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BuggyMomma
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 24 2010 18:01:03
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So I have been dealing with a suspected case fo bbs for two months since we took a short family vacation. My son and I have "bites" and I have found some suspicious blood stains which were dimissed by a pco. I have had 3 yes 3 K9 inspections which all turned up NOTHING. I am out of money and am seriously flipping out. My husband thinks I am nuts. I have spent[/b] a lot of money and time. I am so depressed thinking that in two months I will be bringing another baby into this situation. I seriously wish there was someone like KillerQueen that could help me. I know the dogs are supossed to be around 90% and I should feel better but how can I ignore constant bites? Sorry for the vent!
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SearchandDestroy
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 24 2010 23:17:52
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If its been 2 months, you'd see more evidence by now. It took us 2 months to figure out that what was biting my daughter and then me were bbs. After I figured it out, I thought back to the last trip which was 2 months prior. Then I went looking for evidence. Found a cast skin within 2 minutes. You would see something by now. How about some passive monitors?
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BuggyMomma
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Posted 2 years ago
Thu Nov 25 2010 17:04:27
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SearchandDestroy - 17 hours ago »
If its been 2 months, you'd see more evidence by now. It took us 2 months to figure out that what was biting my daughter and then me were bbs. After I figured it out, I thought back to the last trip which was 2 months prior. Then I went looking for evidence. Found a cast skin within 2 minutes. You would see something by now. How about some passive monitors?Thanks for the reply. I just don't know what will make me believe that it is something else. I haven't tried passive monitors yet but I have climbups on the toddler bed. Do you know how long it takes to catch something with a passive monitor? Just out of curiosity where did you end up finding a cast skin?
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nycyn
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Thu Nov 25 2010 20:38:12
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Search around the board for carpet beetles?
You've had 3 dogs. You have not seen a bug. You've seen no hard evidence. You see skin irritations. You already have climb ups...
Maybe your husband is right.
Not to be dismissive, but this is how it is with boogie-bugs: NO confirmation = NO bugs. Until a confirmation everything is conversation or everything is anxiety. CONFIRMATION is the bottom line.
WHy do you think the "bites" are actually bites? Did you take the kid to a doctor?
Here to help. Really.
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BuggyMomma
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Posted 2 years ago
Thu Nov 25 2010 21:13:34
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nycyn - 28 minutes ago »
Search around the board for carpet beetles?
You've had 3 dogs. You have not seen a bug. You've seen no hard evidence. You see skin irritations. You already have climb ups...
Maybe your husband is right.
Not to be dismissive, but this is how it is with boogie-bugs: NO confirmation = NO bugs. Until a confirmation everything is conversation or everything is anxiety. CONFIRMATION is the bottom line.
WHy do you think the "bites" are actually bites? Did you take the kid to a doctor?
Here to help. Really.Thanks nycyn! I have woken up feeling something like a pinch just to find an icthy welt in the same spot. I have also had the "pin-prick" type bites many describe some itchy and some not. With my son his are usually small but because the are clustered and some are open like a chunk has been taken out it just seems too coincidental. I did take my son to the Doctor with his initial set of bites and she said it looked like bug bites and coudl bed bugs then asked me if I had checked the mattress (only like a million times!) I hope to God that my husband and the two dogs are right because honestly I cannot imagine living out of ziplocs and going through treatment with a 3 year old and a newborn. I am just having a hard time with the wait and see what happens approach but I guess sometimes only time will tell.
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so unsettling
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Posted 2 years ago
Thu Nov 25 2010 21:29:39
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I think I have to disagree with you a little, S and D. It has been over 2 months for me now, and the evidence is only beginning to slowly come in. I may have delayed the appearance of evidence by having 3 treatments following the appearance of several bites every day or two over a week. But I wasn't in complete control; the landlord's policy is to begin treating as soon as a tenant reports suspicion of bugs. It is their building, and their polices rule. Now, I feel like we almost have to wait and even let an infestation grow a little to see clear evidence. Which in a way, is what people here were telling me. Those treatments diminished the population and held them back enough to make evidence harder to find.
But then I suppose, Buggymomma, if you haven't had your home treated, then maybe it is the case that you should have found some evidence in this 2 month period.
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SearchandDestroy
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Posted 2 years ago
Thu Nov 25 2010 21:54:29
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I found the skin on my mattress. I also found a shell on my daughter's bed slats. Oddly enough, I also found a skin (later) in a lower kitchen cabinet which was confusing but I decided that a bug was traveling between our couch and our bedrooms and just sat in the cabinet for awhile. Anyhow, I don't know how long it takes for passive monitors to work. I've never seen anything in our climbups.
And yes, unsettling..I would think if you've had treatment, that would slow the herd down a bit.
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