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bedbugs on my pets?
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pickupstick
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Posted 8 months ago
Sat Mar 7 2009 22:50:20
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I'm newly afflicted with BB's and I've read most of the FAQ's...but I'm still confused about a few things. I'm not sure if bedbugs bite my dog, or hang out in her fur, or if she could bring bedbugs to other people's lives by carrying them on her fur. I like to take her places with me and since she's so cute everybody wants to pet her. If she could be carrying bugs the same way my shoes or clothes might have picked them up, how could I get them off of her? I don't want to spray her with rubbing alcohol or put her in the dryer. I have cats too, are they in my cats' fur?
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bedbugdude
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Posted 8 months ago
Sat Mar 7 2009 22:56:19
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Although I have never red any documentation about dogs spreading BB lodged in their fur I do know that BB will feed on your pets as they sleep when the opportunity is there. Bed bugs are ectoparasites and that means they feed for a shor time and go back to hiding places to digest the blood meal. Although bed bugs can get into utr blonging like coats, book bags and extra items we transport - I have not red anything about BB's hitching a ride in dog hair.
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BugBoy911
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Posted 8 months ago
Sun Mar 8 2009 0:03:03
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Absolutly true! Take a deep breath and relax.. 1...2...3... release :) Out of hundreds of bed bug jobs completed successfully I have never seen bedbugs harboring in a pets fur. I will bet my license that they would not wana take a nap on a moving dog running around all day during the day. They sleep during the day so it wouldn't make sense to pass out on a crazy doggy :) They never sleep on the host, bedbugs are quite smart or amazing survivalists. They wana take a nice long nap with the sign on the door of don't disturb. Take your pet out to the movies, show's, beach's, boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever you want... If your pet has a nice well fed budbug attached within her fur... give me a call... its on me!!
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pickupstick
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Posted 8 months ago
Mon Mar 9 2009 14:24:14
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Thanks, this is helpful information and one less thing to worry about.
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Face
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Posted 7 months ago
Wed Apr 15 2009 22:35:32
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I agree with the above post minus the spammer! Although I would like to say bed bugs prefer to feed on humans rather than animals, and will not stay in their fur like fleas if they were to feed on them.
Out of curiosity were you considering putting your dog and cats in the dryer?
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Adele
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Posted 7 months ago
Wed Apr 15 2009 22:45:05
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OMG - cats & dogs in the dryer - I was thinking of putting mine into the Packtite before I moved - I figure - what the heck! everything else has gone in there
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bedbugmeinphilly
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Posted 1 month ago
Fri Oct 9 2009 23:59:47
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I thought all of these things as well... and I heard it over and over again. And then, I was sitting watching TV one day, petting my cat, and I saw it!! A bed bug on her leg. I tried to pull it over quickly, but it scurried up her body. I feel bad. I've quarantined the bed so they're not getting to me.. trying to deal with everything one piece at a time, and she has them crawling on her! I think it's rare, and they're desperate because I'm not longer accessible. But, still... scary. I've been using some sprays, and they've been dying left and right, and just about all in my bedroom.
I am going to try to get them all off of her, and then send her away until I move out. Which will be soon. First I need to make sure I am not bringing any with me... since my landlord will not exterminate for them.
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buggyinsocal
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Posted 1 month ago
Sat Oct 10 2009 11:15:36
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The best research tells us the following:
Bed bugs do not live on their hosts the way that fleas do. Some of the cases of people who posted here claiming that they had bed bugs living in their hair turned out to be a different pest. (We've heard of one case of bed bugs living in hair extensions, but that's very, very rare.)
Bed bugs will also prefer human blood to other mammal blood if human blood is available (i.e. you and your cat and dog are asleep on your bed. Bed bugs will prefer to feed from you, not your pets. )
However, if the bugs can't get to you, they may seek other food sources. (I hate banana pudding, but if I hadn't eaten for two days, I'd probably scarf it down in desperation.)
There isn't a good way to treat pets for bed bugs. Flea and tick treatments like frontline, advantage, and revolution don't work on bed bugs. Part of this is because fleas and ticks are very different pests than bed bugs; and bed bugs have certain physiological and behavioral characteristics that make them a challenge to treat.
So if you're worried about bed bugs falling off your pet and scattering everywhere, that's not very likely.
However, it's possible.
Personally, I wouldn't take the dog around with you until you're clear of bed bugs only because there's a chance that she could accidentally carry an egg that got dislodged from its hiding place in her fur. It's probably a pretty small chance, but having been through bed bugs myself, I wouldn't risk it because if a friend of mine who'd come into contact with the dog got bed bugs, I would drive myself buts with worry that I had been the source. If you leave her at home until you're bed bug free, you take that worry out of the picture.
Once your home is clear of bed bugs, to be extra safe, have her bathed and then resume your normal social interactions with her.
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lol :~) NO animals in dryer maby blow dry them!!
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