I just had my mattress on the ground.
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: mathieu]
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After growing in my room last year I have spiders. They pop up every now and then on my sheets. Little fuckers. No big deal they are patrolling my room for faggot bed bugs
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: Gorlax]
#18949925 - 10/08/13 02:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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This thread had me wondering if bed bugs have some sort of natural predator.
Like Gortax said, you release some spiders in your room and they will hunt and kill the bed bugs.
Definitely a good idea to get your bed off the ground too.
Reading this makes me itchy...
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: 1ve5w4hu]
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1ve5w4hu said: The powder's main ingredient is a poison called permetrine, a precursor to safrole which is used to make MDMA. Be careful, it's deadly poisonous to cats.
OK, it's called Permethrin, and it is a natural compound that comes from chrysanthemum flowers. A second compound called piperonyl butoxide increases the toxicity of permethrin to insects. Piperonyl butoxide is made from safrole. Safrole is the precursor, not the other way around.
This is a fairly common concoction. You will find these two chemicals in many common insect killing sprays.
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: koods]
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Re: Bed Bugs... [Re: fapjack]
#18950729 - 10/08/13 05:40 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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yes.
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lifeiswhatyoumake
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Acidic_Sloth said: yes.

I've been mistin' my room with 91% isopropyl alcohol in the cracks in the walls and along the carpet and stuff. Smells nice hahaha. I also bought some of this to clean, too:

Home Depot was out of Diatomaceous earth, but I'll check for it again tomorrow.
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