I just noticed one bug in my bed i ran out and bought all these kinds of bed bug sprays and sprayed my mattress. When i did i noticed little black stains that smeared when i touched them. Is that bed bugs? If so, can i beat them on my own? What can i do? How long will it take to get rid of them? Please help. I dont have alot of money to get an exterminator.

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I have bed bugs in my apartment this is the first time i ever have this its annoying i cannot afford an exterminator and my landlord thinks its too much to pay for i have talked to her about this issue millions of times in the last month and she refuses to help! just four days ago i started using my own home remedies i got the iron and started ironing all my mattress and carpet! in the room the steam helped a lot i haven’t gotten bit but i’ve been steaming in everyday i threw away clothes bagged up all the shoes sprayed hot shot on them and closed it my clothes i haven’t done because i don’t have enough money to wash every clothing item and what not i threw out some furniture that was inside the room. Today i am doing the living room i took out my center table and the chairs my dinner table and chairs sprayed them also and I’m gonna do the couch and leave it outside as well gonna try to iron the whole carpet in the living room…. there’s another room too but i cant clean that one as much as i would like to cause we rented but its seems like ever since that person moved in we got this issue i try to clean it when that person is not here but its impossible i wish i could just throw everything in that room away! I’m frustrated i can take it anymore i wanna runaway haha but anyways has anyone used any of their own home remedies and how have you gotten rid of those filthy bugs and cheap products you guys recommend or anything please help!

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I’m currently not working and can not afford much of anything.. Therefore, I can not afford an exterminator or even plastic bed covers.

What I have bought is hot shot bed bug and flea aerosol spray.
My concern is using it on my mattress.
I do not own and can not afford a steam cleaner.
Is it safe to spray hot shot on your mattresses and just let it dry and vacuum?
Is it safe to spray on clothes in your home? (not the clothes you’re wearing, but the ones in your closet, drawers, ect.)

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I threw out the infested mattress last week, and I sprayed everything with the bully bed bug spray. I vacuumed so much my carpet looks brand new. I’ve checked furniture and everything. Last nite I was awake and killed about 10 big ones. what more can I do?

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I bought a used mattress and with all the bed bug talk, I bought a plastic cover for the mattress. It’s been over 7 months, can I safely remove the plastic? I heard bed bugs feed off human flesh. True? Am I safe that they all died? Thanks

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Okay so I just redid my room and I got new furniture and a new mattress. A few nights later I started to get bitten and they couldn’t be mosquito bites. I just got bitten and ran to turn the lights on and I found a bed bug. I’m so grossed out but I have no idea how to treat this. Can someone help please?

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I moved to the new furnished apartment at the end of January. The first night there, I saw a bed bug. It looked exactly like one on the pictures. What strange about it, is that it was around 11 pm and all the lights were turned on when the beg came out. I freaked out and called my landlord immediately. The next day the exterminator came and inspected the mattress. He didnt find any signs of bed bugs, but sprayed the whole apartment anyway. Since then, I have never had any bites ( I didnt even have them the first night) and never seen any blood on the sheets or any other signs. My bf stayed over couple of times, but didnt have any bites either.
Its april now and I was sure that they magically disappeared until my friend told me today that some ppl might get bitten for months and never have any visible bites. She also told me that poison never kills them and if I saw one in January, I might still have them. Help!!!! Im freaking out!!!
Is it possible I have them and me and my bf dont get any reaction? Did I have them in the first place? Is it possible that there was only one bed bug living in the apartment and when I killed it, there were none left?

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I’m an asthmatic and bed bugs have really been a big problem for me, so i need a real solution fast. i don’t have the cash at the moment for a new mattress, so i just wanted to see if i could get so good help quick.

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Hi There,
I recently found about 15-20 tiny blood spots/smears on my sheets in a small cluster. I have no bites and have not seen any other evidence of bed bugs, but I am paranoid and strongly believe "Better safe than sorry". Luckily, I am moving in less than a month. If I do have bed bugs how can I safely move without bringing any? What should I do other than wash everything that can be washed? What can I do about my mattress/box spring (I can’t afford to throw it out and get a new one.. especially if I don’t 100% know that i have bugs)? What should I do with my furniture (Dressers, shelves, night stands, couch, dining room table… etc.)? What about other things I cannot wash such as picture frames, books, lamps, cat scratchers, chairs, DVD’S, laundry baskets, GUITAR AND GUITAR CASE, and ELECTRONICS?? Should I totally ignore everything in the living room or should I treat every single thing I own? Including kitchen things like cups, plates, microwave, toaster oven, blender??

I have read that renting a moving truck and heating it to 120+ degrees for a few hours would kill bed bugs on anything in the truck. How does that work? What items should I not put in the truck? Should they be placed apart from each other, or does it matter?

Also, there are obviously some things that cannot be heated that much. For those items, what can I do??

I realize that there is a good chance I am freaking out over nothing, but I don’t like the idea of having tiny bugs suck my blood while I sleep and I don’t want to take any chances!

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They are NOT bed bugs, they are active in the daytime and there are no signs of bugs on my mattress. No matter how many I kill, I always find more the next day on my window sill and a few on my bed sometimes. They are black, very small, with what looks to me like white stripes? They are quite furry, I mean they have white hair. I have no idea where they are coming from but I cannot even be comfortable in my own room anymore, how can I get rid of them for good? My father refuses to call the exterminator -___-

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A recent television ad selling mattresses said that one reason you should replace your mattress every eight years is because it doubles its weight in dust mites every eight years. Can that possibly be true?

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I saw few articles by some people online and they claim they managed to kill bed bugs with dettol. How true is this? I heard they cant be killed easily so thats why Im skeptical that dettol will do the job though I really hope it will. Has anyone tried it?

Do I really have to hire pest exterminator even though its mild infestation? Its really costly and there are no guarantee the bugs will disappear for good.

And how long should I wait after cleaning the room (discard old mattress and bed frames) before I can bring in the new ones so that the bugs will not infest in my new bed?
somehow i finally manage to try spraying some dettol on bed bugs. it kills them instanly. 3 were killed!

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I have major dust in my bedroom. Seems I can dust and then its all back an hour or so later. I have no windows open and the furnace is not on, even if it was there is a brand new filter in there. I have to rewash my bedsheets but how do I treat dust that may have gotten on my mattress and in my carpet? I dont want to use anything harsh, preferably something natural if possible

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I’ve recently spotted two bed bugs on my bed. I’ve looked at pictures online and am sure that they are bed bugs.
I got a new mattress 10 months ago, wash my bedding and curtains regularly every week, and clean my room (and closet) every week as well, in short, my room is always clean–so its really annoying that I have these bugs lurking in my bedroom, especially since the purpose of my "compulsive" cleaning is to keep my bedroom vermin-free.

How do I get rid of them effectively? I’ve read that sealing my mattress in plastic would kill the bugs (over a period of time), I’m willing to do this but where can I get a plastic big enough to fit my mattress (full size).
Any other suggestions will greatly be appreciated, since I’ve only spotted two so far in about a month’s time, the problem doesn’t seem bad now, regardless, its disgusting and I want to take care of this before it gets bad.

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They are NOT bed bugs, they are active in the daytime and there are no signs of bugs on my mattress. No matter how many I kill, I always find more the next day on my window sill and a few on my bed sometimes. They are black, very small, with what looks to me like white stripes? They are quite furry, I mean they have white hair. I have no idea where they are coming from but I cannot even be comfortable in my own room anymore, how can I get rid of them for good? My father refuses to call the exterminator -___-

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Hi! I recently found my daughters bed infested with bed bugs..so I threw her mattress out and dresser. I have been thinking we might have had them because I’ve been getting bit for about a month now. I searched my bed and found no evidence..except one day I was laying on the bed and seen a bed bug crawling right towards me! I don’t know what to do.. I called Orkin out earlier and he didnt see any in my room, but did find a dead one in my daughters room. I have a 4 bedroom mobile home and it would be 200.00 a room or 900 for the heat treatment. What should I do??? Should i try and treat it myself? I’ve been vaccuming constantly and have hardwood floors. Ive sprayed a bed bug spray but still getting bites at night. No one else is but me, but my son has had a few bites on him. Shoud I just pay for mine and my daughters room to get treated or the heat? please help..my friend seems to think im just crazy…but im getting bites all over!
Yeah, i’ve read alot that foggers do not work, it only makes it worse. I just got a call from a local pest control that would charge 250 to do the house and i would have to sign a 5 month contract for them to come back and spray for 40.00 a month. Should i go with Orkin(which is an older company) or the local company thats cheaper? Im just so tired of all this…I feel like im being eaten out of my home..and who has money for all this crap? Im just lucky I guess because I have money in savings, but definetly wasnt looking to spend it on this.

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I have dust mites upstairs and had an exterminator here, but after three days the bugs came back. It is hotter upstairs so I have no bugs downstairs. I live in Arizona where it is very hot.

One way to kill them is to freeze them. Is there any type of spray that I could buy that would tend to freeze the bugs. They are heavy in the mattress.

Thank you.

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For a while, every time I would lay down to go to bed I would itch uncontrollably. I began to think that maybe I had bed bugs, though I had no bites. Not long after that I saw a tiny little brown bug in my room. I killed it and told my family that I thought that maybe there were bed bugs in my room. They didn’t believe me and said that I was crazy. After that, I washed all of my linens and curtains an dvacuumed my box spring and mattres. I haven’t been itchy at night for a long time now but yesterday I discovered three bites on my legs. They aren’t near each other or in rows like most bed bug bite pictures I have seen. I just checked my mattress and box spring and didn’t come across anything too suspicious. No dead bugs or anything like that. There are some stains on the box spring but I’m not sure if they are bed bug stains. I vacuumed the box spring and mattress again and am washing everything in hot water as I type this. I also sprayed the bed with lysol and have my bedroom window open. I keep my room pretty clean and haven’t stayed in any hotels as of late so I don’t know how I could have gotten them. I’m not sure what to do since my family doesn’t believe, me I can’t call an exterminator.

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I have a bed bug cover on my dorm mattress, but how would I go about removing it without letting the bugs out all over my room? Also, how would you recommend washing or removing the bedbugs from it so I can use it again?

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Ok so I got a bed from a friend and I started noticing bites all over me . I found out they were from bed bugs because I actually found them in the bed , I got rid of the box spring and mattress and vacuumed the entire room thoroughly . Is there anything else I should do to make sure they are gone ? Please help ! Thanks

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I just want to know. I thought about tide, rubbing alcohol, lysol, windex, bug spray, etc. I wonder if a combinations of lysol and windex or tide with Clorox beach or any of it could kill them. I also would like to know if washing dark and delicate clothes (as well pinks) with hot water would be a good idea (I usually do that with my whites) because I heard that hot water will kill them. And should I wash my clean clothes just in case? I’d like to know if I should wash my mattress as well as my bed spring and bed frame, cover it up for a year, or to toss it. Anyway, my hair and my skin have been itching for over a week and I stand it anymore. Even if I take a shower, it still itches and it seems like welts and rashes on my body. What should I do to stop the itching? What products should I use to stop the itching of my hair and skin?

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i’m always so concerned about whether my mattress is clean? Also no only do I want to know how I would find out if I had Bed Bugs(and can not visible see them) How would I get ride of them or prevent them as a caution?

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I had bed bugs since a year ago. i did not notice them since july of 2010. I tried cleaning the house by sweeping, watching sheets and spraying chemicals but they are still there. i kill like 50 everyday and they don’t seem to decrease numbers. i believe they are sucking at least a liter of my blood every week . I called the bug exterminator and after spraying chemicals he told me not to stay in the house for 3 days until the chemical effect is done. i waited in my friends house for three days and when i return they are still some left. i bought new mattress, bed sheets and pillows and they still there. man, why aren’t they disappearing. one night in the middle of the night i found 5- 10 of them in my legs sucking my blood. i got up and seek to stay in my friends house. i mean they are found in my bed room living room and kitchen. What? do i have to now move out to different apartment for them to get off my house? Any bed bugs experts out there. man they are the worst bugs in the world. i wished i had mice or roaches instead of them. can you please give me advise?

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anything but throw out mattress

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are there appraisers that do this or what should I do. it was stuff like mattress beds frames couches chairs toys electronics speakers please advise. bed bugs have ruined my life Thanks

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I have terrible itchiness in bed. What should I do? My mum tips her mattress. Will this help?

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I just saw a bug on my blanket…it was really tiny and brown. I smashed it before I could even really compare it to a picture of a bed bug. I googled the image, and I’m not sure if it was the same thing.

I took my blanket, searched…took off my bed sheets and looked in the cracks of the mattress but found nothing.

Now I’m afraid to sleep lol

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Found bed bug on the bed sheets, but none on the mattress. Would Good night bed bug spray get rid of them just in case if i do have anymore in the room?
http://images.bizrate.com/resize?sq=220&uid=1140381873 <– this is the spray

thanks

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I don’t have a bed frame, so my bed doesn’t have any legs. It’s just a box spring and a mattress. Do I coat the Vaseline around my box spring?

I haven’t seen any obvious signs of bed bugs (no blood spots, feces, or eggs so far), but I’ve been getting itchy red spots after waking up in the morning for the past 3 days.

Any tips on how to catch/trap these little suckers would be greatly appreciated.

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Has anyone used any of those bed bug kits you can buy on the internet that come with sprays and mattress covers? I have bed bugs and I want to rid them!!

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I wondered if anyone knows of a spray I can use that would get rid of them, if there are any in the mattress I bought. Is it likely fleas can get into the mattress? I am worried as its my 8 year old daughter that has to sleep in it and I dont want her to get bitten. I want to get rid of them before she sleeps in it. We dont have any pets so is it impossible for them to survive in our house anyway?

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I have some bed bugs that I recently have picked up from an hotel or two, and am usually bitten once a night. But i’m moving soon, and since I know they could be just about anywhere, what should my strategy be to make sure that they don’t hitch a ride with me? I’m junking the mattress.

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Do the mattress covers that say they protect against dust mites protect against bed bugs also?

For those who do not know dust mites and bed bugs are different insects.
Thanks guys I will look into both of your suggestions.

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I recently found out i might have dust mites. i just purchased a new comforter that i have not slept in yet but i am wondering if it is going to be more harmful then maybe a blanket or quilt. I am wondering what type of fabric is best. I really don’t want this problem to get worse? i just bought all the mattress covers and pillow protectors.thanks

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its actually in my baby’s room..she sleeps in the crib tho but this bed is in her room as well..i had just taken out the bed sheet from it like a week bak..n today wen i was changing my baby..i found these lil tiny black bugs..they’r not even tht noticeable..thts how tiny they are..i just saw them moving here n there..i killed the ones tht i found rite there by smacking them..but i need to kno wat they are and how do i get rid of them from my mattress??
cuz im afraid watever these r..there may be more..n probly some laid eggs too!! the mattress is not even old at all..i bot it last yr in may…plz help!! thanku
ok again my daughter’s crib is in tht room and also another bed..the bugs tht i found are not in my babies crib..i found these bugs on the other bed’s mattress

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