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Does this look like I have bedbugs? [a: probably not]

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   nadine30
   

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   Posted 10 months ago
   Tue Jul 31 2012 16:54:06
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   Hello,

   I found some weird signs in my bed and am not sure if I have bedbugs or not. I'm really worried, it would be great if someone could identify the signs and let me know what it looks like. I also have some bites and am feeling a bit itchy overall, but the bits (or spots - whatever they are) are not actually super itchy by themselves.

   Right, so here you see some spots I found in the bedding seam just on the feet end. Not sure what they are, they've been there for quite a while and I don't think they have become more overtime. Does this look like they have been caused by bedbugs or mold perhaps?
   

   Then I also found this piece of dirt of shed bedbug??? in the bedding:
   
   Anyone able to identify if that looks like bedbug shedding? It seems really flat and I couldn't see any legs, so not sure if it's just some kind of plant thing? I have a cat and he looses all sorts of dirt in the house.

   This is a spot I found on the bedding:
   

   About two weeks ago I found two dead bugs next to where my cat was sleeping, too. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos then, but I looked up some photos of dead fleas at the time and dead bedbugs and it looked more like dead fleas, so I gave him some frontline and haven't seen any more dead bugs near him.

   What does this all look/sound like to you? Do I need to be worried?

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   Posted 10 months ago
   Tue Jul 31 2012 17:13:53
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   Hi,

   Possible faecal not clear enough to call and should be tested rather than visually called.

   The skin is most likely "ear cheese" but its 100% not bedbug related.

   The blood spot on the bedding is just that, a fresh blood spot and not confirmatory of bedbugs.

   Given the evidence presented I would say not guilty of bedbugs and most likely fleas.

   Hope that helps.

   David Cain
   Bed Bugs Limited

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   nadine30
   

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   Posted 10 months ago
   Tue Jul 31 2012 18:19:23
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   Thank you, this makes me feel a bit more relaxed about going to sleep

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