http://bedbugger.com/forum/ Bed bug support forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 03:18:48 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/bites-in-san-francisco-followed-me-to-england-do-rat-mites-travel-in-luggage#post-112909 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:28:03 +0000 SF 112909@http://bedbugger.com/forum/ <p>I had a week of mysterious night-time bites in our apartment in San Francisco before we left for our month long trip to England.</p> <p>Before we left the exterminator visited our apartment and checked for bedbugs - he found none. We had found no evidence of bedbugs either. We had seen evidence of rats in our storage areas, so we assumed rat mites.</p> <p>The exterminator seemed confident that we would not bring anything with us when we travelled.</p> <p>Our first two nights in London were bite-free. Now we are at my parents and I got two bites last night. One was in an intimate place so I know it can't be mosquitoes.</p> <p>I saw my Dr. in San Francisco and he didn't think it was scabies as I was not getting bites between the fingers. Over the week of infestation I was getting bitten around my middle mostly. Last night I got one bite upper arm and the other as mentioned above.</p> <p>Do I assume I have brought bedbugs with me or can rat mites travel in luggage too? </p>