thx jim & Karl
i see online that my bldg management will send an exterminator, so i guess i'm calling.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
btw KM that pdf you linked recommends a fabric cover as being safer than a plastic one.
also a new frame is coming with the new bed, so i guess i could put the d-earth under the legs then.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
so it's safe to unpack the new bed about a month from now?
fuckin' nightmare
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Been through it -- nightmare it is.
More effective than an exterminator is if they can heat your apartment to something like 120 for 8 hours. Heat kills better than anything they can spray.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
i used a fabric cover, it worked - still have the same mattress now and have been bedbug free for 3 years
commisserations dr morb
― gimp in wankouver (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
my apt goes up to 120 in August, but i hope i'll have moved by then
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, bed bugs are vile and hideous. I had them for a while, though it took me long enough to find what they were and what was happening. Someone in my building had told me a while before that her neighbour had had them, I didn't think anymore about it but the little bastards are nothing if not expansionist. Anyway, ditched my bed, bed clothes etc, found them in a pile of magazines near my bed, and in the spine of a book and several other places. I got rid of them by going on a mad killing spree, armed with WD40, which kills them (and most insects) instantly. Touch wood, they've never come back (holes and knotholes in wood being somewhere they like to congregate).
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
... this was several years ago, so pretty certain I'm safe now.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
i'm a pedestrian. does WD40 leave stains?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Probably, I'm not recommending it as anything other than a way to instantly get rid of the bastards. Professional help would be preferable.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
so i take it the boxspring/mattress covers are in the bedding store
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Bedding, Bathing & Beyond has them.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Thursday, 30 March 2017 04:36 (seven years ago) link
Bed, Bath & BED BUGS
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Thursday, 30 March 2017 04:37 (seven years ago) link
tore the bed apart, found nobody.
spread the d-earth around.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
so my landlord's exterminator refused to spray for them bcz i had no "evidence"
ie i didn't save the one i pulled off my butt at the beginning
now i have psychosomatic itching and am determined to move
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/bed-bug-madness-the-psychological-toll-of-the-blood-suckers/381447/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
the new bed i bought in April is still in the box, of course.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
who has a freezer big enough to put all their books?
fuck this, had a scare which, yeah, posted about up thread about a thousand years ago.
now it's the real deal, not def infesting, maybe coming from neighbors apt. dealing w/ our own pest control company we called and managements, someone's coming friday. start some treatments as well as super going to use silicone to plug up gaps around floorboard.
in the meantime box spring and mattress and pillows are covered. bed pulled away from wall. Was recommended to temporarly put masking tape covered w/ vaseline around the bed so doing that now.
bugs have no effect on me. wife is covered in huge itchy bites. we'll start drying and bagging clothes shortly but don't know what to do with all the books in the bedroom. And my entire home studio. mangement's people do the spray, they say is fine for electronics. that makes me really really nervous.
fuck this. was about to make a snarky comment about bringing back DDT but went and read about that and decided that's a stupid thing to say.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 14 February 2019 03:33 (five years ago) link
I used diatomaceous earth round the bed frame (You get special plastic cups that you put the legs in and the diatomaceous earth sits in a little moat around them). Put any fabric that can withstand being put in the dryer on high in the dryer for 90 minutes or so. Vacuum like crazy, dumping the bags immediately if you have that type of vacuum. If you have the time look through your books, I literally found a bug sitting in a book. And threw the book out. Can't think of anything else other than the spraying.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 February 2019 03:43 (five years ago) link
in the most horrific apartment i ever lived in, i think only reason the bedbugs went away was because ants came in and killed them
― ⅋ (crüt), Thursday, 14 February 2019 03:49 (five years ago) link
where can i get these ants you speak of?
― dan selzer, Thursday, 14 February 2019 03:52 (five years ago) link
this is a nightmare of mine. best of luck
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 14 February 2019 04:32 (five years ago) link
That sucks. Does Marie Kondo have a chapter about this?
― Yerac, Thursday, 14 February 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link