Re: Do We Have Bedbugs?

Posted by Ann on April 24, 2004 at 14:12:53:

In Reply to: Re: Do We Have Bedbugs? posted by Jeanne on April 23, 2004 at 01:14:31:

: Thanks Chrissy and Ann. I've found the casings too. Yucky! This weekend its WAR! I'm going to put a little pyrethrin inside the joints of the bed and along/inside the baseboards. Will try the sticky tape and glue boards under the bed legs too. I'll put a bit of masking tape on the bottom of the bed legs (its brand new!) so they are not ruined by the sticky glue. Have also been reading that lavender oil repels them so will try a little in my laundry and where the bedding is stored.

: I have bad reactions to pesticides so I'm going to try the other methods described in this forum: vacumming and changing the sheets every day (this will be fun) and the many, many helpful things mentioned to get rid of the suckers.

: Wish me luck! Same to you.

Hi Jeanne: I understand about the pesticides, when I had my place sprayed, the pesticides they used affected my eyes. They were swollen shut the next morning. I too used a lot of sticky tape and traps, along with vacuuming all cracks and crevices, laudering all bedlinen's, sleeping on air pillows, so I didn't have to spray as often. It is particularly difficult when you have children also, because you want them to be protected since pesticides affect their system adversly more than an adults. So you have to be cautious whether or not you have a bad reaction to the sprays. I think you are on the right track, I might add, that caulking and the use of drione will help to reduce the population of the bedbugs. Good Luck.

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