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death2allbbs

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Fri Aug 22 2008 2:37:39
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I was wondering: Since bedbugs are so resilient and good at hiding...and since they can live for such a long time without feeding...how did people who have gotten rid of bbs, gotten rid of them?
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Posted 1 year ago
Fri Aug 22 2008 12:55:14
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Diligence, sacrifice, effort, determination, vigilance, and cooperation with your PCO.

It can be done but it is far from an easy task.

Jim
death2allbbs

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Posted 1 year ago
Fri Aug 22 2008 21:29:21
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spideyjg - 8 hours ago »
Diligence, sacrifice, effort, determination, vigilance, and cooperation with your PCO.
It can be done but it is far from an easy task.
Jim

Thanks, Jim. Also, my PCO and our maintenance man are taking a closer look into the bathroom where I really believe there is a nest...or are nests.

Adittionally, what I was really asking about was: How does the pesticide get to all of the bedbugs in a person's home or apartment?
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Aug 26 2008 22:59:50
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death2allbbs - 4 days ago »
Adittionally, what I was really asking about was: How does the pesticide get to all of the bedbugs in a person's home or apartment?

No takers? Does anyone know if the pesticides fumes kill the bbs? Also, in this thread:

http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/the-word-residual-effect

one PCO said:

>>>The other word of advice I have in regards to the word residual.. even if a product has a residual effect, the insect still has to not only cross a treated area, but must pick up enough of the residual product to get a lethal dose. With bedbugs, the physiology of the bedbug is working against us, as when they are unfed, they walk raised high off the surface they are on, and do not get those residuals on anything but their "toes". Since they don't groom themselves like many other insects, the little residual they do get on the feet doesn't get transfered into their systems. (A well fed happy bedbug has a very distended belly, which drags the ground picking up a lot more of that residual pesticide... which is why we try to talk all of our clients into acting as bait.)<<<

Does anyone else have anything to say about what was said in the above paragraph? Also, no pun intended, but having to wait until every surviving bb in a person's home bites you or your family members so that they can drag their distended bellies through the residual pesticide in a person's home to make sure that they die...seems to "suck" to me.
V. Bugged

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Posted 1 year ago
Wed Aug 27 2008 10:02:37
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Wow...that distended belly image...does suck. But the whole experience sucks, in every way possible, so that seems somewhat reasonable to me.

I'm pretty sure that "fumes" don't factor into standard treatments, since standard treatments involve a fumeless spray (otherwise, it wouldn't be safe to go back into your house). Our PCO's have told us that the reason we have to wait 4 hours to go back inside is not because of breathing fumes, but because we have to wait for most of the spray to dry as it's not safe to get the liquid on you (we've seen remaining puddles sometimes on our stuff).
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Posted 1 year ago
Wed Aug 27 2008 10:46:14
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Yeah. I agree about the image as being super gross. (Not that I'm not thrilled the PCO told us that. I want to know everything there is to know about these evil beasts. I'm just saying--I hadn't realized that the distended belly part was such an important part of the whole baiting process.)

I think the people who've commented above are all right. It takes a combination approach, no matter what treatment you use.

A lot of us had to spend a lot of time educating ourselves about the bugs in the first place. Most of us hired professionals who treated the problem and helped teach us things first hand (trying to learn exactly what eggs look like and where to look for them can be done from reading, but it's a lot easier to do so if a professional can show you hands on on a piece of luggage or whatever). And we did a whole hell of a lot of work prepping, maintaining, and changing our residences to make them less bed bug friendly.

It can be done. It just doesn't feel like it ever will be when you're in the middle of it.
death2allbbs

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Posted 1 year ago
Wed Aug 27 2008 23:36:29
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buggyinsocal - 12 hours ago »
Yeah. I agree about the image as being super gross. (Not that I'm not thrilled the PCO told us that. I want to know everything there is to know about these evil beasts. I'm just saying--I hadn't realized that the distended belly part was such an important part of the whole baiting process.)

But I'm wondering what other PCOs have to say about this because I just can't imagine having to be bit by every surviving bb(that didn't get killed by the initial spraying) in my apartment so that they can drag their distended bellies through the residue on the bed or sofa that a person in sleeping on so that they can be killed. Also, whenver my apartment has been sprayed good, I rarely get any bites the first few weeks after the application. ...Which I thought was the point. And I'm sorry, but that whole having to get bit so that they can drag their distended bellies through the residue just doesn't sound right to me.

BTW, what has been they experience of others who have gotten rid of the bbs from their home such as Nobugsonme and others? Did you have to get bitten up so that the bugs could die?
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Posted 1 year ago
Thu Aug 28 2008 22:53:53
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No more takers?
terrifiedtosleep

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Posted 1 year ago
Thu Aug 28 2008 23:46:16
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isn't making sure they are gone more important than getting bitten? It is to me. I wil gladly be bitten if it means they end up dying in the end. In addition to the treatments I get now, I'm probably going to have monthly treatments for a year and a half so that whatever is hiding in the apartment which is pretty sealed will die from residual or of hunger
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Posted 1 year ago
Sat Aug 30 2008 22:21:31
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terrifiedtosleep - 1 day ago »
isn't making sure they are gone more important than getting bitten? It is to me. I wil gladly be bitten if it means they end up dying in the end. In addition to the treatments I get now, I'm probably going to have monthly treatments for a year and a half so that whatever is hiding in the apartment which is pretty sealed will die from residual or of hunger

It looks like the quote feature is working again...but you make a good point, terrifiedtosleep. However, I honestly don't believe that the people who have gotten rid of these bugs(and come to think of it, there's probably not that many who post at this forum) had to get bit by the perhaps hundreds of bedbugs that may still have been in their homes. However, it looks like apparently these people would rather not discuss their situation. Although, after my most recent treatment, I rarely have gotten bitten by a bedbug, plus, I've only seen 3 bbs that were in my bathroom.
death2allbbs

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Posted 1 year ago
Sat Aug 30 2008 22:32:54
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Also, I have been reading "THE SUCCESS STORY" area:

http://bedbugger.com/forum/forum/success-stories

and it looks like the people who have gotten free from them, have gotten up out of here. :-) Plus, I haven't read any stories about having to get "sacrifical" bites to get rid of these little bastards.