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BEDBUGS FOR THE THIRD TIME!
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Sourgirl69
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Wed Nov 4 2009 6:13:53
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HELP ME SOMEONE!!! I’m going absolutely insane! My apartment is infested for the THIRD TIME in a year! We did EVERYTHING we were told to do before the extermination and after. BUT My landlord was doing the same thing as Deedee’s, a unit at a time, months apart…so where are the bugs going to go? Into the units that no longer have the barrier, duh. I’m sick to death. My mental state is questionable. I don’t sleep at night. I get bitten and react BADLY! The bites swell and itch sooo bad. I have a job to keep, it’s hard when I’m not sleeping. I sit in my chair at work and scratch profusly at the thoughts of having to go back to my bug infested apartment after work.
It’s also playing a toll on my love life: Who wants to be intimate on a sofa or a bed with BEDBUGS? Social life: Who wants to invite friends over and chance they get bitten or even better carry them back to their own homes? Not to mention my mental and physical states.
I don’t care if you pay $1000 a month or $500 NOBODY should have to live like this. I paid for the first extermination cus I was the only one who seemed to be having the problem. PCO told the landlord to do the WHOLE BUILDING cus they would just move on and on…but he didn’t listen. Come to find out, it WASN’T ME who started the infestation it was the guy downstairs who we’ve seen hauling second hand EVERYTHING into his apartment. When he was finally evicted due to the stench coming from his apartment, it was discovered that he was SWIMMING IN BEDBUGS, as was the gentleman in the unit next to us. My “infestation” was mild in comparison. I didn’t pay for my second extermination and I’m not paying for my third. This is an epidemic, they are running rampid throughout our cities, people WON’T speak up due to the emabarrassment and the stigma attached. I think it’s time our government got involved and try to find a way to get a handle on this. It’s a viscous mind warping cycle that someone has to end. In the meantime I’m off wash my WHOLE LIFE in hot soapy water at the laundromat for the third time in a year.
Frustrated and Insane in Dartmouth, KJLIn reading this back, I’d like to clarify: I do NOT believe in the blame game; however, we were told by a professional that the guy who was swimming in an infestation downstairs was most likely where it started. The landlord was informed and advised by the PCO to exterminate the WHOLE building! As a result of the landlord’s carelessness, I think it’s now his responsiblity to provide humane living quarters for his tennants.
Also, by opening this rant with a plea for help, it was more of a plea for the lend of an ear. I am greatful for this forum and my being able to vent. It’s unfortunate, yet comforting to know others are experiencing the same thing. -
bbboogie
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Wed Nov 4 2009 14:19:44
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I cannot imagine having to go through this 3 times!!! I'm so sorry your landlord is a jerk and I hope he does the entire building this time and that it's the end of the problem. Good luck!!!
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BB_Slayer
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Wed Nov 4 2009 15:36:06
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I started battling bed bugs in earnest about a week ago ... I get up around 3 a.m., turn up the lights, and wait for them to come out. Every one that shows itself dies.
In observing their behavior I've noticed they don't like rough fabric. I have a smooth black cotton quilt with a smaller wool blanket on top of it, and they always crawl around on the quilt and avoid the blanket. I even laid on top of the blanket for an hour without moving and they still avoided it. So there is one possible solution to avoid bites... sleep on top of some kind of rough fabric they can't navigate or have difficulty navigating. Just make sure the fabric completely surrounds you. Don't give them a "bridge" like a pillow against a headboard.
They're also very stupid - so if they are concentrated at one end of the bed, you can thwart them by rotating the bed or sleeping the other way.
I've also been sleeping with a light on, just bright enough to see if any bedbugs are stalking me.
If you try these tactics and are diligent in killing as many as you possibly can then you may get rid of them. Once you get all the adult females then there are no more eggs. You have four chances to kill the young ones before they reach egg laying age. (I read somewhere on here that they have five stages of growth and have to feed before they can advance from one stage to the next.)
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Vell23
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Wed Nov 4 2009 23:19:42
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Bb slayer that's some good info, I give u props
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Sourgirl69
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Thu Nov 5 2009 5:40:17
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bbboogie - 15 hours ago »
I cannot imagine having to go through this 3 times!!! I'm so sorry your landlord is a jerk and I hope he does the entire building this time and that it's the end of the problem. Good luck!!!Thank you VERY MUCH!!! I had to take the day off of work today to go pack my apartment in bags! I'll keep you all posted as to the outcome, good or bad.
Thanks again, I can't express how good it feels to be able to talk openly about this problem. -
KILL_ALL_BEDBUGS
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Thu Nov 5 2009 14:00:25
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BB_Slayer - 22 hours ago »
I started battling bed bugs in earnest about a week ago ... I get up around 3 a.m., turn up the lights, and wait for them to come out. Every one that shows itself dies.
In observing their behavior I've noticed they don't like rough fabric. I have a smooth black cotton quilt with a smaller wool blanket on top of it, and they always crawl around on the quilt and avoid the blanket. I even laid on top of the blanket for an hour without moving and they still avoided it. So there is one possible solution to avoid bites... sleep on top of some kind of rough fabric they can't navigate or have difficulty navigating. Just make sure the fabric completely surrounds you. Don't give them a "bridge" like a pillow against a headboard.
They're also very stupid - so if they are concentrated at one end of the bed, you can thwart them by rotating the bed or sleeping the other way.
I've also been sleeping with a light on, just bright enough to see if any bedbugs are stalking me.
If you try these tactics and are diligent in killing as many as you possibly can then you may get rid of them. Once you get all the adult females then there are no more eggs. You have four chances to kill the young ones before they reach egg laying age. (I read somewhere on here that they have five stages of growth and have to feed before they can advance from one stage to the next.)getting up every night at 3 to kill any bedbug you see is a pretty poor strategy and is almost surely doomed to fail. What happens when one decides to eat at 2? or 5? or during the day? or sneaks up behind you? or bites your pet?
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