The problem is persisting since last 8 months. twice the apartment was sprayed with bed bug controlling pesticide. but still grows in number

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My boyfriend was getting changed and when i looked down i saw a small beetle looking bug, it was dim so i squished it and we went to bed. In the morning we looked at the bug, and it was a bed bug. The day before that, i noticed 3 red bumps on my arm. They look a lot like bed bug bites. I have since cleaned out my room, vacuumed every crack and crevasse, and i have inspected everywhere i could think. There is no evidence of bed bugs on my mattress (ie fecal matter, shedded skin, other bed bugs, blood etc) or anywhere else. My mom is going out to buy some bed bug spray for my mattress today. My boyfriend has been staying in shelters until he is able to move in to his apartment. Is it possible it could have been only one bed bug that was transferred from the shelter by his clothes to my room? Or is it likely that in the time he spent in my room had infested it, or other parts of my house like the living room?

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My friend had an apartment in the city that was infested with bed bugs. I went and visited and unknowingly carried some bed bugs home to my house with me. Now I have bites on my arms and feet but I can’t find the bugs anywhere!! I have only found one bug on my pillow and I killed the little shit. But there must be more because bites are appearing on my skin!! If anyone has any experience with this or knows of anything that would work please help me!!!
I can’t move–I live in my parents house in the suburbs…. sooo that is NOT an option
ALSO, the information I’m finding on this problem is very contradictory, so please only answer if you have had personal experience with this problem or know someone who has

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I was living in an apartment complex that had bed bugs and I was unaware of it. The infestation started in the apartment below us I was told. That apartment got sprayed for bugs and then they came up to my apartment. I was never told of the infestation or to keep an eye out for bugs, until it was too late. At first I thought I was allergic to the detergent i was using cause I thought I was breaking out in hives. I changed my bed sheets and detergent and the itchy didn’t stop.

A month goes by and I happen to be talking to some other tenants in my building and they told me they had bed bugs and were treated for them already. I started looking around and found that my mattress had blood stains on it and i started seeing the bugs. My mattress had to be thrown out and they eventually spread throughout the apartment. We had to get rid of our two couches as well as my queen size mattress.

We got the complex to spray our apartment and the surrounding ones and we had to bag up all our stuff and take it to get cleaned. I ended up spending at a laundromat plus the cost of the mattress and two couches we had to throw away. I slept on an air mattress and was still getting bit. They were supposed to spray 3 times but they only came twice and I was still finding the bugs; in my filing cabinet,dressers, walls, covers, etc.

We decided to break our lease because the problem was not being fixed, we also had roaches and a mice problem as well. Our apartment was not dirty and we cleaned a lot but the insects still came even after the treatments. They were in the walls and just moved from apartment to apartment. I spent 3 months with beg bug infestation, having to worry about having people over, going to others apartments, I didn’t want them to spread. I always washed my clothes and sheets just to be safe but nothing worked.

Eventually we moved to a different complex, we had to wash every piece of fabric and check all the furniture. So that is where I am now, a different apartment complex and I’ve found 4 bugs already. I have gotten bit a few times and I found one in my clarinet case the other day. I have no idea how they traveled with us but they did. I don’t know what to do because I don’t know who is responsible. Are we going to get blamed for bringing them in, or is the old complex responsible for not getting rid of the problem. I don’t want them to spread to other tenants apartments but I’m not sure if I should tell my new apartment complex or get a private exterminator. Any suggestions or stories would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone. If I get a private exterminator how much would it cost? Also, would it be reasonable to ask the old complex to pay for it? Or at least the money we lost?

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I have a friend coming to visit me from NY next month and a few weeks ago they got bed bugs in their apartment. Even though they have been treating properly, thrown away their beds & other items, & had an exterminator come in several times, I have read that it can take up to 4 months for all of the eggs to die.

What are the chances that she could be carrying eggs on her?

Is there anything I can do ahead of time to assure that if she does carry eggs with her they die and do not hatch? A bug bomb ahead of time?

Thanks!

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my apartment is infested with bed bugs i get bit regularly and severly my husband who i share a bed with never gets a single bite why? are they attracted to certain blood types or what

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Okay, so I have a friend who has been getting these bites and recently found out that she had bed bugs. About a week ago, I went over to her apartment and absentmindedly sat on her bed to watch some youtube videos. Now I’m finding these red spots that I thought might just be acne, but they’re starting to show up on my legs. How worried should I be about having bedbugs now?

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I can’t see the little SOBs ,like invisible to the naked eye .Clean the hell out of my apartment with a aray of things no luck rash from them ..Is there a certain medicine I can take anyone else have this problem?

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Last week my next door neighbor stopped me in the hallway to inform me that the 5th floor had a few reports of bed bugs (we live on the 6th floor). Ironically enough, 2 days later I had 2 bites on my legs and my boyfriend had a few on his stomach. I flipped out and went to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought vinyl mattress covers and white sheets and sprayed the hell out of my apartment with bed bug spray. We also cleaned the place from top to bottom. We found NOT ONE BED BUG on our mattress or box spring. Since having the white sheets we also haven’t had any fecal or blood traces. We also had our super bring in a PCO to make sure we were clear; he claimed me were, but we had a few beetles so he told us to use a fogger to get rid of those and suggested maybe moqsuitos were biting us.

Fast forward 2 days and my neighbor tells me that she found a few bed bugs on her mattress. Does this mean that perhaps they’re in the wall and that’s why I haven’t found them on our bed or frame???

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And the little bugs were spreading to other apartments. The exterminator was spraying one apartment at a time with a week in-between.
There are people who could have a violent reaction–very few, but there are–and they could go into anaphylactic shock and possible die from a reaction. (There are a lot of handicapped and elderly people where I live).

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I used the HOT SHOT Bedbug and Flea spray but a person told me they will wake up again after seven days and then start biting me and that I have to freeze them and change all the bed which would be the best solution, please advice best solution to get rid of bugs
So, the Bedbugs can only be Controlled and not Fully Killed ?, if I have to do a Full Cleaning, of the entire apartment, it may not be possible, because this is a big house with about 8 rooms, the others who live in other rooms don’t have any problems…its just my room, esp my bed….Is there a way the pesticide company will fully kill them ?
I am planing on buying a new matress for myself, there is a big dent in the mattress through which bugs of a bigger size go in and out I guess, I sprayed inside the vent as well….however the bed is an old rut, I will definitely buy a new one…..now I found out from the guy living downstairs that he has this problem too ! now they pass through the walls and can live forever this way….I have called the Pest Control center Ehrlich and they said they can’t tell me the cost now, they will do a free inspection tomorrow and let us know what can be done…..Ideal thing am assuming would be to clean the Entire house through them….and then buy new Matress, get rid of all the furniture that guy has put in this room, cos they might be hidden anywhere….but that owner has to agree to pay to the Pesticide Company for Cleaning and Servicing…

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ok i am constantly being bitten by bugs in my apartment. I see them crawling on my bed and at first i thought they were bed bugs. I got mad because my mattress was bought new and is only 2 years old and i thought i would have to throw it away. Then someone told me they could possible be fleas from the other residents who have pets. I have ALOT of residents with pets. They told me you rarely ever see bed bugs you just get bites and see evident like bed bug poop on your bed. Yes, i have seen dark marks on the outside of my mattress but these things come out in bright daylight and they don’t really take the courtesy to hide. They just come and get me! I have seen them in the corners of my room dead cuz i sprayed a little bug spray the other night. i have even seen a few in the living room coming to get me! I was on the couch and yes two of them were under me , i turned on the light and saw them , turned my head for two secs to get some thing to kill em’ and they were gone. they mostly concentrate in the room either on the carpet or bed ( mostly bed). When i first noticed them i got bites all over my body while in bed. I broke out in hives and a first i thought i had some terrible disease and consulted a nurse who also thought they were hives. my whole arms were covered in bruise like bites ( large) and very very itchy. All my legs and just about everywhere. I have seen the bugs that did this too me and they are brown, flat, and about 1/4 of an inch in thickness. I can’t even sleep peacefully anywhere in the apartment wit these blood thirsty monsters around. What are they, and when will the leave my bedroom so i can enjoy my new bed???? How can i KILL these suckers??

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Who is responsible when bed bugs are found in an apartment? Is the landlord responsible for getting rid of the infestation? We didn’t have this problem in our last apartment, it happen after we moved – I think the apartment whole building has got it.
How I can be responsible forit when they will spray for every other kind of bug – roaches, ants ect ect . . . .

Also how does one go about proving it was already here? It’s my word against their’s isn’t it?
Bill, that’s why I am on the computer at 3.27am and not in bed. Every time I feel the slightest itch I am out of my bed like a shot of lightening but at this rate I won’t be getting any sleep at all for weeks until I can get this place under control.

I wish I could just drop everything and run for the hills but alas I cannot.

Thanks for the sympathy, I needed it. And I will look into the renter’s rights down here and see what I can find. Thank you.
Zero – I did read through my lease and no where in it does it implicitly state who is repsonsible for pest control, it simply says they can enter your home to spray if you aren’t there to let them in.

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I just moved into a apartment a little over 2 months ago and found out there are bed bugs currently in there. I have brand new furniture, I don’t stay at hotels, and I don’t have frequent visitors, so I know they couldn’t of came from anywhere else. I am worried if the apartment complex says its my fault and I will have to pay to have it cleaned. Is there anyway to be able to prove the bugs didn’t come from me?

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I have discovered bed bugs in my apartment recently and they are driving me nuts. I am going to have family visiting on Thanks giving and they will stay. What do I do? How much do those professional charge? How many treatments are needed?

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Even tho it is required by law, my landlord refuses to hire a professional to exterminate bed bugs. The company claims they have sent their maintenance crew to train for bed bug removal. They also claim Orkin has provided them with commercial bed bug spray that they are using in our apartments. Normally, the maintenance comes in and sprays around for 2 minutes then leaves. Since my nieghbor and I have recently complained to them about their negligence they decided to soak everything in my apartment today with this spray. They stayed in my apartment for exactly 30 minutes today spraying everything. They have given the tenants memos that state – "The 4 products used are commercial grade, but they are non toxic to humans and animals." However, when the maintenance comes to spray they always wear gloves and face masks. When they were spraying I couldnt help but cough as I could feel it in the back of my throat. My daughter also started coughing. When the guys left I could hear them coughing in the hallway. It has been about 4 hours and my apartment still smells horrible and I now have a huge headache and feel lightheaded.
I just emailed them for the MSDS (material safety data sheet). I have a feeling they will fail to provide it. Does anyone have any idea what it is they could be spraying and if it is possible to spray too much even tho its "non toxic?" I am fed up with these people.

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It’s been six months since bed bugs are disturbing us in our apartment, after fumigation apparently they look less in quantity and found scattered in our apartment but not completely cleaned, we are four people (2 adults + 2 children) in apartment. Anybody please advice.

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My friend moved to London and left me responsible for her apartment.

I get a call from the sublettee this morning stating that there are bed bugs in the entire building. This has become a growing problem in New York City.

What do I need to do…on behalf of my friend to solve this problem…quickly. I need to know the law before I call up the management company or petition the building.
1. Subletting is legal.
2. Apartment was furnished…mattress and bed were brand spanking new.
3. Extermination clause…I don’t know.
4. Pia (my best friend) has lived there for 10 years; she handled everything with the landlord directly.

I think you are misunderstanding…someone else in the building brought the bedbugs in…not Pia nor her sublettee. However, they spread from apartment to apartment. The sublettee understandably wants to move out if the problem is not resolved. Therefore, I want to see that the entire building is fumigated. I will take care of the bed and cleaning my self…but I need the entire building fumigated ASAP.

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Iv’e tried bombs for bed bugs repeatedly. Bed bug spray i bought online. Bed bug spray from home depot. Washed every porous item on hot water, threw out ALL my furniture and moved to a different apartment in my building ( that last one was my landlords "remedy for the problem") AND STILL they bite me. Aside from hiring an exterminator HOW WILL THEY DIE? I need a solution on a minimum wage budget!Please help. Any product i can buy or ancient secret of some kind?

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We have called a professional service and 1st time they sprayed something, we actually noticed an increase in these bugs!
Then, they changed the carpets. Yet, bugs remain. Seems like they were reduced (maybe)!

In the kitchen, we noticed a lots of roaches (varying sizes) that show up as we shut off the light during night and there are bed bugs that show up in the beds during late nights!

They told us to spray Boric powder all over and vacuum after leaving it for few hours. We have not yet done it!

What are other "effective" ways to tackle this situation?

Thanks in advance!
What kind of fogger’s can be used in the apartment?
Where do I get those Raid roach bombs?
The service I mentioned is provided by the Apartment folks — they replaced the carpet and sprayed a couple of times.

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They are all over the apartment complex, but they are in my couch, not in my bed. I have cats and am afraid of pesticides. Will they harm the cats? How do I get rid of the bugs?

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I moved in with my mother-in-law about a month ago because of a bed bug problem in my apartment, so i’m curious that IF i brought any, how soon will they start to show their disgusting selves?? I left ALL my furniture behind and I only brought clothes, shoes, handbags and important papers and pictures…i washed all clothes before bringing it. BUT if i happen to bring one, can you tell me?

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We are going out of town in two weeks and chose to rent a car instead of put the miles on our old chevy, we had gotten bed bugs from a apartment complex who had many problems with them before but "forgot" to inform us, so I am slightly paranoid about the little bugs now. Has anyone ever gotten then or know anyone who has gotten them from a rental car?

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How come the bed bugs in my apartment are only in my master bedroom and living room? In between the master bedroom and the living room is the other bedroom and that bedroom has no bed bugs at all. They’ve gone all the way from the MB to the living room but left the room in between? How is that possible?

Also how do i get rid of them while I’m moving in 5 weeks. I don’t want to bring them to the new house and i don’t want them in the future so how do i prevent them forever?

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Is it the landlords responsibility to take care of bed bugs when it is the tenants who have brought them into an apartment. This is in Medford Massachusetts. Most likely brought into the apartment by people who might have been living there without actually being part of the lease.

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I’m fairly certain that I have bed bugs living in my apartment and I want to get rid of them, so is this my landlord’s responsibility or my own? Will I be required to pay for an exterminator if the infestation needs it or will my landlord?

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We have a bed bug problem in our apartment!
I’ve only seen two (live) bed bugs, but the gross part is their tiny, white sand-like eggs are all over my bed frame. The eggs are like wedged in-between the wood where I can’t get to them!
How do we get rid of this problem? The only way I can scrape out the eggs is to literally break my bed frame in half! We’re trying to spray things inside the crack; I tried Febreeze, will that kill the eggs?
Please please help us, we’ve never had bed bugs ever before!
I’m totally freaking out about the idea of sleeping on top of a whole community of disgusting little parasites, HELP!

I can’t afford to throw away my bed!
Will Lysol kill them?
Also can’t afford exterminator; omg is this situation worse than fleas??

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We recently moved into this apartment I bought a brand spanking new bed that cost me well over 500 dollars and factory sealed, about a week later i get this strange itchy rash all over, and they still to this day 8 mos later appear more and more every night! we have told the manager several times about the issue and she has yet to do anything about it, I heard since i am having such severe reactions and since there are so many here that she should be responsible to kill the bugs, pull up the carpet and linoleum get them out of here and let us break the lease without it going against us. Is this true because something needs to be done i cant live like this much longer!

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I just moved to my apartment and I have 2 babies my daughter is 1 yr and my son is 3 weeks old…. well 1 night I woke up and I saw 2 red bugs I killed them and they had a lot of blood so I knew these were bed bugs 1 of my friend has them in her home and now I have them to I don’t want my babies to get bitten everytime I tried everything to get rid of them but they are hard 2 kill can someone plz help me or give me any advice I ha te these stupid bedbugs sometimes I’m even scared of falling asleep cuz I always find them in my bed I think I rather have roaches than these nasty bugs

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I had bed bugs on my bed and ended up throwing away the matress cause I tried the whole putting a matress cover on but that didn’t work and I have a carpet in my room so i’m sure they’re hiding in that too and they’re even on my little brothers bed(who shares the room with me) and in my older brothers bed who’s in the next room over but before I start vacumming every single spot I can is there any certain SURE WAY to kill them powder I can use to put all over the carpet instead of just vacumming cause we’re about to move from this apartment but I don’t want to bring them along

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I live in Brooklyn, where, unfortunately, there is a severe bed bug problem. I’ve been lucky enough to live here for 2 years without being infested. (knock on wood.) However, so many friends who have had the pests have freaked me out so much that I’m considering getting the apartment I’m about to move into fumigated or sprayed even though there seem to be no sign of the buggers.
Is there a downside to this, other than cost? Or a better way to keep from getting bed bugs while moving?

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I have bed bugs in my apartment…Any way to get rid of them?
That doesnt work
neither does the spray
None of these work
I washed, and called the extermiator, none of these are working
And they bite really bad

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I have been following a buddhist philosophy for a few years now, and I do not kill bugs that I find in my apartment, I just put them in a jar and let them go outside. Now there is a bed bug epedimic in my area and I am pretty sure my apartments have them, and it looks like the other tenants and my landlord are not wanting to do much about it. The only way out of this with out spraying pesticides would be to get rid of EVERYTHING I own and move. I am a student and am quite poor so this is not an easy thing for me to do. I have heard that since I live in an apartment they can transfer HIV from one person to another and other deseases. Just thought I would see how other buddhists would deal with this situatuion.

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I have been following a buddhist philosophy for a few years now, and I do not kill bugs that I find in my apartment, I just put them in a jar and let them go outside. Now there is a bed bug epedimic in my area and I am pretty sure my apartments have them, and it looks like the other tenants and my landlord are not wanting to do much about it. The only way out of this with out spraying pesticides would be to get rid of EVERYTHING I own and move. I am a student and am quite poor so this is not an easy thing for me to do. I have heard that since I live in an apartment they can transfer HIV from one person to another and other deseases. Just thought I would see how other buddhists would deal with this situatuion.

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Alright, as many of us are aware, in the past few years, bed bugs have been on the rise in epidemic proportions in America. Unfortunately for me, I have them. Yeah, it’s gross.
I’m sure it’s bed bugs, I’ve done tons of research, and seen/killed them on my bed.
On the internet, websites suggest to keep the area clean and free of clutter, but that wont help me because my area is absolutely spotless. I barely have furniture! And I am the living anti-clutter. Anyways…

The websites say that the University of Florida have come up with the simple idea of using a controlled heat evironment containing the affected furniture.
But that got me to thinking. Experts also say that putting your clothes in the dryer will give off enough heat to kill the bugs.
So… why not just crank up the heat in the house?

And I don’t mean just turn on the heat.
Monday is going to be 100 degrees here. What if I turned the A/C off and turned the heat on? All the way, with the fan on, so it will continue to blow even after the thermostat reaches 100 degrees. I’m throwing my bed away, too. Obviously, this poses some kind of risk, right? I guess I can unplug almost everything, and take out all of the aresol cans and things of melty nature. Is this really a bad idea or am I really thinking the right way? I have no idea if I’m crazy due to just wanting to get rid of them so badly and avoiding the rental office and exterminator drama that will ensue at my apartment, or if this can actually work and I’m somewhat smart. =)

So I guess to sum up my questions, I want to know if you guys think it will work, and if you guys think it’s totally safe or unsafe.

Thanks everyone.
Tony, if you had read what I wrote, you would have found that I am throwing away my whole bed. And what do you even mean by, "you cant get rid of bed bugs". Simply throwing the bed away isn’t going to get rid of them, I don’t know what YOU think. But, anyhow, what I wrote really wasn’t that long, and if it seems long to you, then you’re not the kind of person I want even answering my question anyway.
Steven, that is kind of what I feared. You’re right… the air might be unbearable, but the actual walls and furniture and such probably wont get that hot. …. =/

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