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happy thanksgiving...or not
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Now this is the dilema...I don't have bed bugs but my 26yr. old nephew and neice have them. The scenerio is neice went to a motel with friends got them in her brothers home. she noticed the bites and bugs and talked to my daughter who works in an apartment complex with issues in some of those units. she went out and bought the bags for her beds and decided to move out and into her boyfriends house. Now for treatment...really nothing besides vacuuming. They have the attitude if I ignore them they will go away, out of site out of mind! Now I'm having thanksgiving dinner and they are coming...what are the risks of them infesting my house and what can do to limit the spread? What can be done on their part to keep my home bug free?
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CookEmDanno
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Thu Nov 19 2009 17:05:04
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This may sound harsh, but you can ask them to shower at your house while their clothes go through a hot water wash-and-dry. Otherwise, please don't come. Feathers will fly but that's the best way to protect your home and impress upon them that this IS a big deal whether they can see the bugs or not.
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watkinsnewan
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Thu Nov 19 2009 17:24:19
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I second that... DO YOU REALLY want to go through that again..... unnecessarily..Take lots of precautions...
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cilecto
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Thu Nov 19 2009 17:36:50
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CookEmDanno - 29 minutes ago »
This may sound harsh, but you can ask them to shower at your house while their clothes go through a hot water wash-and-dry. Otherwise, please don't come. Feathers will fly but that's the best way to protect your home and impress upon them that this IS a big deal whether they can see the bugs or not.bring little or nothing. Everything else dried or pack tight ed. No toys to sneak out late at night. No game boy. No nothing.
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Turkey and Tyvek suits. OK joking aside it is a valid option, encase them at the front door if they are not willing to take appropriate steps to ensure that they do not bring them with them.
I am sure if you share the FAQ's from this site with them about the steps needed to ensure that they do not bring them out of their home and into yours there is a good chance that they will respect you enough to follow them.
I am sure it will only be a matter of time before they realise that ignoring them will not solve the problem and in the meantime you can collate a crash course on bed bugs for them when they are ready to see sense and deal with the issue.
Good luck.
David Cain
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Well thank you all for all your advise...It was not done unheeded. My brother called me and said him and the kids were not coming over for dinner. Now my brother does not have them but his his eldest son and daughter. I have other family members who won't come over if any of the kids are there for fear of them bringing over a stray bug, because the 2 older kids took no precautions and visited Mom's house who has 3 other kids there- who then go to my brothers house. So it seems this issue of bugs has put a divide on my family and I feel so bad. I am hoping that maybe now they will take this more seriously and do something about the issue at hand.
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