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bedbuggerfeed. It is amazing what is out there!
1. We've got to bag up everything cloth that we either are certain is not contaminated, or that we don't intend to use within the next 18 months (and which we really ought to just ditch, then).
2. Then we should begin to wash the remaining cloth items in HOT water before drying them in a HOT dryer. After this, it goes in a plastic bag to avoid re-contamination. When we're done, we start that process with the bagged things that we think probably aren't contaminated - better safe than sorry.
3. Meanwhile, we can vacuum places we know or suspect are contaminated - all the bedrooms, for safety, along the baseboards and beds especially. The vacuum bags get immediately doublebagged (sorry, world, the island in the ocean is about to get bigger) and removed from the house. Every place we vacuum we put the whatever-it-is earth down. We cover the mattresses in plastic, very securely, after vacuuming. This will remain in place for a full year-and-a-half.
4. Immediately afterwards, we fumigate the entire house. We can't leave a place for them to run to.
5. We then proceed to re-apply the dusty stuff so that we're not having poisoned whatever-it-is earth lying where the kids can eat it. That goes along all the walls, beds, drawers, etc.
6. 10 - 14 days later we re-fumigate (preferably the house, but at least just the affected areas of it, that can get pricy) and re-apply the whatever-it-is earth.
7. We continue to exercise constant vigilance for at least a year and a half afterwards. Bedbugs are impressive little critters!
What do you think?
bedbuggerfeed. It is amazing what is out there!1. We've got to bag up everything cloth that we either are certain is not contaminated, or that we don't intend to use within the next 18 months (and which we really ought to just ditch, then).
2. Then we should begin to wash the remaining cloth items in HOT water before drying them in a HOT dryer. After this, it goes in a plastic bag to avoid re-contamination. When we're done, we start that process with the bagged things that we think probably aren't contaminated - better safe than sorry.
3. Meanwhile, we can vacuum places we know or suspect are contaminated - all the bedrooms, for safety, along the baseboards and beds especially. The vacuum bags get immediately doublebagged (sorry, world, the island in the ocean is about to get bigger) and removed from the house. Every place we vacuum we put the whatever-it-is earth down. We cover the mattresses in plastic, very securely, after vacuuming. This will remain in place for a full year-and-a-half.
4. Immediately afterwards, we fumigate the entire house. We can't leave a place for them to run to.
5. We then proceed to re-apply the dusty stuff so that we're not having poisoned whatever-it-is earth lying where the kids can eat it. That goes along all the walls, beds, drawers, etc.
6. 10 - 14 days later we re-fumigate (preferably the house, but at least just the affected areas of it, that can get pricy) and re-apply the whatever-it-is earth.
7. We continue to exercise constant vigilance for at least a year and a half afterwards. Bedbugs are impressive little critters!
What do you think?
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Date: 2007-08-21 12:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-21 12:47 am (UTC)Honestly, though, *anybody* can get bedbugs, *anywhere*. They used to be rampant all around the country, and if they're coming back, I doubt they'll only come back in the cities. They're just, like everything else, easier to get rid of outside of cities because you're not so close to your neighbors (especially when it comes to apartments - hoo boy!)
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Date: 2007-08-21 12:56 am (UTC)Sadly, if we get bedbugs, we're fucking SCREWED. We live in an 8 apartment building! (4 ups 4 downs)