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9673
lichen...all of your concerns are legitimate.....I suggest that, before you leave your infested apt. you should keep some cans of compressed air...you can buy...
deborah november
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Jun 2, 2009
3:57 am
9674
Here is a little back story for you- I recently got married and moved into a house that my husband and I rent. We moved the majority of our stuff in on Easter...
whitney.earlywine
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Jun 2, 2009
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Hi, Sounds like you're doing what you should be doing. We were able to save our couch. vacuum the cushions and spray it with alcohol daily. I too used terminex...
Brandi Neal
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Jun 2, 2009
1:15 pm
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Brandi Thanks so much for your encouragement! I do have a question though. Did you have to pay extra for Terminix to come back for 3 months? Our agreement...
whitney.earlywine
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Jun 2, 2009
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We had a one year guarantee (I live in Maine), which means they would come back for a year as often as necessary if need be, but we only had them come three...
Brandi Neal
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Jun 2, 2009
1:43 pm
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Hi Whitney - sorry to welcome you to this group!   Is Terminix only treating your bedroom? Have you replaced the mattress yet? Have you decluttered everything...
Karen Edwardson
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Jun 2, 2009
5:18 pm
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Thank you for your response! I have been washing/drying/bagging since i noticed the bugs, so hopefully that's not where they are still coming from. We are not...
whitney.earlywine
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Jun 2, 2009
6:21 pm
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whitney...I haven't read all the responses to your post..but I just want to say that I feel terrible for you but hang in there...you will win , eventually...a...
deborah november
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Jun 2, 2009
7:08 pm
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whitney....a good bedbug contract should guarantee treatment for 3 months...one treatment is NEVER enough....make them commit to get the job done...period ... ...
deborah november
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Jun 2, 2009
7:09 pm
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Whitney....spraying the baseboards is not going to get the job done....they need to spray the underside of your furniture, all around your window frames,...
deborah november
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Jun 2, 2009
7:17 pm
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The blankets are all in large plastic bags stored inside plastic tubs/totes. Our clothes are also in plastic bags and I launder them every day. I just finished...
whitney.earlywine
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Jun 2, 2009
8:50 pm
9684
... Not too sure if this means you are currently storing your old mattress and box spring or have already thrown them out. However, unless your mattress and...
plainbob2001
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Jun 2, 2009
9:59 pm
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We actually already got rid of our mattress and box spring. They were secondhand and the source of the problem so I just felt better by having them out of the...
whitney.earlywine
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Jun 2, 2009
11:20 pm
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Your welcome - did you say your landlord was paying for the treatments? If he's not then I would hire a company you feel good about. Call around and ask other...
Karen Edwardson
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Jun 3, 2009
12:38 am
9687
These bugs are a nightmare to get rid of but the pest control company here in Columbia Missouri called Win Gate Pest Control literally goes into a unit and...
chuck dudley
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Jun 3, 2009
12:58 am
9688
whitney....again, so sorry you have to be going thru this....but 3 months is an approx. time....when you do finally get rid of the bedbugs...which you will,...
deborah november
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Jun 3, 2009
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OK so we isolated the bed...pulled away from wall, put double sided tape around the legs, etc. & bought all new (but cheap just in case) bedding to see if...
whitney.earlywine
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Jun 3, 2009
6:53 pm
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Whitney....I don't know the "kill" time for the pesticide that Terminex used....but I think you must that your headboard and footboard and all parts of your...
deborah november
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Jun 4, 2009
12:24 am
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Ok, So I am excited and FREEKED out at the same time. The Inspector came in with his magnifying glass, and mag light, took apart all the bedding pulled the...
rehabilitateme
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Jun 4, 2009
5:25 am
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Cooper - I'm no expert at all - but from what everyone say's its really really difficult to find Bed Bugs in early stages. I had a moderate to bad case of them...
Karen Edwardson
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Jun 4, 2009
12:33 pm
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I am almost nine weeks into an early bedbug infestation. This is the second time I have gone through this. The first time was almost three years ago in a...
sleeplessnyc
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Jun 4, 2009
2:26 pm
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Karen, I have googles the bug dog all day long I just don't think they have them down south. But did the bug guys find blood, or fecal matter? with yours? I...
rehabilitateme
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Jun 4, 2009
2:43 pm
9695
Our infestation was bad... they must have been in my boys bedroom for 5 months or longer before they branched out to my little one's room and then ours - so...
Karen Edwardson
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Jun 4, 2009
3:13 pm
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sleepless...you don't mention anything about how you suspect the bedbugs showed up this time?  If you live in a multi-family dwelling , which I think you...
deborah november
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Jun 4, 2009
3:23 pm
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I have the legs and the exterminator has put dust in them. I also spray them every time I spray my room. I do live in a multi-family dwelling, but believe that...
sleeplessnyc
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Jun 4, 2009
4:12 pm
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Wow. I had these same itchy bumps too, noticed one at night and then the next day it was gone. I assumed it was something other than a bedbug bite, but now I...
Hugh Blanton
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Jun 4, 2009
6:42 pm
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Sleepless....its a vicious cycle with bedbugs.....I think you are going to have to wait it out...its impossible, imo, to tell where your bites are coming...
deborah november
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Jun 4, 2009
10:13 pm
9700
Hi Sleepless, I feel for you. Going through this right now, but I have to say, I hope your co-worker was not fired because of this. These little bugs are no...
KIRKTON
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Jun 5, 2009
1:07 am
9701
Hi Deb, Have you ever heard of bed bugs biting the palms of your hands? ... From: deborah november To: bedbugger@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009...
KIRKTON
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Jun 5, 2009
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9702
kirkton..I have not heard anyone post that they had bites on the palms of their hands....however, I don't think you can discount any area of the body if its...
deborah november
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