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 was watching Dr. Oz yesterday & now I’m scared to sleep in my bed or go anywhere near things like couches & stuff. I’m a germaphobic so you probably know what’s going on haha. It’s scary, really. I also don’t know what the bed bug mattress zip up & pillow cases zip up will do. Plz, let me know :]

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How do you get rid of bed bugs? What are the cures?
I am a clean person but I haven’t slept on my sheet in about a month because i haven’t been home. When finally i did sleep on my bed i woke up to tiny red itching bumps i honestly don’t know if its a n allergic reaction or not. I came home yesterday and sprayed with pine sol and flipped my mattress over and of course washed my sheets. I slept in my bed last night and i didn’t have any bumps on my body at all. Thank god

I think i’m going through a mental thing because i read an article in the newspaper almost 2 weeks ago on How Bed Bugs making a COMEBACK!!!!!

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Anyone else obsessed with cleaning your own because of dust mites?

Does it just make your skin crawl to no end….its everywhere in everything we wear, eat, sleep, touch….

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Hi all Steve here I I had a Bed Bug Problem in my House. I called an Exterminator and he sprayed 10 times. Them came back and Said there is no sign of any Bed Bugs at all they looked in all my Dressers and beds in the house everywhere even in the basement. They looked all over my House for over 2 hours. I do not see any or have not see any in weeks. Here is the thing I even washed all my Clothing in hot hot water and dried on the hottest setting I did this several times for all my clothes. After I did this I put them in Those huge Space Saver Bags. Home Come every time I but on my Clothes I notice I have little red Round Bites all over my Body. What could this be I a loosing my Mind. I wash my Clothes every Week in the Hottest of hottest water and dry them on the Hottest Setting and put them in a Brand new Space Saver Bag. What could this marks be? I only see them after I have put on Clothes and had them on a while. I notice no new ones when I wake up from my Sleep just when I put on my Clothes. I have even slept Totally Naked just to see if I notice any new makes and I do not. I only see new marks after I have but on my Clothes and had them on a while. What could this bee are the Bed Bugs Still Living Inside all my Clothes? I have washed them all every week in the Hottest of Hot Water and Dried them on the Hottest Setting. So are they not dieing on my Clothes or is this Something else? Like I say I only see these marks after I have put on My clothes that have been washed in very hot water and dried on the hottest setting. Should I throw out all my Clothes Out or what? I thought washing and drying in the Hottest Kills bed bugs. How can I tell if they are still in my Clothes? Why are these marks only coming when I but on my Clothes. Respond all thanks

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i killed a bug my dog and husband were laying on the floor when i killed it the bug was on my husbands shirtb it had blood and kinda clear liquid come out can not sleep scared it is a bed bug how can i tell what it was tick or bed bug kinda both look the same

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Have been sleeping on a mattress that was in storage for a few years and now I am all itchy when I attempt to sleep on it. I don’t have any outward bites nor obvious blotchiness in an area. I am not sure what to suspect is causing the irritation, but I feel my skin is creepy crawly, even under my PJs. Strange, huh?

So is there some product I can use to stop bugs cold? Or must I resort to buying a new bed?

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I just move to a new aprt 4 months ago and for the last weeks I can’t ever sleep because I have bed bugs every where I told the super he came in pray some kind of stuff in a lil botlle but after 2 days I had more bed bugs then ever who ever own the building don’t want to pay to kill the bed bugs and I’m tired of missing nigth should I bring who ever owns the buillding to court cause I want to move out and I want my down deposit

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can bed bugs live in tempur pedic beds or sleep number beds?

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they are not bed bugs and i have sprayed everything — matress, wood planks under mattress with raid and other formulas but nothing works and nothing is visible except the welts on my skin. i have a dog but he is always treated for fleas.
they are not bed bugs because you can see bed bugs and these are not seen. i do not have an allergic reaction because i can sleep in other beds with no problem.
i live in puerto vallarta mexico and don’t have access to some products mentioned. it is NOT an allergic reaction because i have slept in other beds with no problem. i have no inner springs as the mattress sits on wooden planks over an iron base. they are also NOT bed bugs because you can see bed bugs. they are also NOT noseeums or chiggers because we don’t have them here.

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My friends went to the retreat last year. they slept in the hotal and there where bed bugs. u could also sleep in the cabains but the might have bed bugs there too. How do i check my bed if there is bed bugs when i get there. i already paid to go so i have to go but i don’t like the feeling that bed bugs will be in my bed.

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Just heard this on a Sleep Train radio commercial. Anyone know if this is true? How long should i keep a mattress for before replacing with a new one?

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I have bad allergies and sometimes its a dread just to sleep.

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Ever since a few years ago, I have had a huge phobia of bugs. Every type of bug you can think of, I’m scared of. I don’t know how or why it started, but it’s a pain in the butt.

Normally it hasn’t been much of a problem. If there’s a fly, wasp, or spider in the room I’ll still kill it. But…cockroaches. I can’t kill cockroaches. I am petrified of them. I know I’m way bigger of them and they can’t possibly harm me, but that doesn’t help.

I was in my bed when I noticed an odd shadow on my curtain (there’s a street light outside, so I can see a lot). I turned on the light and discovered that it was a cockroach. The window is right above my bed, so naturally I flew out of that room. I got the bug swatter (no spray; we’ve never had problems with bugs before – especially cockroaches) and went back to my room. I tried to face it, I really did, but every time I got near the thing fluttered its wings and started to fly. The thought of it flying at my face…I ran away and cried. I still am.

It’s been about an hour now, and I really need to get to bed. But the thought of going back there terrifies me. What should I do? The only solution I can think of is sleeping on the couch, but I won’t be able to go to sleep knowing that thing is in the house.
Matt: I thought of doing that, but my Dad has to wake up in two hours and my brother has to wake up in three. My Mom is just starting work on Friday, too, so…I guess I’ll just have to wait until my Dad gets up.
stripe: I’ve never thought of that before. That’s a really good idea!

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Can anyone tell me if there is anything that I can get in Toronto that’s not expensive to get rid of bed bugs that will not harm my cats? We have a really bad infestation of bed bugs and we want to get rid of them. Yet we don’t want to use anything that will harm our cats. Any ideas? We’ve tried vaccumming, but that doesn’t really help. Help! This driving us nuts. We can’t sleep. We’re on a fixed income, so cost is a factor also. Thanks for any suggestions.
Bonnie

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Is there any OFFICIAL way to get rid of these bugs? Besides just moving my family outside in a cardboard box, and burning the house to the ground?? About 3 months ago, I used Thwart bed bug spray, it seemed to work, didnt have any bed bugs for the 3 months. Now theyre back! Mainly in my sons bed, and they LOVE him unfortunetly. I used the rest of the spray that I had. I went to look online for the website where the spray was bought, no website. My aunt called the 1-800 number…its disconnected. I just want to know if anyone has used any good bug sprays for them. Im not that rich to afford an exterminator, they just keep comming back! Help!
Oh yeah, I’ll just let my family sleep on the floor…thats stupid, you gonna buy me a new matress?

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i cant sleep at night because of bed bugs..i am just wondering why God created them? what for?

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I’m always afraid to sleep in my OWN bed now !
Idk if these are bed bugs, but i lifted my covers up, and there were these 2 black tiny bugs.. I dont think they were ticks, bc these were smaller than a tick….. But i’ve also seen one crawl on my pillow. My mom has cleaned my sheets .. but i’m still afraid !!! Are these bed bugs? how do you get rid of these nasty things !!?

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At first I thought they were bedbugs but then one spread its wings & started flying so that ruled that option out. I found each on two separate occasions. I need to know how they got in my covers and what I need to do to get rid of them. I can’t sleep comfortable thinking there might be more somewhere in my mattress.. can anyone help??
Cockroaches don’t fly do they? This bug is as small as a fruit fly. I haven’t woken up with any type of bite that I’ve noticed…
i live in Los Angeles
***the bug might look large in pictures but it’s only around 2.5 millimeters (0.1 inches) like an ant or fruit fly… around that size***
I was looking at the website from the link below…. it looks a lot like a raspberry fruitworm…. I wonder if that’s what it is!

I really appreciate all your help =)

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I’ve been getting bit for two weeks now, and am looking for a product or method to find the bed bugs and then eradicate them. If you have any answers I’d really appreciate your help because I’ve slept maybe 4 hours in the last 2 days and I want to sleep but I don’t want to get bit.

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I read bed bugs are night creatures — so does that mean if I sleep with the light on I can keep them away?

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I read that bed bugs like to stay in mattresses. Well, I don’t sleep on top of a mattress. I sleep in a sleeping bag on top of the sheets. So it’s like this: mattress–>sheets–>sleeping bag. My question is, is it still possible to get bed bugs on me even if I’m not right on top of the mattress?

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Just the thought of bugs on my bed kills me. Can you actually see them? Man I cant even sleep on my bed without thinking of bugs eating at my skin

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There are some bugs on my bed, black color, some white and can even jump, very small, need to concentrate only can see them. they are blood sucking alien!! Bite me until can’t sleep every night,really need help!! after they bite, it’s really itche, red and swallen for few days, i need to apply mopiko almost every hour. getting crazy. I changed the bedsheet, sprayed ridsect on the bed, vacuum and mop the room but they are still there. wanted to buy house then only will move out, then financially not too good so can’t change bed. Any economical and efficient way to kill them? how much will it cost if i call exterminator? will it be effective? Hai..i think i will do whatever as long as i can kill them….if not, they are going to kill me!!Really appreciate if you can help.
Forgot to mention that i don’t have a pet….i think this things come in form the mattress that i brought back from my father hostel last time when he worked in a coffee shop….

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my apartment is infested with bed bugs… i told the leasing office they came to spray once and have never followed up…it has been a month and i contacted them several times with no responce… i work in the entertainment industry and my body is COVERED in welts! because of this i am not able to work or make any money.. i was late on my rent this month and was charged over 0 in attorney fees for being 25 days late!!! i can’t live like this anymore! i can’t sleep or eat or even go out! has anyone heard of a case like this? do i even have a case? please help me figure out the next step! any sort of evidence would be great such as different laws about pests and landlord resposiblity! thanks so much! p.s. i know they are bed bugs i have taken pictures of them and researched what they look like!

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I didn’t even think these bugs existed in the US!

I just moved into an apartment complex, and the place had little bugs crawling around. I asked my landlord to spray, and he did. But I’ve done some research now, and I know they are bed bugs and they need special treatment.

Is there anything I can buy to kill them and stop them from coming back? They must be in my neighbors’ apartments too.

HELP! I can’t even sleep in my own place. I’ve been staying at a friend’s.

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Hi, Recently I have discovered myself getting biten by some kind of insect while I was sleeping since about the beginning of this year. The biten place became red, and it itchs and kind of hurts like a flea bite, however, there is no animals in my house. I accuse it was bed bugs because I mostly discovered the itchy-ness after I woke up.
I caught a flea ONCE in my dining room, which was the ONLY time that my other family member got biten. Other than that, none of my other family members got biten so I accuse it is in my room, so I don’t know if that was related to this.
I tried to change my bed sheet, and bug-sprayed my whole room. The biting disappeared for a month or two and it begin all again. It already re-happen 3 times and now I am afraid to sleep in my room.
What bug could be biting me, and how in the world am I going to kill these darn bugs for good?
Oh and, all the rooms in my house have carpet installed except the dining room and the kitchen
if it is laundry detergent, wouldn’t I got it all over my body? These itchy-pains are mainly on my legs and ankle. there was only one time that went on my body.
Plus, what would it look like if it was the laundry detergent?
Actually now that I think about it, I am NOT SURE if it is bug bites or not. I have NEVER caught any blood-sucking bugs in my room.
but after I sprayed my room I did stop getting red itchy and pain lumps for a while until it all start again
I tried Bug Fogger as well among with bug spray

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Help! I think I have bed bugs!?
Within the past week, I’ve been getting strange bug bites. I looked up pictures of bug bites online today and some of the bed bug ones are exactly like what I have.
So now what do I do? Wash everything? Call an exterminator? I read on one website that I shouldn’t try to sleep somewhere else because they may follow me (I live alone) because I’m their source of food (EW!).
I went out of town last weekend (about 10 days ago) and took my pillow to the hotel. Could I have brought them back with me in my pillow and gotten bit this fast?

Help, I don’t know what to do, I don’t have a lot of money for an exterminator or new mattress (and I’ve heard the new mattress may not even help). And I can’t sleep cause I feel like bugs are crawling all over me! Does anyone know how to get rid of them?

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okay as clean of a person as i am, i got bed bugs and dont ask me how i dont even care i just want to get rid of them, i called the pest control 3times already n they are stilled not gone!!! they are eating me up, and i was wondering do they bite puppies too, cuz i have mini dog n they are very sensitive so i cant put poison around my house bside my mom took him for the week and i had time to put poison and all that crap to kill bed bugs n still nooo!! summer is coming n i dont want a buch of scars! do they leave scars to?? im soo desperate i heard ironing your clothes is a good idea im doing that to! but any more ideas plz this is horroble im gettin eaten by this nasty insect!
sry for the bad spelling i was in a rush i need some sleep since this animals havent let me slept at all constently watching out for them..and trying to see them…well thanks guy. i also found a bunch on my wooden floor under my tv table.ew agh! thanks guys for the help.

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My cousin and I are staying in a hostel in Montreal over January and some reviews show that there have been bed bugs previously. How can we avoid getting bed bugs? Or kill them before we sleep? Help! These little creatures REALLY creep us out. hahahah.

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I have look up bed bugs and lice pictures and that’s not what these are. I am not getting any bite from them that I have noticed, but I don’t want to sleep with them!! They are long and skinny kind of worm like, they squish easy, and roll in a ball when caught. What might they be? They are tiny, about a millimeter long.

It’s so gross!!
yeah aaaaaarrrgghghh!!!!!, Iv’e been sleeping with these things!!
I’m sleeping on the couch tonight!!
They aren’t sow bugs, I know what those look like. these are about the tenth of the size of a sow bug.
Sri V, your link doesn’t work
I think I figured it out! I forgot to mention I have pets, who have fleas, and my dog sleeps on the end of my bed. I am 99% sure they are flea larvae. Very gross. I am getting my dog some frontline today and bombing my entire house.Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

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this morning i woke up with what seemed to be a bump of some sort on my back right along my bra line. it does not itch or burn it’s just sensitive to touch. now it is about four huge bumps that look like welts all together. i do not have any other bites or marks on my body but this really is disturbing. i can’t sleep because im freaking out about these damn bed bugs. i sleep in the same bed as my husband and he has not been bit at all. i looked at a few pictures of bed bugs and i saw only one that was simular because mine is red and puffy. but i have not scratched it at all because again it doesn’t itch it’s just painful.
has anyone had bed bugs before or do you have any advice for me? ANY answers would be great at this point, i just need to stop freaking out!!

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the exterminator just came and he said what he sprayed had 3 chemicals in it and one of them is supposed to bring the bed bug out right away if I have them.
well i have not seen any. does that mean I don’t have them? I am sure I was about 10 of them in 22 days.
How toxic is that thing anyways if anyone knows what I am talking about?
Should I keep on worrying? I feel ashamed to bring people over to my new place.
thanks
he actually did not. He told me it was safe to stay in the place because he is been doing it his whole life and nothing happen to him. I did not believe it so I made sure I opened my windows but thank God 1 hour after I had to go to school and did not sleep in.

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We recently found out that we have bed bugs, we thought they were ticks from the woods in our backyard. Anyway we bagged all material items washed what is needed for now, broke all bedrooms down, sprayed all hard surfaces(table joints, and chairs, etc.), everyday we spray baseboards, matresses, and carpet with 91% isopropyl alcohol. When I say spray, we are useing a continuous sprayer which puts out a continuous heavy stream. So we are actually saturating everything in alcohol. we have set up camp in our living room( its just nasty to sleep w/them) I need to know are we affecting them at all or just wasting time and money. By the way we cannot afford for the exterminator to do it, he said it was going to start at 0. So for you pros out there are we getting the job done?

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Ok… a few weeks ago I started getting horrible bites at night. After realizing that they weren’t mosquito bites, I started reading and concluded that they are most likely bed bugs. I didn’t see any bugs, even after inspecting my bedroom, until a few days ago… but the bug I saw did not look like the pictures of bed bugs I see online. It is more narrow, and it doesn’t have those horizontal ridges I see in the pics. I trapped one and showed the pest control guy for our apartment, and he said it didn’t look like a bed bug… more like a weevil (which is a pantry pest). I agree, and so does my husband, but weevils do not bite, at least from what I’ve read. So now I’m seeing these little bugs every once in a while, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t really trust this apartment pest guy because he hasn’t even gotten back to me yet (he took the bug so he could research and try to identify it), and that was 4 days ago. I have no peace of mind that this is going to be taken care of, and I can’t even sleep. I want to move away and throw out everything I own. Someone please help me! I’m going insane! Are there different types of bedbugs that look different? I’m on the internet all day every day trying to figure this out.

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