Last week my next door neighbor stopped me in the hallway to inform me that the 5th floor had a few reports of bed bugs (we live on the 6th floor). Ironically enough, 2 days later I had 2 bites on my legs and my boyfriend had a few on his stomach. I flipped out and went to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought vinyl mattress covers and white sheets and sprayed the hell out of my apartment with bed bug spray. We also cleaned the place from top to bottom. We found NOT ONE BED BUG on our mattress or box spring. Since having the white sheets we also haven't had any fecal or blood traces. We also had our super bring in a PCO to make sure we were clear; he claimed me were, but we had a few beetles so he told us to use a fogger to get rid of those and suggested maybe moqsuitos were biting us.
Fast forward 2 days and my neighbor tells me that she found a few bed bugs on her mattress. Does this mean that perhaps they're in the wall and that's why I haven't found them on our bed or frame???
3 Responses
Elle J
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 am
1just because your neighbour had them doesn't mean you will, bed bugs come from when you like sweat n stuff in bed and if you dont change your sheets! dont worry they live in warm places, so just change your sheets n things n wash them good. you should be fine
i hope this helped
Boggy
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 am
2I have heard that if you get rid of bed bugs they can move next door. In reply to the answerer who said you get bed bugs from sweating and not washing your sheets they are wrong. You pick up bed bugs from somewhere (or someone). As you have found no more trace of them you should be OK. Keep up the hygiene for a little while and good luck.
moon j
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 am
3It seems you're doing all the right thing. So, it takes time to irradicate these bugs once it started. It's like a cycle that u must go thru. So, keep up with the good work! Ur on the right path.
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