Has anyone here had a heat treatment to get rid of bed bugs and what is your expirence? (fleas, couch)
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The other day I was doing some cleaning and discovered bed bugs on sheets/and a comforter I discarded both in a trash bag and laundered everything else.
I will be calling pest control to inspect if there are any more left. I was reading that the only way to eradicate them is heat.
Has anyone here had the dreaded BB and had any heat treatments done to eradicate them? I'm freaking out as I'm a clean person never purchase any second-hand furniture.
But I do live in an apartment building where it's a problem.
Hey Goofball,
Try not to sweat it so much. I had bed bugs back in 2014. I threw away my bed, mattress, and bedding. I laundered all of my clothes and moved out for a week while they treated my unit. I didn't get the heat treatment, it was a professional spray that they applied. If I remember correctly it was like 3 treatments over 2 weeks.
I know that you are probably losing sleep. I remember feeling them even when they weren't there for months after. I would say that was probably the least sleep I had up until I had a newborn, lol.
The good news is that their spray treatment worked like a charm. I was very careful and aware to watch out for anymore. I checked my bed daily for any signs of additional bugs once I moved back in.
One last thing to note: I packed away my couch cushions and covers into bags and they gave me little strips to put into the bags as an additional treatment. Eventually after a couple of weeks I opened the bags to put my couch back together and one crawled out. It hadn't had any food and had been sitting in a treated back for 2 WEEKS. It's amazing how resilient they are. Needless to say I killed him and haven't seen them since.
I Hope you're as lucky as I was in my treatment. Worst case, they come back and you retreat.
Why not use an insect bomb or defogger? The name sounds scary but it’s simply an aerosol you set off in your rooms that has an active ingredient that is toxic to things like fleas and so forth. The toxin is derived from plants that evolved to fight off bugs that destroyed them. You must stay out for several hours but it’s doable.
However I’m not sure if it kills the eggs. You might need a repeat a few days later but that should take care of it. Look up bed bug fogger and see what you find including instructions for use. Good luck.
Hey Goofball,
Try not to sweat it so much. I had bed bugs back in 2014. I threw away my bed, mattress, and bedding. I laundered all of my clothes and moved out for a week while they treated my unit. I didn't get the heat treatment, it was a professional spray that they applied. If I remember correctly it was like 3 treatments over 2 weeks.
I know that you are probably losing sleep. I remember feeling them even when they weren't there for months after. I would say that was probably the least sleep I had up until I had a newborn, lol.
The good news is that their spray treatment worked like a charm. I was very careful and aware to watch out for anymore. I checked my bed daily for any signs of additional bugs once I moved back in.
One last thing to note: I packed away my couch cushions and covers into bags and they gave me little strips to put into the bags as an additional treatment. Eventually after a couple of weeks I opened the bags to put my couch back together and one crawled out. It hadn't had any food and had been sitting in a treated back for 2 WEEKS. It's amazing how resilient they are. Needless to say I killed him and haven't seen them since.
I Hope you're as lucky as I was in my treatment. Worst case, they come back and you retreat.
Thanks, I freaked out for sure seeing those blood-sucking aholes. I'm killing them with duct tape and checking daily till pest control comes out.
I clean regularly, never by second-hand anything, I belive I got it from a neighbor since the apartment building does get them every so often ugh.
I'd imagine it's pretty difficult for any multiple residence building to avoid or get rid of bedbugs. Multiple people bringing stuff in and out all the time...then there's all their visitors and their stuff! How can they control that? Even if you do treat and eradicate bugs from your individual space, how can you truly isolate it from the surrounding building?
Don't forget to enclose your mattress. There are bedbug-proof covers. You can offer fewer places for bedbugs to hide.
Has anyone here had the dreaded BB and had any heat treatments done to eradicate them? I'm freaking out as I'm a clean person never purchase any second-hand furniture.
I got bedbugs from a headboard I bought at a hotel liquidation sale. Bedbugs are not about cleanliness, it's about human blood. They don't go after any other animal.
Anyway I did the heat treatment and it did great, and it only took a few hours. Regular sprays you find in a store will not eradicate them, you need a professional, because they can multiply. Do it right and get rid of them for good.
One thing they told me though is not to move around or change up where you sleep. If they are in your bed, they will follow you to the couch, and then they'll have spread. That's what made it really hard for me, waiting the two weeks for my appointment.
I lost a lot of sleep and started having anxiety attacks. I wound up on Xanax for that last week, and the poor guy, it was the hottest week of the year when he did the treatment, and he couldn't get away from it between having the exhaust hoses going out the back door and having to keep the door to the room closed. I wound up buying him a case of beer since I was the last appointment of the day.
I'm having pest control come out to inspect. They will not be doing the heat treatment but require all clothes and everything to be washed and dried before they come closets emptied, and drawers emptied. All food and everything off the counter.
I really hope the chemicals aren't super harsh as I'm sensitive to stuff like that.
Why not use an insect bomb or defogger? The name sounds scary but it’s simply an aerosol you set off in your rooms that has an active ingredient that is toxic to things like fleas and so forth. The toxin is derived from plants that evolved to fight off bugs that destroyed them. You must stay out for several hours but it’s doable.
These kinds of bug bombs are commonly used in nurseries to kill insect pests that affect the plants. While they are plant-based, the active ingredient is a high concentration of nicotine and is extremely toxic to humans. You may get away with one in a single family home (if one were so inclined), but the OP lives in an apartment which is a no-go.
I would go with the previous poster's suggestion of insecticide spray. You can also put diatomaceous earth in a container that you place the legs of your bed upon to prevent them from crawling up on it. Diatomaceous earth is non-toxic to humans, but extremely lethal to insects (it gets in the joints of their carapace and acts like razor sharp shards that kill the bugs as they move). You can commonly buy it at nurseries and hardware stores.
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