Posts tagged ‘bed bugs’

This is getting absolutely ridiculous. I am 26 and live at home with my mother. (She moved into my grandfathers 2 family house so her rent is super cheap for NYC) She has been struggling for quite some time now and even though I pay half the rent she still has trouble making her part. [...]

Hi, I live in a three bedroom apartment with two of my friends, and in april, we had bed bugs in our house, but only in my room. I found out I had bed bugs because I am allergic to them, and was getting these enormous swollen bug bites, that were literally 6 inches in [...]

Hi, I live in a three bedroom apartment with two of my friends, and in april, we had bed bugs in our house, but only in my room. I found out I had bed bugs because I am allergic to them, and was getting these enormous swollen bug bites, that were literally 6 inches in [...]

Awhile back I came acroos a hotel chain that uses dogs to sniff out bed bugs. Now, that I need to know which hotel chain it was, I cannot find it.

I have just recently discovered I have a room that is home to bed bugs. I found tiny bed bug bites all over my body in various places. I want to get rid of these pests at once, not a hit and miss try. My mom has told me to wash all of my sheets, [...]

Bed bug visitors coming over?

February 12th, 2011

One of my relatives has bed bugs (exterminator agreed this is the problem) at his place and is coming to visit my mom. He’s planning on bringing the family to stay at her house for the weekend. They say they haven’t seen a bed bug in their place for several weeks and they "think" the [...]

The first bug i found was on my bed, but not in a crack or anything and i picked it up examined it and tried to squish it between my fingers but he kept moving… he was very small like maybe half the size of a waterbug but not dark and not round… it was [...]

This all just hit me very quickly. I have decided to move and while having friends over, they pointed out that we had bed bugs. Well i am planning to move and i have a couple questions. 1) What is safe to take with me? (pictures, clothes, dressers, etc.) 2) I have a dog. Can [...]

It was flat, but the body was rounded, six legs and two front pincers. Color was brown and it was very hard to kill. Had to use fingernail to cut it in half. It wasn’t a tick, I have taken those off my dog. I don’t believe bed bugs have pincers. Any ideas?

will calamine lotion treat bed bug bites? basically about 3 months ago my brother started getting loads of bits all over his body and then my sister started to get them and then everyone else started to get them the only people that didn’t get them was my dad and my younger brother there are [...]

can pets get bed bugs?

October 26th, 2010

i have bed bugs need a treatment and want to know if my cat and dog can catch bed bugs

I found these bugs on my dog. There have to be over 500 on him. They are small, black, round, shiny, you can’t see their legs at all, yet they still move a lot. I’m scared that they are harmful to him or myself. He has brought them into the house and they are on [...]

So I have a problem with bed bugs. I already called pest control and they did three rounds and I still have new bites. So i did some research and came across this pesticide called Boric Acid and Diatomaceous Earth. So I went to go buy Boric Acid at a pet shop which they also [...]

can bed bugs get on dogs?

August 31st, 2010

can bed bugs get on dogs and can they bite them can the live on them and if so what can i do to get them off the dog and is bed bugs spray harmful for them

my friend helped me collect bed bugs but id like to keep some as pets. and study them. how would you recommend that i care for them? i dont want the poor things to die. they are fasicinating creatures. like mosquitos. (pure alcohol kills lice instantly) so what should i keep them in? and how [...]