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natalie
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 12:15:58
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I have been 5 weeks bed bug free, with no signs of the little suckers, and today found blood on my sheets. It was about an inch long, and neither I nor my husband have any bites on us. (We always react to the bites) Am I paranoid, or are they back? I looked through our mattress (we have a new one, saw no signs of them.
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Hi Natalie,
Blood spots on sheets are bites are not definitive signs of infestations so neither of them would mean they are back.
I would say that both or either of them do justify a thorough and rigorous inspection of your sleeping area to look for confirming signs such as:
- Fresh faecal traces
- Fresh cast skins
- live samples
I would however suggest that you educate all adjoining surrounding neighbours on the issue of bed bugs because a gap in activity can be a strong indication that you are either coming into contact with a source external to the home or that an adjoining unit is infected.
Hopefully it is neither and just a false alarm.
David Cain
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natalie
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 12:27:10
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Well actually I'm living in a new apartment. I just moved last week, and threw away everything that was infested, and most everything else. I washed all my clothes and inspected the heck out of dvds. I know I could have brought them with me, but when I had them before I was seeing live bugs, and it was a very mild infestation (I was told).
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One of the reasons why its always best to deal with the issue and then move.
If you do move you carry a risk of transferring them to the new location and worst of all you leave a problem for someone else to move into.
If you find you have them please don't move stay and deal with it while it is still light.
David
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natalie
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Posted 4 months ago
Tue Jun 30 2009 12:33:36
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We had no choice, our landlord refused to call an exterminator.
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