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Bedbug happenigns of 2016
9 years ago
'Aluminum to me, aluminium to some. You can shine like silver all you want but you're just aluminum.' Barenaked Ladies, Aluminum
So a few months ago I saw my first ever bed bug. In my apartment. FUUUUUCK, right?
So I battled them until this week, I finally gave in. I tried to control them myself but it obviously wasnt working, I was sloooowly getting an increasing population. Nothing like you see in pictures online or hear of, no giant nests or such. Just a few scattered. Most I ever saw in a single day was about 8, when I would strip down my mattress and bedding and all and really go on the hunt for em... usually saw none, but you just KNOW they are there. you feel a piece of lint on your leg, or a breeze tickle your arm, and you immediately think 'shit, bedbug!'
Fucking mental game, and it wore me down.
Anyways, Since 2 days ago I have run every piece of clothing and linen I own through the drier, hot temperature, for an hour. EVERYTHING. Some of my fuzzy pillows and some of my plushies are... not what they once were. Thats another thing. But I had about 15 large garbage bags full of stuff by the end, sitting in the middle of my apartment, sealed off and waiting for the exterminator.
Exterminator came in today. Had to get Princess (my cat) out of the apartment for 6 hours, and myself out for 6 hours, while he sprayed down everything to take care of what he could. he was impressed by my preparedness, which I always take pride in. My cleanup of aprtments when moving, and for this sort of thing, is just something I do. I hate having to pay extra, and not knowing what to expect, I do my best. Anyways, spent today running around, cleaning, taking out recycling and garbage and shopping and blah blah, just to eventually come back home, and start unpacking my shit. What a time sink.
Exterminator says that he may not have gotten every single one of the bedbugs, but the ones that he didn't get should find their way into the residue of the sspray and poison themselves. If Im still seeing them after 2-3 weeks, then I need to call up again. Time will tell... I sure hope this is the end of them, I want to sleep soundly again!
Well, as soundly as could be with my other issues. Feh.
So I battled them until this week, I finally gave in. I tried to control them myself but it obviously wasnt working, I was sloooowly getting an increasing population. Nothing like you see in pictures online or hear of, no giant nests or such. Just a few scattered. Most I ever saw in a single day was about 8, when I would strip down my mattress and bedding and all and really go on the hunt for em... usually saw none, but you just KNOW they are there. you feel a piece of lint on your leg, or a breeze tickle your arm, and you immediately think 'shit, bedbug!'
Fucking mental game, and it wore me down.
Anyways, Since 2 days ago I have run every piece of clothing and linen I own through the drier, hot temperature, for an hour. EVERYTHING. Some of my fuzzy pillows and some of my plushies are... not what they once were. Thats another thing. But I had about 15 large garbage bags full of stuff by the end, sitting in the middle of my apartment, sealed off and waiting for the exterminator.
Exterminator came in today. Had to get Princess (my cat) out of the apartment for 6 hours, and myself out for 6 hours, while he sprayed down everything to take care of what he could. he was impressed by my preparedness, which I always take pride in. My cleanup of aprtments when moving, and for this sort of thing, is just something I do. I hate having to pay extra, and not knowing what to expect, I do my best. Anyways, spent today running around, cleaning, taking out recycling and garbage and shopping and blah blah, just to eventually come back home, and start unpacking my shit. What a time sink.
Exterminator says that he may not have gotten every single one of the bedbugs, but the ones that he didn't get should find their way into the residue of the sspray and poison themselves. If Im still seeing them after 2-3 weeks, then I need to call up again. Time will tell... I sure hope this is the end of them, I want to sleep soundly again!
Well, as soundly as could be with my other issues. Feh.
What ended up working for us is, we filled every spot we could with diatomaceous earth, and elevated everything made out of wood with PVC spacers, and made sure beds 'n such didn't touch any walls. That worked for us, any remaining bedbug had nowhere to hide, and nowhere to feed.
I had to deal with bedbugs myself earlier this year. managed with cleaning the sheets, bagging everything, putting bedbug dish thing on the feet of my bed and few 20 other things to get them dead in three month time DX
I would not wish them upon my greatest enemy.
Nothing fucks with you psychologically like a persistent, stealth pest that wants your blood.
A combination of a low-tier exterminator, steamer for my bed, vacuums, and a fuckton of diatomeceous earth in niches in my 20 foot radius, and they relented.
I like my bed bugs the same way I like my counter strike.
Covered in DE_Dust.
But yeah, I wound up using 200 grams or so and just utterly laced my room and adjacent places with it. You've already taken steps ahead of this. Heat, DE, and pest control back-up. Fighting these things is no magic bullet. But definitely stay determined, as you already know.
One thing I DID learn is that they do like to stick around they're, err, food sources. Which makes them pretty ripe for trapping. Steam your mattress daily, keep a can of raid handy, and stay proactive.
ugh, apartments I tell ya. Can't wait to move into a house again.
Just as we had this discussion, my roommate fucking drags the things with him from a convention from friends.
Wow, I just tempted fate so hard
Hold me.
I'm scared. ;.;