Hi everyone, I thought I'd start the ball rolling by sharing my experience with bedbugs and where I am now with the whole situation. I discovered that I had...
Hey, I have the exterminator coming on Saturday and all I was told was to empty all my closets (even the ones that are nowhere near the bedroom). What else do...
hi bonnie: let's see, where do i start? the first thing you will want to do is bag all of the clothing that you remove from your closets. put it in garbage...
EVERYTHING in hot water? What about clothes like jeans that I know will shrink or bleed? There are some clothes that I've only washed in cold water, so if hot...
Hi Bonnie, Not to create extra work for you, but if it were me, I'd want to be absolutely sure that I got to any last hiding spot that the bedbugs could find....
i'm echoing caitlin here. hot water is the only thing that will kill them. if you're concerned about shrinkage, consider having that clothing dry cleaned...
Yeah, some people have told me to put stuff in the freezer, which I'm starting to think is an Old Wive's Tale of sorts. My couch does not have a slipcover, it...
Hey everyone - After hearing Caitlin's story, I figured that I'd share mine as well. Mine is a fairly recent account which had started around November with ...
hi bonnie: i think the freezing actually does work. so if you have a place where you can store some of your furniture where it will get exposed to below...
hi josie - today went pretty well - it took a lot less time than i thought. my neighbor who is on the co-op board of my building saw me after and told me that...
Hi Bonnie, My friends were pretty sympathetic to my plight but I could see them looking around their sofas and chairs while I was there, making sure that I...
Hello, I spoke to Caitlin a while back during my heavy infestation days. I'm glad that this board is here becasue the experience is long, painful, and...
Hi Caitlin - I've told my friends about it being rare to travel on clothes, but only one friend has been ultra-cautious since, but that's because she's...
Not to be a party pooper, but... Are you sure about it being rare that bedbugs travel on clothes? I've seen several on my dark clothes when my closet was...
At least in the various literature that I've read, the only time that bedbugs will travel on clothing that someone is actually WEARING is if the apartment or...
I'd agree with that. I was talking more in the case where the bedbug has crawled onto your clothes at night or something that you aren't wearing, then you ...
hi bonnie: my friends were cautious too, but i was more afraid than they were. i didn't want anyone i loved to go through what i did, so i isolated myself. i...
hi all, i just joined this group. i'm not sure yet if i have bedbugs but mayeb you guys will know. i've been getting these bug bites for the past few months....
just realized that i didn't start getting these as long as i had originally though. maybe started sometime in mid to late december or early january. :/ Helen...
Hi Helen! Sorry to hear about your troubles! My guess is that it's not bedbugs. If it was, you'd be getting bites every day. Bedbugs don't go on vacation. ...
I'm with Caryn, Helen. I bet an exterminator would be able to come in and at least do a diagnosis of the situation, without actually treating the apartment....
hi caitlin, yeah, i was wondering if anyone had pets in the house (3 units in it) and apparently, no one does (i asked the landlord).. maybe they do but the...
hi caryn, thanks for the reply! since the thought of bedbugs popped into my head, i've been a bit obsessed with reading about them online. it's kinda...
Maybe each individual bug only eats every few days (I'm not sure), but there would be enough bugs that some of them are eating all the time. I do think that,...
I agree with Caryn. It doesn't sound like bedbugs. I was ravaged by them like Caryn was, a dozen or so bites a day, and I only had a very light infestation. ...
Posted this on my site today but thought you might like to know... Monday's episode of "The King of Queens" on CBS will feature bedbugs. Check your local...
Hi all, here's my deal. Two days ago I noticed that I was itching in the middle of the afternoon. When I got home I saw like 30 bites on my back, torso, hips...
Hi Lori, It sounds like bedbugs to me. I searched a few times before finding any sign of them; sometimes they hide inside the box spring, which makes them hard...
