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Help - Bed Bugs!!
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2 months ago my son kept waking up with bites all over his feet. Just couldn't work out what they were. Having never seen a bedbug in my life it didn't even occur to me. It was only when someone suggested it that I stripped his bed, couldn't see a thing. Then I pulled out the spare mattress underneath the bed and there they were! I was mortified as Ive always associated it with dirt, which im assured it isn't. Rang pest control who were brilliant. Said son has most probably brought them in from outside on a school bag or something. Sprayed entire room and floor below which is my bedroom ( he has loft conversion). unfortunately within days I was also woken up covered in bites and actually found 2 on my mattress. Very upset. Pest control have to leave 2 weeks inbetween sprays so they came back and did all rooms, infact they soaked them. To cut to the chase, they have now been FIVE times and are completely baffled as to why the treatment hasnt worked. My sons room seems to be free now as he no longer has any bites and they couldn't find a thing in his room. But im still getting bitten to death everynight even though I cant actually see any bugs anymore - theyre clearly a couple hidden somewhere. Its making my life a totally misery, im so sore. they've bitten my face, my neck, my arms lastnight and im so unhappy. I don't know what to do. Pest control say they've used the strongest treatmen possible. Help : (
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Instead of a steamer, I wonder if a heat gun (as sold by DIY stores) carefully used would be any better (what do other ABers think ?).
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Instead of a steamer, I wonder if a heat gun (as sold by DIY stores) carefully used would be any better (what do other ABers think ?).
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It is a nightmare, and to know that every night when I go to bed im going to get bitten is just awful, but pest control say that you have to sleep in the same room as its something to do with your breath that draws them out. ( maybe hubbie has bad breath!!) But seriously I showed the pest guy on Thursday and he said they are definitely bed bug bites. Oddly enough, whenever they've treated the room it seems to disturb them and I get bittern really badly that night.
From what I can see, Stingray is not a widely used product and I have never heard of it but I am a little out of touch with modern chemicals.
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