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Home Remedies For Bed Bugs

  • kamsmith0127
  • Apr 21, 2021
  • 4 min read

INTRODUCTION

Bed bugs are small, blood-sucking creatures that are extremely intelligent and very tough. They measure just about 5 millimetres in size, smaller than a strand of hair. These bugs can reproduce quickly, and according to a study, it was shown that a healthy female bed bug could layover 500 eggs in her lifetime. Bed bugs are so bright that they know where to hide so that they can not be exposed, and they are so strict that they can live for months between meals. The life of a bed bug begins as a white egg, which takes around ten days to hatch and in under five to six weeks, it grows into an adult. So, no wonder that these tiny little bloodsuckers can ruin your sleep and can leave you all red and itchy all over.

To remove the bedbugs, you have to be patient as removing bedbugs can be hectic, as it takes time and effort to remove them. We have listed out some tips and some DIY’s which will help you to remove the bedbugs from your home, but we will suggest you call in the professionals and let them handle this situation. Pest control services have special tools and types of equipment which will remove the bedbugs from the core. Following are the steps to get rid of the bedbugs.

  1. Identify the Territory

The sooner you get to know about the bedbugs and find them, the better it is to start the treatment quickly. If you get late to locate them, the bedbugs might begin to reproduce, and as they multiply in number quickly, they might spread throughout your house. Bedbugs use their tiny little bodies and hide into small little spots where it gets tricky for us to locate them. Some of the places where you can look for the bedbugs are Inside the mattress covers, Couch Cushions, Behind photo frames, Behind the wallpaper, carpets, or Furniture Joints.

  1. Control the infestation

After you get to know that you have got bedbugs in your home, the next step is to control them. The best way to do this is to run the vacuum over the places you have identified as their territory. After you have vacuumed the region, carefully place the vacuum disposal in a bag, seal it and dispose of it. After disposing of the bag, check your vacuum if any bugs are left inside the vacuum and thoroughly clean your vacuum cleaner.

If your clothes have been infected, too, the best thing to do is place the clothes inside the washing machine and dryer and start the device with the highest temperature setting.

  1. TIME TO KILL the bedbugs

There are several methods through which you can treat your home and kill bed bugs. One of the methods is using high heat or intense cold. Raise the temperature of your house through the radiator to 46-degree celsius or 115-degree Fahrenheit to lower the temperature to around 0-degree celsius or about 32-degree prehnite. Bedbugs can not survive intense heat or cold, and they die because of this. Suppose you want to remove bedbugs from clothes, beddings, cushions or any washable thing. In that case, all you have to do is wash that item with hot water for 30 minutes and then put that item in the dryer at the highest temperature setting for the next 30 minutes. For the things you can not wash, you can use a steamer or pack that item inside a plastic bag and put it out on a hot sunny day or place them in the car.

  1. Observe and Re-treat

After you have done the above step, the next step is to monitor the infested areas, as it may be hard to remove the bedbugs for good using home remedies and you may as well have to try a few different methods. To make surviving bedbugs easier to spot, place bedbug interceptors under each leg of the bed. These devices will trap bedbugs before they can climb up into your bed. If you spot a bedbug on the interceptor, you have to start the treatment again from the first step.

SOME CHEAP PEST CONTROL TRICKS TO TRY AT HOME

  1. Give all your clothes to a dry cleaner.

2. Steam clean your carpets at a high temperature for around 120-degree Fahrenheit

3. Bedbugs can be killed using rubbing alcohol, though this method is not that reliable.

4. Use a bedbug spray that contains Insect Growth Regulator

5. Reduce the clutter in your home, if the pile is more then more the bedbugs will spread throughout your house.

6. Vacuum the areas which you think might be affected by the bugs. It won’t kill the bugs but will help you to control them to some point

  1. Raise the temperature of your house 120-degree Fahrenheit or reduce the temperature to 32-degree Fahrenheit.

PEST CONTROL SERVICES

Sometimes it may be challenging to get rid of these tiny little bloodsuckers no matter how many pest control tricks you have tried. At this point, it’s time to call in the professionals. Nowadays, you can hire pest control services at a low price; they have special tools and types of equipment and years of expertise in handling the infestations through which they can help you get rid of the bedbugs easily and quickly. These companies use room heat treatments to heat the room to a temperature of 130 to 140-degree Fahrenheit, which is high enough to kill the bugs. Before hiring, you can compare the companies online using the customer rating online and the cost of the service; after reaching, you can choose the cheap pest control service within your budget.

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