i dont have bed bugs, but this whole bed bug thing going around has got me freaked out. my bed is a metal loft bed. so can bed bugs get up there? and do they burrow in mattresses and pillows? and if bedbugs are such a problem why cant scientists and extirminators just kill them out of existance?
Protect your mattress and box spring: inspect, turn over, vacuum the latter especially in the folds where the bug likes to hide. Treat your mattress and box spring with a high temperature steam unit. Wrap them in a bag sells against allergies any stores. Wash any bedding and clothes in very hot water and dry it in the dryer. Your pillows must be dryed for minimum 20 minutes at very high temp. You must keep your bed some inch from the wall. Same things for Baby cribs, all linen have to be washed at hot water and dryed at high heat for 20 min. Toys should be wash in hot and soapy water. Inspect and treat the spot location where bed bugs could be hidding in your fournitures. Prevent bed bugs access to your bed: To do this, you can use the lids of plastic containers where you will lay the legs of the bed, taking care to coat a large circular band around the bed of jelly petroleum (Vaseline). It is also possible to use a codline adhesive on both sides, and go around the legs of the bed. This creates a physical barrier to counteract the bugs. Vacuum frequently throughout the housing allocated in the slots, the electrical outlets. This eliminates a large portion of the bugs, and young larvae. Eliminate breeding places: Wash bedding often, remove any piece of cloth that could drag the ground. Bedbugs appreciate everything that drags to reproduce. Protect your belongings: Put your spare bedding and belongings in bags or plastic totes. If you want to make sure there is no bug in your belongings: Place your bag in the freezer for six days at -7 ° C or 3 days at - 18 ° C. The bugs will not survive.
Yes! Bedbugs have been in the news quite a bit recently. There are safety precautions you can use to limit yourself in self-defense. Wash your clothing and bedding in hot water all the time. You and your visiting friends should leave their shoes outside the entrance door as these bedbugs can be tracked in on the soles of your shoes. Monitor your guests and make sure they don't bring just anything into your residence which may carry these critters. Bedbugs can't be exterminated easily as they are hard to see and there are zillions of them to conquer. They lay eggs by the thousands, so, now we get thousands x zillions. You can also use pillow and mattress protective covers. These are a soft vinyl and will protect from bedbugs burrowing into your bedding. Good luck!
they won't be able to hang on to a moving ceiling fan. You can put vasoline on the metal table legs to keep them from climbing up. Move your bed away from the wall and keep your sheets and blankets from touching the floor. Do you have a wood bed frame, they could be in there or already in your mattress or boxspring. A solution, call an exterminator to get rid of the bed bugs. Sprays alone will not eliminate them, they will have to use steam. If they have a bed bug dog take advantage of it because the dog will point out the source. Good luck!
They're a bug; they can climb anywhere. They lurk between mattress and box springs so check there often.
