I am putting a clear plastic window in the side of my mattress to create a bed bug farm, similar to an ant farm. Where can I order some live ones?

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About a week and half ago I was dog sitting for a friend, on the 2nd day I found a can of bed bug spray. The next morning I woke up with 2 bites. I went home that day. That was a Sunday. By Wednesday I had 3 differnt spots with 3 bites. That night I doused my bed and box springs with alcohol. I found 1 dead bed bug. The next day I bought a mattress cover. I repsrayed everything again including the floor and then covered box springs and mattress sealing any seams with duct tape. I have since then been spraying everything everyday with alcohol including covered bed. The extermintor told me I was probably all set because I sprayed everything and covered bed almost immediatly. I inspected my bed with the help of my roommate and we did not find any eveidence of bed bugs..just the one dead one after I had sprayed. Should I trust him?

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Because I’ve been losing my tan and just remembered that my mattress hasn’t been vacuumed for a really long time. My blankets too. When I was at my brothers house, it would take at least a week to start losing my tan and it was only a few days when I went back to my bed 2 days and I’m the skin color I was naturally..

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Okay so my gf just broke the news that her mom found bed bugs in her room. Now i feel COMPLETELY paranoid about going to her house or her coming to mine because she or i may transport these DISGUSTING things. I just now checked my mattress and i know i dont have them! It’s just a scary thing. What should i do? I honestly dont feel comfortable to go to her house even after they get an exterminator.

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In the building that i live in at the moment has a huge bed bug problem. Now I have bed bugs in my apartment. The exterminator came 5 days ago and sprayed. The following evening I was still getting bites. I read somewhere online about DE. I bought a bag and last night put it in a salt shaker and went crazy pouring it all over the edge of my apartment. All around my bed and under the mattress.. Just the whole outline of the apartment. Around the furniture etc. My nose is dry, i have a headache. My cat is very small and I can tell she doesn’t like it. (She climbed all the way to the top of this closet shelve and i just don’t know how she did it! after pouring this stuff all over.
Is this stuff bad to inhale? Is it just as bad as breathing asbestos? My neighbor says i have to leave it for 10 days and then vacuum it. And how I should just bag everything with BLACK industrial size plastic bags and lay them out in the sun so the bugs can heat up and die…I used whtie plastic bags.. and bought some plastic storage containers to store my clean laundry and she was like it’s not good cuz they probably will crawl in anyways.. I am just going crazy! I just read so many different things I don’t know what to do. and I am worried about my cat. And am not too crazy about the exterminator coming back again in two weeks to spray cuz then we will have to leave again for 6 hours .. and i have no money to take her to the vet to hang out. And i have also read horrible things about pets getting sick because of the bug spray.. HELP PLEASE I AM DESPERATE!
Hello thanks for your prompt response. It is NOT the kind for swimming pools. http://www.pcsoutdoors.com/saferbrandantandcrawlingdiatomaceousearthinsectkiller4lbpowder5170b.aspx
This is a link that shows which one I bought.
So tomorrow I will get a mask and vacuum it. Should I put more of it down again? did i just used it excessively? There is this whole ordeal (legally) going on in the building already. The cheap ass landlord is just stretching it. I just wanted to do something extra between now and the next time the pest control guy comes back.
Anybody have any other suggestions on how to properly store linens and clothes? Do i have to consider saran wrapping the containers shut?

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In May, my youngest son attended a camp for three weeks. When he came home, unintentionally he brought home a little surprise. I obviously had no idea for a while why he was receiving bites all over his body, I just brushed it off as misquotes. As time progressed I started receiving bites and my other son also started getting bitten up. I was still completely confused until one day I was laying in bed and saw something crawling on me. I obviously killed the bug but had no idea what it was so, I did my Google homework. I basically found out this bug was a Bed Bug. Once I learned what it was I inspected the mattress and my son’s was completely infested. I ended up throwing it out because it was so badly infested. I also inspected my mattress in which I only found one bug and only like 3 small blood stains. I vacuumed it very well and put it in a bed bug vinyl bag (bed and box spring). luckily my eldest sons bed did not show any signs of infestation but i vacuumed it anyway and also put it in a bag (bed and box spring). Also before even moving my sons new mattress into the house i encased it in a bag. The thing is, I still see them sometimes, on the bathroom floor and I know my sofa’s are infested. If anyone sits on them they get bitten. I don’t know what to do. It’s a brand new living room set, that I payed close to 2,000 dollars for. As a single mother living on a Nursing Assistants incoming, I honestly can’t afford to throw it away. Yet, I can’t afford to hire a professional. I called around and it’s 1,000 dollars, and most companies said it will probably take multiple treatments. I spent my entire day crying my eyes out. I don’t know what to do. I can’t live like this. I feel like a pig. I mean I’m going to try to rid myself of the problem but It’s already cost me close to 1000$ between replacing the mattress and box spring, buying bags for the beds, and buying the "good night" spray at home depo. I’m going to spray my sofa’s in this spray which seems to work really well (it’s non toxic and can be used directly on fabric). Then I bought foggers, I’m going to fog the entire house. Then I’m going to cover my sofa’s in plastic, with a staple gun and put sofa slip covers over them. I don’t know what else to do. I feel so helpless. Do you think this will work? I plan to launder the covers every week and do regular vacuuming of baseboards. I also plan on fogging once more. Anyone experienced these horrible little bugs? What did you do? Advice, is more then welcomed!

Btw. How can I avoid my eldest son bringing them to college with him. I’m so worried in the fall he will bring them to college with him.

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That’s what I’m wondering… they don’t just appear out of thin air or from the crevices of your mattress?

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Before you contact an exterminator, that is. How do you stop them biting you at night until they’re dealt with?
What about putting the mattress / boxpsring in a vynil mattreess protection bag?

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I watch the news about bedbugs and decided to research them. That same night, I saw the little critter crawl around my bed. It looked like a skinny little bug, like a little black ant, except it had two parts instead of three.

The other day, I saw a fat bug that looked like the little bugs you see crawling in your grain or flour.

I saw red bumps on my breasts, I thought were mosquito bites, and I will freak out if there were mosquitoes.(I don’t want west nile.) Then I saw bumps on my shoulders I thought were acne.

I also saw little blood spots. I thought those blood spots were my period, but there’s no way I would bleed in a bed corner.

What kind of bugs are these? Do you think I have bedbugs? And what are those bugs that crawl into your flour?

Is there any way, that I can get rid of these bugs without getting a new mattress? Mattresses are expensive and I just got a new one.

And how to I prevent them? I’m not very good with hygiene. Does poor hygiene have something to do with it?

Are they dangerous? Are they going to kill me?

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I was given a matress that was infected with bed bugs, we sprayed the matress and continued to get bitten. we eventually threw out the matress and burned it. Now we have a new matress and have seen more bedbugs, one on the box spring of the mattress(which is also new) and one on the bedroom chair.

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So I had my old mattress thrown out because of beg bugs, along with my white vinyl covered wood frame because of bed bugs. I heard recently there has been a huge outbreak of them. Once I threw out my stuff vacuumed and took everything out of the room. Now about a month later I notice a bed bug. I don’t see anymore I just saw one. Before my brand new mattress gets infested anyone got any tips of what I can do? I am extremely angry because I thought I got rid of them and then spent about six hundred dollars on a new mattress. Should I spray my mattress and entire room down with some kind of bed bug spray or what? Thanks to everyone that can help
If they feed on dead skin, why did I have bites all on my arms?

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they come out at night and its creepy. they used to nest in duct tape that i used to hang up posters. they nest in the corners of my mattress and box spring and leave little black dots everywhere. i cant be the only one to come across these things. (they bite too)

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Is it a waste of time to spray my mattress with hydrogen peroxide between sheet changes? I’m trying to cut down on allergens in the bedroom and I wanted to know "does hydrogen peroxide kill dust mites on a mattress"?

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My mother has them in her apartment and I seemed to have bought them with me to my own apartment. About two weeks ago i noticed 5 bites in one particular area on my ankle. Thought it was just an allergic reaction to something. Then two days later i saw 6 more bites on the same leg. By then i was thinking i could have bed bugs. After this incident, i have not been bitten for a few days. Today, i finally saw one crawling in my sheets. Could this be the only one that has been biting me and not my husband? have considered the fact that i do visit my mother’s apartment frequently, the fact that i only got the bites and my husband has not, and that they are only in my room. Could i just have a few? maybe the one i found today and killed was the main one that bit me

As for exterminating them, i have gotten plastic covers for my mattress, put my clothes in plastic bags and will be cleaning my entire room with Clorox, including my mattress.
i forgot to mention that
i moved this new apartment in a new house a 1 yr ago and have only noticed the bed bug for about 2 weeks. Since its a new apartment i don’t have much furniture in my room except a wooden tv stand, a tv, and a closet that has sliding wooden doors.

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Ok so I was sitting in my bed reading when I noticed a small brown bug walking on my bed (towards me). I later read about bed bugs and the bug matched the pictures I saw. I also have been waking up lately with 1 or 2 bites, which I thought were mosquito bites until now. I searched my room for places where they hide, and even sprayed my furniture, carpet, mattress, box spring, and well everywhere possible (with bed bug killer spray). I didn’t find a "nest" so I was wondering if maybe I was overreacting. Is it possible to have a single bed bug on your bed? Because I only had a few bites at a time, which didn’t look like the bites a swarm does (I saw pictures). I slept in my parent’s room for a night and didn’t get bit either. I was also wondering if there was a way to prevent more from coming. I heard vaseline on your bed legs helps but well I’m not very sure. Advice anyone?

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I could have sworn my house had dust mites because my room never gets vacuumed the humidity and temperature are usually high and I’m always sneezing.So I bought a 10x microscope so I could see how bad it was but when I looked at my mattress and furniture I couldn’t see anything does this mean that my house doesn’t have dust mites.Over the winter months the humidity drops to about 45% could this have eliminated them?

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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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i just noticed them a month ago. i live in a one bedroom apartment with my small pomeranian. They have infested the couch and bed, which are the main places i have seen them. I told my apartment manager and at first they said they would take care of the problem. Now they are saying if i want them out, i have to pay for it. I haven’t gotten any new furniture and honestly i dont know where they came from. they are driving me crazy because they are biting me and my dog. I can’t even bear to sit on the couch, but i can’t stop the dog from doing so. I put mattress covers on my bed and they seem to be helping in my room, but the living room is another story. I dont have the money for an exterminator, plus i only have 2 months on my lease. I have already found another place, and i know i have to take special precautions when moving.
I just don’t have the funds to pay for two places at the same time if i move. last night, i got so fed up wit them i went to my parents. i washed the dog thoroughly and dried him on high heat with a blow dryer. I washed and dried my clothes and immediately threw them and the dog in the car and ran for cover to my parents. I read articles on how not to take them with you, and they say you need to wash and dry your clothes and other items. Anything above 113F will kill them. I haven’t been able to sleep because i know they are just waiting for me. i average about 3 hours of sleep a night, and i am seriously abusing coffee. Anyways if you guys were in my situation , what would you seriously do? Give me a step by step procedure. I cant stand these things at all. they are driving me crazy, i need help
not to mention i cant even spend time with the dog because i know she has been sitting on the couch for hours accumulating them. she wants to sleep with me , but i am afraid she willl bring them in my bed again. she scratches at the door and i feel really bad. i can’t wash her everyday b4 bed..ya know!

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I noticed during the night i must have bedbugs because they bite and keep me awake during my sleep, ive tried some solutions that friends suggested to no avail. Ive washed and sprayed the sheets and mattress also.

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we only found 5,but they seem to keep biting…we killed all the ones we found,and the mattress in brand new..

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Is there a mattress/bed cover I can use and if so where can I get it?? How much might it cost??

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For the past 3 or 4 weeks I have woken up with these mysterious bites that keep appearing every morning when I wake up. I thought they were mosquito bites that came from my bus stop every morning. So I just ignored it for a couple of days, but more and more came in. My cats also had the fleas at the time, but when my mom analyzed the bites, they were too big to be flea bites. Every morning I woke up, I would get more and more bites by the minute. That’s when I started wearing bug spray. I sprayed some on my body before I went to school, but the next morning more bites came in. I was shocked. Most of the bites appeared to be on my feet and ankles. My mom said if it’s not the fleas, they are bed bugs. I learned that bed bugs usually come in when you’re dirty. I don’t see how that’s possible because I take showers every day, and if I eat in my room, I’d pick up the food. So, I bombed my room twice, vacuumed my room and my mattress from head to toe, washed my sheets, and used bug spray, and absolutely nothing helped whatsoever. I even tried making my own bed out of clean pillows, sheets and a sleeping bag, and I lasted without bugs for only 2 days. After 2 days, they fed on me even in my clean pillows and sheets. How many tries does it take to kill these little bastards? Would changing the sheets work?

I am so sick and tired of waking up every morning with new bites! What do I do to kill them? Thank you.
My room is clean, I cleaned it like 5 times already!

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My house is not dirty. I am a neat person, and this is why I was so in shock when I kept seeing tiny brown mite looking bugs crawling on my sheets. I have tried borax powder on the mattress and pest control spray around the room. Nothing seems to work, and I have had to stay in a hotel for the past two nights, which is getting expensive. I am so scared of bugs, and I don’t know what to do…

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I have seen mostly in my recent experience with Bed Bugs that they live in the box spring but how and where do they live in the mattress? Do they burrow through it somehow?

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I’m buying a bed bug protector for my mattress and need to know if the zip up covers that protect from dust mites also protect from bed bugs or if those are slightly different?

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Couple weeks ago I called to our condo Association and asked if they could help with bed bugs that I had just discovered in our bed. They offered the professional exterminators who came same day and found a bug or two in the bed. When I asked the Association who would pay for their work they said that the owners are responsible. I found out that I it would cost several hundred dollars if not thousands, and we cannot afford this expense. So we bought the bed-bug spray in the Ace Hardware store and worked all day with it. Bought the mattress and box spring protectors, disinfected everything around the bed. And canceled the extermination service. Now our condo association insists that we use the exterminators’ service at our own account and if not, they will make us pay for the extermination at our neighbors’ unit (who recently moved in and supposedly brought those bugs to us, not the other way around). I regret now that I contacted the association because now we have to deal with them. I figured that to pay their fine would be less expensive than the extermination service… Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks in advance.

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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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I have read some sites about how to control/remove dust mites and all of the stuff they leave behind. I just still need some more info about how to get rid of them from my pillow and mattress. It’s becoming a big problem and I just want as little mites as humanly possible in my mattress> Any tips or websites I need to check out?

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I have just recently discovered I have a room that is home to bed bugs. I found tiny bed bug bites all over my body in various places. I want to get rid of these pests at once, not a hit and miss try. My mom has told me to wash all of my sheets, bedding, and my dog’s bedding. and to also vaccuum the entire room. Will this help? ive been informed that JUST washing the sheets and mattress (which she didnt suggest) isnt enough. Please help me!

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I have been having a problem with some unseen bug, which leaves no trace but crawls and bites in the night. I thought it may be small bed bugs, so I sprayed my mattress with a bedding spray. The next day the room reaked of a sickly sweet urine-like smell. I am wondering if anyone knows if perhaps dead bed bugs smell like this???

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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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…really work?

Hey everyone.

Unfortunately, I’ve got a bed bug problem. The weird thing? They’re not hiding in my mattress. My guess is they’re hiding behind a loose molding in my room. Pathetically, I tried RAID. Of all things. Raid. Stupid ol’ raid. Thats right. It didn’t work. Now, all of my bedding is going in the washer/dryer, so that’s been taken care of. I know they can be INSIDE the mattress as well, because I don’t want to take any chances, I am going to get an encasement for my mattress very, very soon. But because the raid did not work, I want to try a bug bomb first, before I call the exterminator; if needed. Do bug bombs work? how do I use it? are there any other alternative ways on getting rid of bed bugs, before I call the exterminator? And I hear there is a type of lotion that kills bed bugs, what you do is put it on your body like a regular moistrizer, and if the bedbugs try to bite you, it will die from the moistrizer. Is it true? Also, how much would it be to call an exterminator? Thanks so much for the help!
Mark, I think you have fleas.

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We have a bed bug issue. When I found out several days ago I was totally disgusted and could hardly believe it happened to me!

I had noticed some bites on my son, a couple on my daughter, I’d get a few at night too, but my husband had none. At first I thought it was spiders because when we bought our house a year ago there were a lot of spiders and we ended up bombing the house to get rid of all of them.

But I saw one bed bug on my son’s bed in the early AM when I was getting him up for school. I left the lights dim while I was waking him so the nasty critter on the headboard had not hidden himself yet. I killed the bug and went on the internet where I was easily able to identify it as a bed bug. My husband and I stripped the kids beds and took the mattresses off (just for the record I change the sheets weekly). My kids have wooden beds. In the spaces between the wood and where the screws were on the beds we found them on my sons bed, it was disgusting. My daughters bed didn’t seem to have any but I did find a dead on on the floor under her bed (the exterminator said he saw egg sacks in the cracks of her bed). Our bed had three adults visible on the bottom, which I killed.

We called three exterminators and had them come out and give quotes. One said they would come out with a pesticide gas in three applications and charge us 0 (local company), another said they would use a freezing method with one application and charge us 0 (terminx), and the final one said they would use a steaming method with one application and charge us 00 (orkin). We decided to go with Orkin because the steam seemed like the best method and he seemed pretty confident he could kill them all with one application.

My husband and I were freaked so we took the kids mattress outside and put them in the garage, we also took apart their wooden beds (my husband took it apart and I steamed the bed and any bugs as he was doing it) then we wood the bed frames outside as well.

Our bed is still in our room but we haven’t slept on it. Our couch had no traces of bugs according to the exterminators so we left it in the living room. The used furniture we had in our family room we threw out just in case.

Tuesday & Wednesday night (we discovered them Tuesday morning), we bought an air mattress and slept in the family room (which is on the opposite side of the house as the bedrooms). Wednesday night something bit my ankle (only me). We moved our air mattress to the kitchen and slept there Thursday night. I woke up Thursday morning and something had bit my upper arm (only me). This whole time I had been emptying the bedrooms (without any help might I add since my husband had to work and my kids are too young to be of any help) and the exterminator couldn’t come until Monday. So I told my husband I couldn’t stand being here until they were gone so Friday I took the kids and went to a hotel where we had a good nights sleep. Then last night we stayed at my husbands parents house (don’t worry we were very careful not to bring anything with us).

Now I have been preparing for our extermination appointment on Monday this whole time which involves completely emptying the bedrooms of everything except the furniture. I have to rewash all the clothes that were in the dressers. Put all the kids toys and our possessions in plastic bags and take it out of the room until the treatment is done.

But here is my concern. I haven’t found any evidence of them being anywhere except in the beds (with exception of my son’s room I think they may have been in the guitar leaning up against his bed so i threw it out). I’ve inspected their toys, books, clothes as I’m throwing everything in bags and there is no evidence. There is no brown markings on any walls or baseboards.

I’m just worried I’m paying 00 for an extermination that I might not need. From cleaning the bedrooms it seems that as long as we either buy new mattress or put bed bug protection covers on the mattress they will be fine. I’ve already bought the kids new metal bed frames. But what makes me think we still need the extermination is the fact that I was bitten twice during the night in different rooms of the house. I know something bit me those two nights because I am allergic to bits from mostly anything, I had a white raised welt in the morning.

Anyone with experience with bed bugs please give me your opinion on this.

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i have bed bugs in my grandmother room
she slept in my room for about 3 days until she get a new mattress
i think i have bed bugs because they turn very red & iitchy
what is a way to get the bed bug bites off of your skin ? {cream spray etc.} HELPPP !!!!

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