How do I get rid of bed bugs?

Start your own creepy crawler collection. While you’re most likely going to want to get rid of the bed bugs altogether, it’s important to save the bugs that you do find. You’ll need evidence of bugs to show any landlords or exterminators. When you do save them, make sure to tape them to a surface where they will be easily visible. Bed bugs are small and often hard to see with the naked eye.

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Hopefully, the exterminator knows the proper way of ridding your place of them. I've heard that ultra high or ultra cold temps are pretty much all that works. I.e. steaming or freezing, but that too is something a pro must do, if I'm not mistaken. I'm not a bug expert and hope I never have this problem but this is what I've been reading and hearing on the news. You might want to do a Google search about it and see what you can find. Even if you don't see the grown bugs, there's always the possibility of their larvae being around somewhere where you can't see them. I know that's gross, but such be the case. Good luck.

I got bed bugs and took them home with me after staying the night at a friends house. I went home and after a week or so in the morning I had a line of about 7 bites on one arm. The next day I woke up and had a lot more. I didn't know what this was so I went to my doctor. She told me it looked like it was bed bugs since she had asked me to tell her what I did prior to getting the bites. She told me that the best way would be to get an exterminator that used heat to kill them. I went home did research on the internet and found out heat at around 113 degrees kills them quick. I decided to used this method and off to Home Depot I went. I looked at room heaters and saw that they only went to 85-90 degrees before automatically shutting off. I went to the outdoor heater section and found a portable propane heater for 189.00USD I purchased it and went home and assembled it. I took my grill propane tank to get filled 15.00 bucks. I got home stood my mattress and box spring on their sides leaving all the sheets and stuff on them. I took out my spray deodorant and cologne, candle, and other liquids out of my room. I also took the smoke detectors out from the ceiling. I ran the propane line under the door to approximately 10 feet away from the door of my room. Close your air condtioner vent. I went in lighted the heater and set the thing on HIGH. I left it on for around 45 minutes making sure I'd go in every 10 minutes to check if my house was in fire. Luckily everything was good. I had left a thermometer on the floor of my room away from the heater since heat rises at the 20 minute check it read 165 degrees Fahrenheit. I did see that my plastic hangers had wilted and sagged from the heat. I let the room cool with the door shut and didn't sleep there til the next day. A few weeks went by and then they were back! I again did the same thing except this time I took my shoes out cause I had to replace them after I melted the glue out of my old ones and they fell apart. Once I was done with the same exact procedure I immediately ripped all the carpet off the floor and threw it away at the dumpster at some warehouse. The bed bugs are now gone its been almost a year now. No bites or nothing else purchased. If you're gonna used this method I recommend you thoroughly check for liquids before you do this. My thermometer read 165 degrees but that was the max reading I'm sure it was hotter. Another thing don't be stupid and leave the tank in the room you are heating up if you do you will die with the bugs. Check as often as you can. Remember propane leaves carbon monoxide a poisonous gas that kills you too so don't stay in the room long. Make sure you open the windows after you're done but let the room cool off on its own. Hopefully this will work for you. I wouldn't try this in an apartment though. Good luck and kill those *******.

My cousin also had this issue a few months ago, she encountered one while she was sleeping so she got up in the middle of the night and vacuumed the whole house, bed sheet, to bed, to couch etc..the she brought all of her linen to get them washed. After that, no more bed bugs ^_^

The exterminator should do the trick. There's nothing like have a professional come in. But there is a ton of info on the web on these little buggers. Some you have probably tried, others perhaps not.

G'day Meiko,

Thank you for your question.

Get in pest killers would be one good option. The New York City Government has issued advice on what to do.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vector/b...

You may also wish to warn close friends and neighbours.

Regards

search yahoo answers...its been discussed ALOT!

some tips...

1.) get an exterminator....it can take several visits to get rid of them

2.) get box spring/mattress covers (rated for 'allergen')

3.) it is not recommended to try to use pesticides yourself...you can just scare them away and they'll spread to other parts of your house. definitely dont use foggers or bug bombs.

4.) two words.... DIATOMACEOUS EARTH. food grade/freshwater ONLY. it will kill EVERY single creepy crawly out there and its all natural.

good luck!!!!

usually if its out of control,, exterminators heat the whole house at about 140 degrees f,,,,this will kill any insect that lives in the interior.

remove it form the house until the exterminator get there.

Get rid of your bed. Easiest way to get rid of bed bugs.