Comments on: Bed Bug FAQ

By: Marathon Runner

Marathon Runner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:52:10 +0000

I heard that that bed bugs ARE NOT SLOW AT ALL.
IN FACT, they ARE FASTER THAN A MARATHON RUNNER… especially if you are trying to track them down. NOT SLOW, NOT SLOW, NOT SLOW :

By: Cynthia, Placitas, New Mexico

Cynthia, Placitas, New Mexico — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:45:28 +0000

I caught bed-bugs on the Amtrak train returning from Los Angeles to Albuquerque over Thanksgiving holiday. At first I didn’t know what they were, silly me. Anyway, after the first night when the b-bugs had their way and bit me with abandon, it seemed they all died, for thereafter I never got another bite. I’m at 5,980 altitude, so maybe it is true b-bugs die above 5,000′ sea level. Of course I laundered everything, but the bugs seemed to “go away” too easily. Regards.

By: Mila Tyler

Mila Tyler — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:34 +0000

Why is it when you are infected by bed bugs bite the people who’s home, hotel, or etc…… they are the ones who be in these infected places day in and day out 24/7 and they never seem to be showing any signs of bed bugs bite is it because their bodies are immune to it or when an clean person goes by an filthy place their bodies rejects its and bumps appear? why is this?? Well I hope I don’t have to throw away none of my stuff and I hope this doesn’t appear again.

By: Bed Bug Girl

Bed Bug Girl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:34:17 +0000

Hi Casey,

I move your question here to the Bed Bug FAQ as it’s common and will help others. Yes, you can have just a few, but based upon your story, I’m guessing you have more and just have not found them. Stay on top of management and please, take some pics if you get a chance and send them to me. Set up a bed bug trap as I have listed here on the site, it will help confirm an infestation!

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:37:28 +0000

Please help!!! We just moved into a rental house this month and a few days after being here we found some bed bugs on the carpets and baseboards maybe 10 in total and I called my land lord right away and he came the next day and treated with some kind of spray on all the baseboards and doorways.

We have new beds and they were checked very well several times and there is no sign of them on the beds my land lord treated for a week straight and I also bought mattress covers and a few cans of rid since it says it treats for bed bugs I sprayed down the beds curtains carpets washed everything I could and what I couldn’t I sprayed.

Now about 2 weeks later I woke up about 4 am by a phone call and my husband had a bedbug crawling on his face and it was a large sized one. Again I sprayed everything and searched everywhere but I can’t find any or any signs of them but I know they have to be here some where or do they? Can we just have a few? Or are we infested and I am not finding them.

None of us have bites but I heard not everyone may show signs of being bitten. I don’t know what to do I am about to go crazy over wondering and worrying and I am also about to take an extended trip to my mothers in another state for a few months and I am afraid that if I have them and can not find them that I will carry them to her house and I do not want to do that!

Please help I am going crazy!!!!

By: rasta

rasta — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:04:44 +0000

i slept ova @ a friends house and i got bed bugs in my dreadlocks. what can i do to get rid of them without cutting of my dreadlocks

By: tormentedbybedbugs

tormentedbybedbugs — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:04:54 +0000

I’m sorry to say that it is COMPLETELY untrue that bed bugs do not like hair. After a couple weeks of coming to visit my family, I was sleeping on a mattress that my brother had been given, and had 100′s of bites all over my back and shoulders. I thought it was an allergic reaction to new vitamins I was taking, until I found a bug crawling through my hair. I immediately researched about bed bugs online and everything matched up.

I shampooed my hair with lice shampoo to try to kill them, but they stayed alive. I combed out all the live ones with a nit comb, but a few days later, more had hatched. I spent 7 hours yesterday combing out eggs and tiny live bugs. If you have a bed bug infestation at your house, PLEASE beware! Check your hair immediately! These bugs are relentless! I had to buy an advanced kit (RID) usually used for lice that includes shampoo, comb out gel, and a really good nit comb that grabs the tiniest eggs.

If you have bed bugs in your hair, don’t follow the normal instructions of the lice treatment… bed bugs are DIFFERENT!

By: halfwayNinja

halfwayNinja — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:27:25 +0000

Okay, so a week ago i got back home from a retreat that was at a camp near the water. There was a bedbug warning and they made everybody who was possibly exposed to the bed bugs bag all their stuff in these big black bags and they recommended that we take certain precautions, such as throwing everything in the dryer for about an hour.

I washed all my clothes, but I didn’t wash my back pack or my duffel bag or my sleeping bag. I was really skeptical that there would be bed bugs, but i noticed little bumps on my legs. I have eczema so I thought it was just a little rash coming up,but these bumps were more like those mini pimples or something. Later they began to itch, and about 2 days ago, the areas around the bumps got really red and big and slightly inflamed. I’m freaking out that I have bed bugs, I searched through my bed and found nothing.

My mom says I’m being overly anxious. If the little bumps just got red 2 days ago, could that possibly mean that I got bit at the camp and not at home?? I’m really really really really hoping that this is so. Would it be a good idea to vacuum my room?

By: tracey

tracey — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:43:40 +0000

I found an apartment that I would really like to move into. The apartment complex discovered a bed bug infestation in March 2011. The landlord has implemented a treatment plan with a respectable PCO company since April 2011. The company had been spraying every two weeks and now is spraying and inspecting each apartment in the complex each month. The landlord reassured me that they are 100% bed bug free. Is this possible in 9 months? And would you take the risk?

By: India

India — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:27:20 +0000

Hello,
Just about a few weeks ago I was sitting on my couch and I reached for the handle and a second later felt like something bit me then Bout two hours later my foot was itchy. I need up receiving two bumps where the bites occurred then about a few days they went away. Now here is a week that went by and I have a bit on my chin neck, ankle, thighs and back, but the funny thing is my boyfriend doesn’t have any bites at all it’s just me. He checked for bed bugs didn’t see anything so where can these bites be coming from I’m so confused and hate the itchy feeling and redness.
So I would love to know are they bed bugs or not.

Thanks