Help help help bed bugs

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Help help help bed bugs

In Feb. we stayed in a motel (RedRoof Inn) and later checked with bedbugregistry.com and this motel in Memphis Tn. was listed. So we are pretty sure this is where we picked up this or these hitch hikers. We finally hired a pest control comany, Arrow and they treated the house 3 X's. We did everything they said to do. Emptied all closets,drawers, clothes (after washing everything in hot water and drying in hot dryer or on items that couldb't be washed we heated treated for 30 minutes in a hot dryer.) took down all curtains and heat treated them. Removed all wall plug-ins, removed all black webbing under all of our furniture. If I would have had 2-3 three more days we could have been moved out of our house. After the 3rd treatment I still was receiving bites. They refused to return because I haven't been able to see them. They bite and leave a very small red dot that is blood red. They told me this was not what bed bugs bites look like. In desperation, last week we paid $200.00 to have two trained dogs come in and "sniff" out our home. One dog went thru alone and then she kenneled him and she brought in the 2nd dog. They only had one hit in our closet. I removed the ironing board and a fluffly housecoat. I re heated treated most of the clothes in the closet which had already been heat treated originally. By the way, originally we packed up all the heat treated items in contractor bags and placed them in the garage. I really felt good about this last "doggie" adventure and thought it was over. Not so! two days after, last night I was bitten about 3 places again! I am so frustrated about all this. We have spent a small fortune to rid these critters and still nothing has irradicated these insects. Any suggestions at this point? by the way we also encased all mattresses in our home and box springs.
Thanks! Carolyn Streby

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RonDawson

Sep 08, 2015 - 02:06 PM

Carolyn, it is amazing to me how some things can get so complicated, when they are really very easy. Bed Bugs are no exception.

Here is the deal - and you may think this is over simplyfying things, but it's really not:

Bed Bugs can't bite you if they can't get to your bed. This is the most important part of Bed Bug control, because it is the easiest to overlook. If you make your bed - Bed Bug proof, then problem solved - at least while you sleep. This means, making sure that there are no Bed Bugs ANYWHERE on your bed, your mattress, bed frame, headboard, etc. s free and clear. THEN and only then, should mattress encasements AND Interceptors (traps for the bed frame legs) be used. Make your the comforter is tucked in, not touching the floor, and there is no way a Bed Bug can crawl up the bed frame, posts, headboard, electrical cord, etc. to get to you. Also NEVER put anything on the bed that WAS on the floor or anywhere else. Make your bed - BED BUG PROOF!

If you do this, you can sleep at night. If you do this and still get bit, then all that it means is that you missed the Bed Bugs living in your bed, no where else. The one in the closet doesn't count. Because if it can't get to you to bite you, then if its a female, it can't lay eggs.

Pretty simple, and there are lots of what if's, but if you think about this in simple terms, it will make sense, and then you can begin to sleep again. If you need help on Bed Bugs throughout the rest of house, it sounds like Arrow did you no favors. You either need to commit to doing this yourself or hire another company.

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Ron

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