Essential bed bug dos and don’ts.

If you suspect that you are sharing your bed with bed bugs, DON’T MOVE! Don’t begin sleeping in another room, on the sofa or stay with a friend. The bed bugs will follow you! They will know you have moved from your bed and start travelling to find you in the next room by smelling your breath. This will cause a bigger infestation.

Often, even after throwing out your mattress, you will still find you have bed bugs. We recommend the first step you take is to buy a bed bug mattress cover and seal all the bugs and eggs inside to die. Then, you can monitor for signs of further infestation. Look for blood stains on the mattress cover or bugs located around the zipper.

Alternatively, you may want to rent a bed bug heater and treat immediately.

The powders and chemicals you purchase from the store are very ineffective and an expensive remedy. There are lots of homemade solutions for CO2 detectors, bed bug traps, powders and sprays on the internet. These products have very limited success as they only deal with the adult bug. They will not solve the problem of the eggs which will hatch in just a few short weeks. You can spend hundreds of dollars on these products and still be battling bed bugs months later.

One of the fastest ways bed bugs travel is by attaching themselves to clothing. If you sleep in your clothes, the bed bugs may still be in your clothing when you go into the living room or off to work. Next thing you know, those little bugs will be jumping off spreading the infestation in your home or to someone elses.

All pest control companies will recommend you heat all your clothes in the dryer for 30 minutes and bag and seal them prior to treatment. It is not necessary to bag any furniture or mattresses prior to a heat treatment. Leave your mattress cover on.

Save any bugs you find by taping them to a piece of paper, in a clear jar or in a plastic bag in the freezer. You may need to show them to landlord or pest control professional. You may never see a bed bug but you will see the bites or stains on the mattress.

Bed bug bites are usually red spots in a row or cluster on your torso, arms or legs. If you have not seen any bed bugs, your doctor can determine in the spots you are seeing are bed bug bites or diagnose other possible reasons for the red spots, like spider bites, scabies or folliculitis.

Research has shown that 70% of people don’t react to bed bug bites. Just like some people swell up when bitten by a mosquito and others don’t. Bed Bugs will bite the first available body and do not care if you are male or female, rich or poor, blonde or brunette. You just look like dinner to them.

In the early stages of a bed bug infestation, the bugs hide out close to their food source in the mattress and bed frame. As time passes, the females will start moving away from the bed to escape the males. Look for bed bugs behind pictures, in curtains, baseboards, night tables and sofas.

The most effective remedy for getting rid of bed bugs is to use heat. Bed Bugs Dead Bugs is the only company who rents heaters and offers a delivery and set up service in the Toronto area. This is the most effective and affordable bed bug remedy. You will be sleeping tight tonight!