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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: Crystal G]
#23667198 - 09/22/16 05:26 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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people live in desert climates that reach 130 degrees all the time.
Lol. No they don't. Outside of a few areas in the Middle East, areas that get that hot are not populated. The highest temperature ever recorded in Phoenix was 122. It's only reached over 120° three times. Vegas has never gotten above 117°.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: koods]
#23667211 - 09/22/16 05:35 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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koods said: Lol. No they don't. Outside of a few areas in the Middle East, areas that get that hot are not populated. The highest temperature ever recorded in Phoenix was 122. It's only reached over 120° three times. Vegas has never gotten above 117°.
Yeah, I was talking about the entire world, not just the USA. I know this year we had the hottest recorded summers globally all around the world this year.
Tunisia reached 130+, China reached 120+, Irael reached 129+, USA apparently reached 134+ in Death Valley, California.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: Crystal G] 2
#23667268 - 09/22/16 06:49 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have not read the comments, but I have read the OP. I have personal expereince with bed bugs, I had my entire appartment infested and I have gotten rid of them. It took months and a lot of work, it was fucking terrible but I will tell you how I did it but I warn you, it takes a lot of work and it sucks hard-core.
You need to buy a number of things, if you look up videos people will probably suggest that you make co2 traps, don't because it is a waste of time.
Buy diatomaceous earth Buy a bed bug encasement for your mattress as well another one for your boxframe if you have one. Buy bed cups, such as these https://www.amazon.com/Climbup-Insect-Interceptor-Bed-Trap/dp/B0033SC0LI for example.
You need to put the diatomaceous earth in every corner of your bedroom and in your home, the powder will dry out any insects that cross into it. I even ended up putting this shit onto my bed frame.
Which reminds me, if you sleep with your mattress on the floor, you need to buy a bed frame that has four or more legs, and put the bed cups under those legs, if you have a bedframe thats like a box that sits on the floor you need to buy a bedframe with legs instead. Don't cheap out on any of this shit.
for the bed bug incasement, the thing that goes on your mattress and box spring..... Buy one that isnt a cheap peice of shit, one with zippers designed specifically for BB's, read reviews and find one thats good. These trap any bugs that are left in your bed, and trust me you can clean your bed a million times, there will still be those fuckers in it.
Another important thing you must do, you should learn how bedbugs reproduce, they do it quickly, so this is a numbers game. You need to kill them faster then they can reproduce, which is every week or so I beleive. Everytime they bite you, they have the possibility to reproduce, you need to disable their ability to feed on you.
If you have roomates, or pets you need them to be doing the exact same thing you are in their rooms, in fact if you have a pet, send them away to somewhere else or this whole plan wont work, if thats the case you might need to hire an exterminator but it doesnt always work.
Pretty much you need to keep them off your bed, move your bed away from walls, dont let anything touch the ground and eliminate any possible chance they have of getting onto your bed, you need to do this for months until you are absoultly certain they are gone, and then when you are think they are gone; continue to watch for them and dont stop. Bed bugs can live up to a year without feeding, the BB incasements on your bed need to stay there for at least a year to elimante the posssiblity of them surviving, write down the date of when you put it on. Diamcous earth is the game changer here, the ultimate weapon but if you don't follow the things I have said it wont work. Also, clean your bed everyweek or more, change the sheets and flip the mattres over and look through it carfully and remove any bugs or eggs that you find, you need to do this the entire time.
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If anyone blames this on you OP, for being uncleanly or whatever; they obviously dont know what the fuck they are talking about. There is a number of ways to get them, living in an appartment is obviously a major factor because the bugs will move from appartment to appartment, the thing you can use to your advantage is that BB's are attracted to the co2 that you give off when you sleep, so they will always be attracted to you, you can use this to your advantage. Sprinkle the diamtomaceous earth everywhere you can, under your bed and under furniture and in carpets too.
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If anyone blames this on you OP, for being uncleanly or whatever
You dirty kids are just in denial.
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The5thElement said: for the bed bug incasement, the thing that goes on your mattress and box spring..... Buy one that isnt a cheap peice of shit, one with zippers designed specifically for BB's, read reviews and find one thats good. These trap any bugs that are left in your bed, and trust me you can clean your bed a million times, there will still be those fuckers in it.
Yes, this is one of the pieces of advice I gave him. He will need to buy a mattress cover, one that is specifically designed to keep bed bugs out. A good one will cost around $50, and he needs to do this for every single bed where occupants are sleeping in. That way they will keep bed bugs in and out.
Honestly though after finding rentals for those heaters they use to kill bed bugs, I'd probably rather go this route. It's much cheaper than hiring professionals to do it, which can cost thousands: http://rentbedbugheaters.com/pick-your-package/
OP can also get one of these and throw all his furniture and beds and couches in there and heat everything, then at the same time wipe down his floors with isopropyl alcohol and then sprinkle diatomaceous earth powder on top afterward. This is a small one, and won't be large enough for furniture, but they have larger sized ones for all your furniture: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Dr-Infrared-Heater-1500-Watt-2-Tier-18-cu-ft-Portable-Bedbug-Heater-with-Thermometer-and-Timer-DR-122/206600170?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CTHD%7CG%7C0%7CG-BASE-PLA-D27E-Electrical%7C&gclid=CjwKEAjwgo6_BRC32q6_5s2R-R8SJAB7hTG-zcmbqpn8nzb_Tt5V__qnTvrxYqByhZDBK9bcHmT7IxoCzBTw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
It's cheaper in the long run if you calculate the cost of the mattress covers, throwing out any furniture, and all the tireless work and effort you have to spend to get them to die.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: Crystal G]
#23668599 - 09/22/16 04:06 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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this is like the worst nightmare I could possibly imagine. Im so anal about laundry/showering/washing my hands my family calls me OCD, this isn't about being dirty.
I stuck some traps in the room last night, sprinkled DE everywhere, sprayed the everything down with poison. I dont see any bed bugs, although im sure theyre in hiding until I come and lay back down in there. At this point I plan to just throw away the bed the day they will pick it up, also ripping up the carpet and putting some hardwood floors in I think.
Definitely going to look into the heater after seeing how ruthless these fucks are. Really hope I can contain it to the one room.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: danielx]
#23668610 - 09/22/16 04:11 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have. I eventually just had to move, nothing worked. Fumigated the place multiple times, did the thing where they heat up the house to like 150 degrees for a few hours. Nothing worked they kept coming back. Fortunately I didn't have a lease.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: danielx]
#23668612 - 09/22/16 04:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Also im contemplating sleeping on an air matress in the meantime. My thought process is they wont be able to get all embedded in one of those plastic air mattresses. And if they did its cheap and easy to throw away. Thoughts?
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: danielx]
#23668634 - 09/22/16 04:18 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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also thread reminds me of this
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: danielx]
#23668710 - 09/22/16 04:56 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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danielx said: Also im contemplating sleeping on an air matress in the meantime. My thought process is they wont be able to get all embedded in one of those plastic air mattresses. And if they did its cheap and easy to throw away. Thoughts?
Yes, that is what I recommended you to do if you throw away your mattress and buy an air bed.
If you do end up renting the heater though, you won't have to throw away your mattress or any other furniture, since they'll all die. I feel like doing this would be a lot cheaper than replacing your floors with tile.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: Crystal G]
#23668717 - 09/22/16 04:58 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I havent seen any issues outside of the one room, how important do you think it is to heat every room in the house?
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: danielx]
#23668759 - 09/22/16 05:12 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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That would probably be more like one of those "be safe or try it and see how it goes" type things. If they are ONLY in that one room, I really don't see the need to heat the entire house. There's no bedbugs to kill in any of the other rooms. However, if you do only treat that one room and there is just a very small population in some other room that manages to find a food source and start breeding again, you're gonna have to start all over.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: Shroomslip]
#23668770 - 09/22/16 05:14 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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They might run from the heat, and it takes a while to get to the temp. Id err on the side of caution.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: danielx]
#23669434 - 09/22/16 08:59 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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danielx said: this is like the worst nightmare I could possibly imagine. Im so anal about laundry/showering/washing my hands my family calls me OCD, this isn't about being dirty.
I stuck some traps in the room last night, sprinkled DE everywhere, sprayed the everything down with poison. I dont see any bed bugs, although im sure theyre in hiding until I come and lay back down in there. At this point I plan to just throw away the bed the day they will pick it up, also ripping up the carpet and putting some hardwood floors in I think.
Definitely going to look into the heater after seeing how ruthless these fucks are. Really hope I can contain it to the one room.
Do you own a house, if so you are in a favouritable possition, don't throw out your carpets or bed it wont matter man. BB's can get into the smallest of cracks, and they will not be gone untill you can kill them faster then they reproduce. You need to do 3 steps.
1) Get a bed, elevated off the ground meaning that they have legs that you can put the cups under. Nothing can go on your bed, other than yourself. if a blanket is on the couch do not put it on your bed. Remove bed away from anything that a fuck-face bb can use to climb on your bed.
2) Get the bed encasement for your mattress and boxframe if you have one.
3) DE fucking everywhere, (diam..earth).
Trust me, this will work if you are absoultly anal about not contaminating your bed with anything that could have a bug in it. Only thing that should go on your bed is pillows blankets and yourself. Every week, at least once a week take your mattress off the bed, and box spring and look it all over carefully for bugs and remove them by flushing them down the toilet. Do not leave your mattress on the ground for anylonger then u have too, it should take you about 10-15 mins each time you do this so don't freak out.
First thing you need to establish that you have infact removed all bugs from your bed, don't be surprised that it will take you a few rounds to completly remove them from your bed, and keeping them off. Second thing is keeping them from ever climbing up on your bed again.
You do these two things and having DE everywhere you could be free of these fuckers within weeks, Remeber they are attracted to the Co2 that you give off from breathing in your sleep, so they will always be lured towards you. Have DE sprinkled under your bed, along the walls and in various other places. All they have to do is walk in the powder and they die within 2 days or so. They reproduce about once a week, and they are able to lay eggs only after feeding, so if you remove the threat of them climbing on the bed and feeding on you.... and your able to maintain that for a few weeks eventually those fuckers are gonna walk on the DE and they will die. You need to keep doing this routine for a long time, just to make sure they are truly gone. The bed bed encasements on your mattresses do need to stay on for atleast 1 year, because like I said before they can survive without feeding for up to one year.
You can do this man, because you have no other choice. Moving will not help, throwing away your bed and carpets will not work. This is the way and its not that expensive.
I have read into this a lot, I have experienced it and I have gotten through it. Take my advice and you will succeed . Any questions you have just ask.
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Also heating you house is pointless, you will not be able to kill them that way. They can live in extream hot and cold temperatures. air mattress is a bad idea, like I said you need to have a bed with legs, put the bed bug cup underneith them and you absoultly must have bb encasements on your mattress. I am going to put the links to everything you need. I will edit this post when I get it all.
Cups https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004PKKP1K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
DE
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00PKIPVPQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Encasements
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00462W9MK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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You can find smaller cups that wont be as expensive, same with the DE and I dont know what size your bed is, mine was a fullsize bed at the time, smaller mattress encasements will be cheaper.
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Also, so you are aware. Any cracks, the heads of screws or anything of that nature in your bed frame.. BB's can slip inside there, so just be aware of that. Also check your pillows, if there are holes in the pillow itself just throw it away and get a new one.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: DrMambo]
#23669783 - 09/22/16 11:23 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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DrMambo said: Microwave books, and check battery compartments on electrical devices.
I don't show bedbug bites, but I spent 6 months sobering up and getting my ass straightened out in a shelter, and my god, everyone in my room was waking up.covered in bites, and bedbug shit under each mattress.
Dude, those fucking literally get in the walls.
I remember one climbing around on this dude, Scales, during breakfast. Later we thoughthink shit was under control, and I was outsidentified with a coffee and a book, and a goddamn bug came trundling out of the binding. Oh yeah, and the males stab their dicks through the females bellies to impregnate them, even though they have functional vaginas.
Pretty big assholes....
I did 30 days at a half way house. 4 story building our apartment was the top. We did everything they fucking could care less. We finally caught one of them. And we didn't own much shit. They only bombed our room. At that point I only had like 10 days left. The best part is the night I got out they finally brought new people in. I had 4 of the mattresses that shit was about as comfy as you'll get in jail. Bed bugs are a nightmare.
My Ma picked me up and all my clothing and books I told them to burn. The jail part really wasn't so bad. I read 17 books, learned how to juggle, and I'm a fucking great crib player. Fucking bed bugs.
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Re: Who has dealt with bedbugs? [Re: koods]
#23670199 - 09/23/16 06:45 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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people live in desert climates that reach 130 degrees all the time.
Lol. No they don't. Outside of a few areas in the Middle East, areas that get that hot are not populated. The highest temperature ever recorded in Phoenix was 122. It's only reached over 120° three times. Vegas has never gotten above 117°.
I live in Phoenix. It gets DAMN CLOSE to 120 every fucking summer. ;(
suck it bed bugs!
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