Anyone have a good way to get rid of bed bugs without hiring a company to spray chemicals.
Bed Bugs
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Being cheap is expensive. And gets more and more expensive the longer you put off doing it right. Especially when it comes to bed bugs.
They have a well deserved reputation for being tenacious. Every day you let them live, every day you waste trying some home made DIY remedy, the more established they become and the more expensive their eradication becomes.
Definitely time to seek the advice of an expert. They don't charge for an assessment so your biggest challenge is to find a really good exterminator with lots of experience.
PS. I have no idea of the scale of costs for their services but if you get a fair, market price, it is money well spent.
I guess you found that out the time you sprayed RAID on your balls and expected the problem to be solved.
A friend had an issue. The tenant evicted and moving company didn't want to move her stuff or provide service, Rejected because of bed bugs. They didn't want the truck infested.
So,, hire a dump truck and threw everything out. Removed heating covers, cleaned, moved fridge and stove cleaned. Any holes in the wall covered.
HE tried everything and couldn't get rid of them while apartment was empty.
By dumb chance his cousin Zen came back from the old country with a product that Zen needed because of his neighbour bed bugs. IT removed or killed everything in its path.
My friend borrowed the last that Zen had and it worked , but needed more. Homedepot had something at the time.
So,, hire a dump truck and threw everything out. Removed heating covers, cleaned, moved fridge and stove cleaned. Any holes in the wall covered.
HE tried everything and couldn't get rid of them while apartment was empty.
By dumb chance his cousin Zen came back from the old country with a product that Zen needed because of his neighbour bed bugs. IT removed or killed everything in its path.
My friend borrowed the last that Zen had and it worked , but needed more. Homedepot had something at the time.
There are a lot of chemicals that are not allowed in Canada but are allowed in other countries. I know a guy that had a roach problem and he was looking for a product that was sold under the counter illegally in Canada. It was a product that looked like black board chalk and you drew a line on the floor against the wall. He told me the roaches were gone in weeks.
Many people are buying weed killers in the states because some chemicals are no longer legal in Canada.
That's why I warn people about going "dumpster diving".
A friend used to work for Bell. He dreaded going to people's homes because he might bring back bed bugs, cockroaches, etc.
There is a shop on the Danforth(not sure of the name) that sells commercial grade chemicals. They also have a powder derived from an African plant that is o.k. for humans but deadly for insects. Encase your mattress(or throw it out if really infected) and furniture with plastic bags so they cannot get in or get out. Use pesticide and the powder mentioned around the base of these items.
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Tell your mom I’m sorry about that but I couldn’t find peppermint or vanilla RAID.
I learned that the hard way. Some things you just can't skimp on.
It's less so about the money. More so about the chemicals. I suppose the other way they could do it is heat treatment but my concern with that is how it wlll affect my appliances and electronics like the fride, TV, and stereo unit. Chemical treatment by professionals may require more than one treatment because it's not guaranteed. I've actually had the bed bugs for a few years now but was in denial but I've now come to realize this is the real thing and it's not going away on it's own. I've heard about Diatomaceous Earth but I've recently learned about the harmful effects of silicon to the lungs which are permanent and I already feel I have some lung issues. Hence the concern with chemicals. I don't know if bed bug traps work. Home-made or otherwise. Probably not because professionals don't use traps. Things like CO2 traps. Mixing yeast with sugar.
Very low mammalian toxicity(Pyrodust). But if your only using this, it will take a lot of time and need to use tons of it, and again you need to encase your sitting and sleeping areas very well with plastic to stop the bugs from getting in and out.
Please don't frequent my go-to spots, like Premier, Flirt, and the hotels and condos that Discreet Dolls, Hush, Mirage, HPL, SFT, and TGF use, cuz I don't want to pick up any critters that hitched a ride with you to them...
(at least until you have completely solved the problem)
copied and pasted from the interwebs:
"Can bed bugs spread person to person?
Bed bugs, unlike lice, don’t travel directly on people and spread from person to person. But they can travel on people’s clothes. In this way, people can spread bed bugs to others, without even knowing it."
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I have had bed bugs twice in apartments, they are a real nightmare. It affected me psychologically, and I was very traumatized.
You cannot get rid of them easily. If you're in an apartment, forget about it. There will be no way to eliminate them. Even if you could, they will come from other apartments. The whole apartment needs to be treated.
If it's your house, best bet is to get it done professionally.
Or you can rent a heater for bed bugs and heat treat your house. Avoid chemicals, they can't get through the hole house. Bed bugs can go in nook and crannies such as outlets and never feel the chemicals:
www.hotbugs.ca
You cannot get rid of them easily. If you're in an apartment, forget about it. There will be no way to eliminate them. Even if you could, they will come from other apartments. The whole apartment needs to be treated.
If it's your house, best bet is to get it done professionally.
Or you can rent a heater for bed bugs and heat treat your house. Avoid chemicals, they can't get through the hole house. Bed bugs can go in nook and crannies such as outlets and never feel the chemicals:
Bed Bug Heater Rentals | HotBugs - Bed Bug Heat Treatments | Toronto GTA
Electric bed bug heater rentals to get rid of bed bugs fast. Save cash and rent, Its easy to do, comes with everything you need for a bed bug heat treatment. HotBugs Bed Bug Heater Rentals serving the GTA - Greater Toronto Area.
www.hotbugs.ca
You say you've had it twice in apartments. Were you able to get rid of them? Through what method? Renting a heater?I have had bed bugs twice in apartments, they are a real nightmare. It affected me psychologically, and I was very traumatized.
You cannot get rid of them easily. If you're in an apartment, forget about it. There will be no way to eliminate them. Even if you could, they will come from other apartments. The whole apartment needs to be treated.
If it's your house, best bet is to get it done professionally.
Or you can rent a heater for bed bugs and heat treat your house. Avoid chemicals, they can't get through the hole house. Bed bugs can go in nook and crannies such as outlets and never feel the chemicals:
Bed Bug Heater Rentals | HotBugs - Bed Bug Heat Treatments | Toronto GTA
Electric bed bug heater rentals to get rid of bed bugs fast. Save cash and rent, Its easy to do, comes with everything you need for a bed bug heat treatment. HotBugs Bed Bug Heater Rentals serving the GTA - Greater Toronto Area.
You also say if it's an apartment to forget about it. Which is it? Treatable or forget about it for apartments?
In the first case, I was able to get rid of them, but it was a real nightmare. I checked my mattress throroughly every single night and killed all the bed bugs. At night I would wake up and find them crawling all over me and the bed. I killed all that I could find. Each night there were less and less, until finally one day they were all gone. However, this isn't usually the case. Normally they will find a way to continue to thrive.
The second case was also in an apartment. It was really run-down apartment and the tenants were very sketchy. Someone brought in an infested sofa, and the whole building was infested shortly after. I tried the same technique and also put tape on the legs of my bed. One night I saw a bed bug crawling on the ceiling and drop directly onto my bed. That's how nefarious they are. They can smell your breath and find a way to get to you.
The owner of the builidng did two or three heat treatments. Everyone had to leave. However, the bedbugs never went away. I was really traumatized, and couldn't get a full nights sleep. I moved out after I couldn't take it anymore. Every day I was itchy, especially my feet, and I had marks all over my body.
You can try to kill them off, but if they have migrated to other apartments (most likely), you aren't going to have much luck getting rid of them permanently. They will find a way to get back to you.
So you eradicated them with only your bare hands. That is very impressive. In my case I never saw them for the longest time. I only saw the droppings and blood marks on my white blanket. Then one day I saw one in between the blanket when I was making my bed. I suppose that's when my denial went away. I want to ask how about using a regular home heater. Do you think that would work? Or it would not get hot enough?
As for being able to smell your breath hence why I asked about making a trap with yeast and sugar which generates carbon dioxide to simulate human breath.
