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GrossedOutInAustin
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Tue May 8 2012 23:40:32
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So, I had heat treatment today. My mentally handicapped neighbor had a severe infestation. Here are pics I took of his bed area (sorry they're so blurry):
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j347/mtrex99/neighborbug3.jpg
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j347/mtrex99/neighborbug2.jpg
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j347/mtrex99/neighborbug1.jpgMy PCO said this was one of the worst infestations he had seen. That wall you can see in that photo is right on the other side of my bedroom wall - no wonder they had gotten in my place!
I have found 4 lives ones tonight post heat-treatment, though they're slow moving. The PCO says I might see some zombies for a couple of weeks, and that they're probably being affected by the poison he laid down. The last one I smashed was full of cooked blood basically, so I think this is a good sign. The PCO also sprayed the hell out of the baseboards, and he's coming back in tomorrow to drill more holes in the wall and add more pesticides.
Question: should I be concerned about finding 4 live ones tonight post heat treatment? also, has anyone seen an infestation as sever as the photos above before??
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Posted 1 year ago
Thu May 10 2012 3:41:55
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Some heat treatment providers here have said some can survive their methods but will die soon.
On the other hand, Heat treatment can fail if not done properly, and you want to
monitor to be sure they're gone.Do they have a guarantee and what are the terms?
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blargg
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Posted 1 year ago
Thu May 10 2012 7:33:59
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What units were head treated? Yours, your neighbor's, or both?
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GrossedOutInAustin
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Thu May 10 2012 10:50:23
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Nobugsonme - 6 hours ago »
Some heat treatment providers here have said some can survive their methods but will die soon.
On the other hand, Heat treatment can fail if not done properly, and you want to
monitor to be sure they're gone.
Do they have a guarantee and what are the terms?There is a guarantee of 90 days. They are supposed to be going back in and treating with pesticides, bringing in dogs, etc. over the course of the next few weeks
I killed 8 more bugs last night - I think they're coming out of the wall separating my neighbor's unit and mine. They seemed different - perhaps cooked but not dead -
I guess I'm just worried, given the level of infestation (photos above - there were thousands of them in my neighbor's apartment) that they survived in my stuff somehow. I'm moving to a unit directly downstairs from mine that is vacant and has been heat treated as well.
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GrossedOutInAustin
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Thu May 10 2012 10:50:53
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blargg - 3 hours ago »
What units were head treated? Yours, your neighbor's, or both?All 8 units in the building were heat treated.
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mflav
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Thu May 10 2012 17:14:46
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I went through a nightmare bedbug story recently. Heat treatment failed for me. The follow up chemical treatments failed as well. In the end, it turned out they were living in a crawl space behind a wall that was inaccessible unless you were to break down the wall. I did not stay around to find out the final outcome. I had all my stuff heat treated again in a portable storage unit and moved immediately. For my story anyhow, I was told about "zombies" and when I see one to put it in a bag and see if it dies. They never did. In the end I just got fed up. I moved into a house that already had a bed bug infestation behind the walls so the obvious decision for me was to demand all my money back and move on. Of course, the biggest concern is taking them with you when you move.
Heat treatment is the most successful treatment as far as being able to rid the problem in one go. However, for me, it didn't work. It turns out that when they are living the walls, in crawl spaces or nested in or behind insulation that the heat treatment may not be effective. What I always found myself doing was giving it another week or two to see if the pco could fix the problem. Unfortunately for me, it never happened and I ended up moving out. Find your own limits and demand the best from anyone involved in fixing this problem. God speed and good luck.
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GrossedOutInAustin
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Posted 1 year ago
Mon May 14 2012 4:19:10
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Well, it's been about 5 days since I had heat treatment. In that time, I've killed probably 15-20 that are "coming out of the wall as expected" between my ground-zero neighbor's place and mine.
I had no bites until tonight, though. As I'm writing this, I'm sitting in bed after having gotten bitten - and finding and killing - two very much alive adult bugs.
I'm extremely upset. I really just want to burn the whole building down, all my stuff included, and start my life over.
And before I hit send, I thought I'd do a thorough check around my bed, and I find two more adults chilling on the wall behind my bed.
Is heat treatment + chemicals really this ineffective?
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blargg
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Mon May 14 2012 7:30:22
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If the heat guys didn't know what they were doing, then yes, it can be ineffective.
All apartments need to be heated at once, and for a long, thorough time. Did the company come with a guarantee of any kind? -
GrossedOutInAustin
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Mon May 14 2012 17:55:41
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blargg - 10 hours ago »
If the heat guys didn't know what they were doing, then yes, it can be ineffective.
All apartments need to be heated at once, and for a long, thorough time. Did the company come with a guarantee of any kind?Yes, there is a 90 day guarantee. They're coming back on Wednesday to do another round of chemicals. I've been slowly laundering/bagging/checking items and moving them into an unaffected vacant apartment below me. I know that regardless of how careful I am, I'm bound to bring some with me. I'm staying in the unaffected apartment for a few months until I can move, at which time I'll Vikane everything I own in a moving pod. Which, side note, if anyone knows of Vikane PCOs in Texas, it would be appreciated if you'd send their info my way - Dow was of no help.
I'm really at the point now where I feel like throwing everything out and sleeping on the floor of the vacant apartment with a blanket until I can move.
Sitting up in bed all night - no sleep - with a pack of cigarettes and a spray bottle of alcohol (which is obviously flammable) is no way to go through the next few months. But it seems that's what I've been reduced to.
If you'll see the photos of my neighbor's floor post-heat treatment above, you'll see why I'm ready to trash everything and start over. That was all right behind the wall where my bed sits.
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GrossedOutInAustin
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Thu May 31 2012 13:22:19
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So quick little update: We are now over 3 weeks out from the heat treatment. In that time, the PCO has come out every week to apply more chemicals, 3 times total.
The BBs were so thick in the wall between my neighbors apartment and mine, that the chemicals he puts in there keeps driving them out. He visited yesterday and put more chemicals in the holes he drilled in the wall in my neighbors apartment (ground zero), and last night around 3am I find approximately 10 bugs climbing the walls in my apartment. Most seemed in the process of dying, but one in particular seemed pretty zippy.
What a nightmare. It's like it never ends. Heat treatment + 3 weeks of chemicals, and the bitches are still alive.
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bugvictim1
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Posted 10 months ago
Mon Jul 2 2012 14:09:34
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I'm having bed bug heat treatment from Pest Management Corp next Saturday. I've had a small infestation in my mattress and I don't know where they came from. I was in a hotel in San Fran so that's probably it. I tossed that f'n mattress.
From Pest Management Corp and Absolute Pest Management in Austin, the charge is one dollar per square foot. I live in a duplex so it will cost me about 850 bucks.
Pest Management Corp has a charge minimum of 800, so even if your place is smaller, it will be that much at least.
Chem treatments run about $275 per and you usually need more than one.
I'll post back after I've had the treatment to share my experience with that!
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bugvictim1
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Posted 10 months ago
Sat Jul 21 2012 12:16:59
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THE BED BUGS ARE BACK!!!
Found a bloody mess today, so I will be calling Pest Management Corp to come and fix me up. This should be under warranty but who knows, I'm betting there is some GD loophole to where it isn't covered. Argh.
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