http://www.democraticunderground.com/10931038I wonder if they made it into her puke stew?
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 04:37 PM
Paper Roses (5,830 posts)
1. Since I am a great 'thrift shop' shopper, I worry about things like this.
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Not only bed bugs but awful things like lice. Anything I buy goes immediately into the washer w/hot water or is sprayed to death with bug spray.
I think I would faint if I ever found out that some creepy-crawly got into the house because I was stupid. Thanks for your post.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 04:58 PM
snagglepuss (10,987 posts)
3. I found out that many libraries fumingate for bed bugs. I think Public Health could
do a better job of educating people about their appearance, I had no idea they start out looking like harmless dots, only when full do they appear like mini-monsters.
I think all you have to do to educate yourself about bedbugs in libraries is to take a look around at most of the "patrons" you see in one anymore.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 06:10 PM
Star Member Curmudgeoness (17,439 posts)
6. I may just start putting library books in the freezer
for a day when I bring them home, just in case. Better safe than sorry.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 11:22 PM
Star Member NutmegYankee (10,125 posts)
10. I lived through an infestation in college, and managed to wipe them out.
Just treat every wall at the trim with a Pyrethrin containing insecticide. Leave a 20 inch wide swath, then search all around where you saw them for little black dots near a crevice. While many people think mattress, they are more likely to live in wood crevices (bed frame or wall trim) than in the seam of a modern mattress. The black dots are their feces, with them usually doing their thing right outside their "home". Once you find, spray the crap out of that area.
Mon Dec 22, 2014, 05:23 PM
snagglepuss (10,987 posts)
11. Yikes black dots are their feces?!
I found tiny black dots very far apart on papers piled on my table I picked them up with tape not knowing what they were. Fumigators were in once but I know they didn't spray the table. They'll b e coming again next week. This is so horrible. Could small be anything else?
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 08:52 AM
Star Member NutmegYankee (10,125 posts)
12. Yes. They defecate little black dots.
How have things gone since last month?
Since that was back in December, and it's September now, I'd say that primitive succumbed to the bedbugs by now.
Tue Feb 10, 2015, 03:46 AM
quakerboy (11,536 posts)
13. A bit late now
But Heat and Cedar oil.
I was working with people in low income housing for a while, and bedbugs swept through periodically.
The insecticides don't seem overly effective, as the bugs have built a pretty hefty tolerance over the past 30 years. Most of the building managers/pest control didnt even bother spraying an insecticide. Move the furniture away from the walls, seal the room, turn on the heat, Send in a guy with a steam wand to boil the little buggies and their eggs, and on to the next room.
We used Cedar oil spray, and that seemed to work. At least they never came home with any of us.
And now for part two of today's NJCher double feature:
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 09:45 PM
Star Member NJCher (18,648 posts)
16. story about steamers
I have one and use it frequently. I steam my counters, appliances, etc.
About four years ago, I renovated my kitchen. During the renovation, an old cabinet was brought in to determine its feasibility as an artistic touch. I felt uneasy about it, thinking "roach" the whole time. The cabinet didn't fly in the design and was discarded, but I swear when it came into the house, I saw a roach. I had a foreboding feeling. I asked that it be removed immediately, but it was too late.
About a week later, the renovation team pried off the top of my counter and found some roaches. I flipped out, just totally went berserk. I grabbed my steamer and steamed all the roaches I saw on top of the cabinet posts. I also steamed the baseboards and any other crack or crevice I could find.
After steaming them, I felt foolish. I said to myself that the steamer would never have killed all those roaches. I should have gone with a poison, I thought, but being an organic type, there were none in the household.
Weeks went by: never saw another roach, and there had to be at least 30 on top of the cabinet posts alone.
I heartily recommend steamers!
