So my mom has bed bugs at her apartment. The super called the exterminator but is there something else that we can do to keep them away?
thanks for your input
thanks for your input
See if anyone has a secret stash of DDT (Bedbugs are very hard to exterminate).So my mom has bed bugs at her apartment. The super called the exterminator but is there something else that we can do to keep them away?
thanks for your input
First thing first: toss the old bed out.So my mom has bed bugs at her apartment. The super called the exterminator but is there something else that we can do to keep them away?
thanks for your input
Also make sure that they treat this as a BUILDING problem. Managers like to keep the issue hushed up but if they don't spray all nearby units plus inspect the whole building then they are just going to come crawling back.throw out your mattress, fabric furnitures, carpet, perhaps old drawers etc.. basically empty out your apartment of all porus material or throw them in a washer and then let the exterminator do the work xP
Also make sure that they treat this as a BUILDING problem. Managers like to keep the issue hushed up but if they don't spray all nearby units plus inspect the whole building then they are just going to come crawling back.
Isolate the bed. Put the legs in something bed bugs cannot crawl up, pull the bed away from the wall, and find a way to prevent sheets draping on the floor. Check the mattress, frame, and box springs regularly.
In a real bad situation you could enclose the entire sleeping area in a mosquito net that is zipped up and encases the bedding so that they cannot get in.
You do not need to throw out things that can be washed and dried at high heat. Heat kills them.
The "hair" on the leaves and stems punctures the damn things bodies.I read something about bean leaves a while back - sounds strange but apparently it works.
Agree, in my case I called the exterminator exactly the same time when I noticed the bed bugs.It is better to bring an exterminator in. I hear amateur efforts to eliminate bed bugs can just drive them from one area to another.