As anyone who has ever been a victim of bedbug attacks will tell you, getting rid of these little blood-sucking vampires is as difficult as dealing with the true picture of these hideous fleas, crawling all over your body, and in your bed when you sleep at night. at night, sucking your blood for their own food. This guide will tell you how to get rid of these monsters in an effective, inexpensive, non-toxic and simple way that won't involve spraying chemicals on furniture very close to your body. This method is also a great way for those who can't just throw the mattress away and buy a new one; and even if you did, you'd still need to do everything else on this list, as a new mattress likely won't be the only hiding place for these irritating laying lice.
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Method 1 of 4: Cleaning Up Messy Stuff
Step 1. Organize the messy stuff in your home or clean up all the messy stuff in your house as much as possible
It's always easier to deal with the bed bug problem and work in a clean environment. And don't assume that just because your house is clean/dirty is the reason for bed bugs in your home. Bed bugs are epidemic, and they prefer a warm environment where they eat, including your pets. Your personal hygiene has nothing to do with this. Bed bugs love to hide in piles of laundry and (surprisingly) your mattress, the curtains that surround the bed-skirt, and the cot. The bed bugs will get on your couch cushions, your blankets, and whatever else they can. However, often they enter through holes, crevices, or openings somewhere.
Step 2. Clean everything thoroughly
- Wash all clothes, bed linen, pillows, fabrics and others that are exposed to/infected with bedbugs in hot water because the fabric can be hot water resistant. Use bleach on all items where possible. Bleach that does not fade color is perfect for this.
- Vacuum and then mop carpets and floors. First, bleach the floor and then use a water/alcohol solution to spray the floor and then mop. Wipe all resistant surfaces with water/alcohol solution without causing eventual damage.
- If possible, bag any items you can't wash with an airtight seal and place them outside (if you live where the temperature is freezing, somewhere in a snowy area, or otherwise, store them somewhere that might expose them to heat)., but won't damage the bag or anything you have inside, you're trying to cut off their air supply and kill them with extreme temperatures).
- When in doubt, throw it away (if you have the equipment to do so).
- If there are other items that haven't been mentioned, just clean them one last time with very hot or freezing water.
Method 2 of 4: Prevent Bedbugs from Rising
Step 1. Keep your bed away from the wall
That is, move it away from the wall so there is no direct contact between your bed and the wall, (and hence no longer an easy route for bed bugs to get to your sweet, fresh blood). Cover the bed with a mattress protector (if you have one). And if your bed has a frame or is raised off the ground in some other way (eg legs), and the surface is Vaseline-resistant, cover the legs of your bed frame with Vaseline. These insects cannot fly and therefore must crawl to whatever heights they can reach. If there's a little Vaseline in there, they won't go anywhere and you can wipe them off and add more Vaseline as needed.
- Make sure your bed is at least away from anything, including walls, nightstands, books, etc. Your bed should only be surrounded by empty areas.
- Climb Up Insect Interceptor Cups (Climb Up Insect Interceptor Cups) can be placed under beds that have four legs. The container (cup) has two rings inside; the insect climbs into the outer ring, which is coated with fine dust (don't inhale it) and becomes permanently trapped there, the bed bugs are unable to cling to the slippery sides to climb into the second ring where the foot of your bed stands.
- Make sure the foot of the bed is high enough off the floor that the bed bugs cannot reach it.
- Make sure none of the bed linen or bed cover/comforter touches the floor or you'll be bitten and rewash everything.
- Make sure you never put anything on the floor or mattress if you don't want to re-wash everything.
- Bed bugs can climb on any object, including the ceiling and fall on your mattress. If the infestation is severe, the fleas may even fall from the ceiling. In this case, it's time to call an exterminator.
Method 3 of 4: Killing Bedbugs
Step 1. Sprinkle food grade diatomaceous earth (appropriate for cutlery/food items) into crevices, holes, openings, or anywhere dry that you feel might be an entry point for bed bugs to invade your home
Diatomaceous earth is the most common material used to fumigate (get rid of) bed bugs; shards of the shell (or powder) of this material are microscopically sharp and puncture the thin and slippery exoskeleton of this night-eating demon, causing it to dry out and die, which is our only goal in the end.
Step 2. Before going to bed, use an alcohol mixture if your skin is resistant to it, until the bed bug infestation is gone
You may also want to consider wearing more clothes before bed; and for the ladies, tie your hair back or put (cover) your hair in something, because bed bugs will crawl into loose hair. Whatever you can do to prevent bed bugs from getting close to you, DO IT! While bed bugs do not carry disease, and for most people the bites are invisible, for others the bites itch, itch and itch. Bed bugs can bite you anywhere.
Step 3. Kill any bed bugs you see and touch and be prepared to deal with blood stains on your bed linen, so you may want to replace them
In fact, it's the tiny bloodstains left over from rolling over on the bed and killing the fleas, often what makes many people realize that they have had bed bug infestations in the first place. A place you'll want to check closely is the mattress curtain (the underside of the mattress). The last bed bug should die within a week or maybe two. But it could happen sooner; it all depends on the severity of the attack.
Method 4 of 4: Confirming the End of the Attack
Step 1. Clean everything again thoroughly
This action is to get rid of all the dead bedbugs lying around and as another precaution, in case some eggs or bloodsucking babies make it through this early stage of cleaning. They will all be vacuumed very easily.
Step 2. Wash all bed linen, bed covers, and duvet/pillow covers
Wash anything that could potentially harbor bed bugs.
Step 3. Purchase bedbug mattress and pillow covers
You can't wash mattresses and pillows in a washing machine, so wrap them in a bed bug-resistant zipper protector that will seal any bed bugs inside and prevent bed bugs from crawling in.
Tips
- Call an exterminator, sleep with the lights on, use baby oil after using alcohol, tie your hair back, put Vaseline on the legs of the bed or tea tree oil are some things you can do.
- The best cream or lotion or jelly to fight bed bug bites and itching is Benadryl spray or anything with diphenhydramine as the main anti-itch. Calamine lotion doesn't work very well, but diphenhydramine works well for the effects of coming into contact with bed bugs, and would be the best weapon to suppress itching; this lotion won't leave any pinkish patches on your skin!
- Bed bugs feed at night, so it's easier to hunt them down in the dark with a flashlight. If you can, you may want to try leaving the lights on as long as possible when going to bed at night or not turning them off at all; doing this occasionally will reduce the chances of being bitten by bedbugs throughout the night.
- Direct sunlight is a great way to get rid of these bed bugs. On a warm and sunny day, take (dry) all your things from your drawers and cupboards, sofas and mattresses and bed covers, pillows, rugs, curtains and so on in your backyard, for 4 or five hours in the sun directly. The bed bugs will leave your belongings behind and crawl into the grass for cover. This method requires a lot of hard work but is not as dirty or messy as killing the bedbugs directly.
- Apply adhesive tape all over the foot of your bed. Around it. Next, place an insecticide (eg Delta Dust brand) or camphor (camphor) on your floor.
- If you are going to fumigate (spray) the bed bug infestation, be sure to separate the mattress and cot spring bed by setting them up separately, preferably against a wall. The bed bugs will come out later and it will be easy to kill them, either by hand or with alcohol (use a stronger version of alcohol this time) or with an aerosol bed bug spray directly and kill them with it.
- The bed bugs will perish with minimal effort or effort, but be careful when you squeeze them, they will squirt blood (and it's likely yours).
- If you have to smoke it, Hot Shot's flea (insect) killer is fairly non-toxic, mainly because it uses diatomaceous earth. Plus, you only need to let it sit for two hours before opening the window and letting it spread out for about 15 minutes. Then it is safe to enter the house (room) again. This method is not quite successful in killing bed bugs, but very successful in getting them out of hiding. This insect repellent is intended for use in a room, so it is one of the safer fumigants to use.
Warning
- Bed bugs are one of the most difficult attacks to get rid of. It's possible that the attack you're fighting or dealing with is way beyond your capabilities and it's probably best to call in an exterminator if it persists, even if you've made repeated handling and offensive attacks.
- Be careful with shell powder (the flea skin) for babies and pets that roam around the house. Make sure you don't place the shell powder in an area where they can easily enter or breathe. Cracks, underwalls, doorknobs, etc., should all be very safe, but if the area you suspect is out there, in an open area, make sure you monitor anyone nearby.
- If bed bugs keep coming out of the same bed, get rid of them, because it's not safe.
