bed bugs?!!!ahhh

Brutus_Beefcake

Jo4 wrote:

I am glad there is no brown patches, although I will get hubby to check in case I have missed anything. Our bed is metal frame and slightly away from the wall. I wash our bedding at 60 degrees and tumble dry them. I do not wash our duvet and pillows every week, should I? I want to be bed bug free, if possible.

I only washed the pillows and duvet once since finding them as they don't seem to live in these. We have now got cream/white coloured sheets as it makes it easier to see if you've been bitten.

scooper - let us know how the council get on tomorrow when they spray.

Helen_from_yorkshire

I think we all have millions of these in our beds, on our carpets, sofas, everywhere where we shed our skin.

There is a spray you can buy from Lakeland to get rid of the bugs (maybe similar to the one Cenobite referred to above). I've never used it but apparently you spray it onto your mattress, leave to dry and then hoover off, taking all the bugs with it. Unsure of how much this costs or how it compares with other recommended product above.

Brutus_Beefcake

Helen_from_yorkshire wrote:

I think we all have millions of these in our beds, on our carpets, sofas, everywhere where we shed our skin.

There is a spray you can buy from Lakeland to get rid of the bugs (maybe similar to the one Cenobite referred to above). I've never used it but apparently you spray it onto your mattress, leave to dry and then hoover off, taking all the bugs with it. Unsure of how much this costs or how it compares with other recommended product above.

I think you may be confused as there is a big difference between dust mites (which are all over the place) and bed bugs.

Have a quick look at this to see what we are up against !
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin5/031216a.asp

Jo4

scooper wrote:

we didnt even know we had them at all, untill the other night when i was in bed watching tv, when one crawled up my arm,i shouted my boyfriend up and said what is this?just 10 mins before that though there was one in my cup with juice in it, i then was putting two and two together as we had been getting bit but thought they were just midgy bites but then thought it must be bedbugs, went to look it up on the pc and thats how we knew, out went the bed and the mattress along with other items like a wicker chair(which they are supposed to like hiding in).

I am trying to learn from your experience as I thought they were not visible to the human eye, how wrong was I?? THANKS for starting such a useful thread!

scooper

well im glad people have found this post usefull, im sorry to have to be discussing it!!haha
anyway the pest control has been today and says he has fumagated them or whatever they do, he will come back and check in a few weeks, so im happy they have gone, still feel itchy though.
thanks for all you help

Savvy_Sue

scooper wrote:

still feel itchy though.

So do I, and I don't think we've got them ... get the same reaction when anyone talks about headlice and nits!

surfpam111

My Boyf used to run a backpackers hostel and whilst we were living there we had a bed bug infestation. The bug killer guy came out at least 5 times and sprayed the place but we could not get rid of them. In the end we found a natural solution, firstly we had to replace the bunks and matresses, we went for metal framed instead of wooden as they can live in the frames! then give the whole place a good vacum.

we then got one of those pump spray canisters, they are quite big and you can get them from garden centres, fill it with a mixture of water, and these oils - tea tree, lavander and euclyptus. then spray EVERYWHERE. You will need to move furniture around to ensure all surfaces done.

We did this a couple of times and it worked! plus does not smell too bad either.

Spendalot_2

Bob Martin (the dog people) do a fogger spray that will kill mites, and go on killing them for several months.

You just set the aerosol spray off, and shut the door. Leave it for 2 hours and then open the windows.

It leaves no residue, removes the cost of expert sprayers and no messing around with powders on the carpet.

It works. The cost is around £8.99 for 2 cans.

Melissa22_Mum

Don't worry, I stayed at my Uncle's caravan with my family years ago and they were in the beds there, I don't know to much about them but I'm quite sure it's not down to a dirty bed. I thing you did the right thing in getting rid of the mattress and getting the council in. I've seen those pillow protecters in asda for about a pound, don't quote me on that but I noticed they were cheap. You would be better off getting the good quality ones as you may find you have to keep replacing the cheap ones and end up spending loads of money anyway!

funky_phantom

No good just getting rid of the mattress & linen, If you've got carpets in the room, they have probably living in there. Best advice is to contact your local council and ask for pest control. They will come along and treat your room/s over a period of weeks. This will usually get rid of the problem. My local council advised me that this now quite a common problem.