I didn't realise that bed bugs were a real thing!

axisus · August 2016

"Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite". I thought that was just a silly rhyme, I didn't know that they actually existed. My youngest daughter has been getting bites when asleep, then we found one of the little bastards. Nasty looking things. Found a second a day later. I killed the little gits, but apparently they are very hard to get rid of. The girls room is tiny, with a bunk bed and piles of fluffy toys covering the floor, perfect hiding ground for them.

Sambostar · August 2016

I thought I was the filthy one on here. Must have brought them in from somewhere. I get the odd flea as I work outside in the bush, but they don't last. Anyone been to any travel lodges or hotels of late? Carpets anf fluffly toys are filthy, I'd have her sleep in a white padded cell and wash it down with industrial grade disinfectant

axisus · August 2016

They started after a school residential trip that she went on for a week, must have come from there

fretmeister · August 2016

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stimpsonslostson · August 2016

They are a nightmare to get rid of. You COULD try a fumigating smoke bomb- the smoke will get everywhere & should kill everything in there (so remove the kids).
Fretmeister may be on to something though.

Sporky · August 2016

I always strip hotel beds as soon as I get into the room just to be safe.

TheMarlin · August 2016

I got bit to death in the San Francisco Marriott, 4th Street. Apparently, it notorious for spreading bed bugs.

equalsql · August 2016

When my wife and daughter came back from Paris where the hotels are notorius for bed bugs, I unpacked their cases outside the house and shook all the clothes out and checked under collars etc. Everthing else, bags etc went into my bench-freezer for the night just in case any were hiding in the crevices.

When I used to travel alot for work, some times I would end up in somer right dives and therefore used to leave my bags and clothes in the bathtub to prevent the buggers from climbing inside.

It sounds overkill, but it saved me a world of grief.. unlike some of my poor old colleagues.

Many of the travel inns etc keep on top of any problems by not having proper drawers etc that the buggers can hide in and sealing gap or anything that touches the wall, like headboards and electrical switches as these are common nesting places.

If you are unable to strip the room and freeze all possible contents and the fumigate it, then I suggest getting a professional firm in asap to prevent the problem getting worse.

CabbageCat · August 2016

I thought bed bugs are teeny tiny things that are in everyone's beds but you just don't notice them. Or are they something else?

PolarityMan · August 2016

diust mites?

Emp_Fab · August 2016

Yeah, you're confusing them with tigers.

Sporky · August 2016

They're not huge, but they're not in most people's beds these days. Probably not in most beds for 60 years or more.

CabbageCat · August 2016

I wikied. I'm not thinking of the same thing. The things in my head eat dead skin and whatnot. Prob dust mites as PolarityMan suggests.

PolarityMan · August 2016

CabbageCat said:

The things in my head eat dead skin

That sounds like dialog from a Phillip K Dick book.

boogieman · August 2016

stimpsonslostson said:

They are a nightmare to get rid of. You COULD try a fumigating smoke bomb- the smoke will get everywhere & should kill everything in there (so remove the kids).
Fretmeister may be on to something though.

Yup, they're bastards for hiding during the daytime. They get into cracks in the bed frame, behind electrical sockets, anywhere dark and out of the way. They need eradicating by a professional really or they'll keep coming back. Keep your eye out for marks on the bedding that looks like someone's drawn on the sheets with a felt tip pen.... it's bed bug poo and a sure sign they're still around, even if you don't actually see them.

Sambostar · August 2016

Sporky said:

They're not huge, but they're not in most people's beds these days. Probably not in most beds for 60 years or more.

They really ain't fella.

Teetonetal · August 2016

Most common way of spreading is when you go on holiday and put your suitcase on the bed to unpack... then you got to next hotel or home and do the same.

They are properly hard to get rid of and if you end up with lots expect to start seeing something that looks like a rash with itchy red welts appear. Then fumigate.

hugbot · August 2016

Bed bugs are absolute cunts. They're like cockroaches if cockroaches actively schemed towards your destruction.

Myranda · August 2016

OK...best way to rid your self of bedbugs...

Get kids + spouse... leave house, take off and nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure!

Anything with more than 2 legs should not be allowed in a bed...

merlin · August 2016

Got bitten to within an inch of my life in Sri Lanka. Particularly on my forearms. They are evil little bastards for sure.... fumigate their asses off.

Nikko · August 2016

Myranda said:

OK...best way to rid your self of bedbugs...

Get kids + spouse... leave house, take off and nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure!

Anything with more than 2 legs should not be allowed in a bed...

Game over man, game over!

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