I’m currently not working and can not afford much of anything.. Therefore, I can not afford an exterminator or even plastic bed covers.
What I have bought is hot shot bed bug and flea aerosol spray.
My concern is using it on my mattress.
I do not own and can not afford a steam cleaner.
Is it safe [...]

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What could the bites be?
i put the cover on the mattress the second i got the bed. i have had a exterminator come before. And i got new pillows and covers for the pillows. Understand these are covers that completely cover the bed completely.

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I’ve been living it my apartment for almost a year now. About 5 months ago, I started noticing small bites on me and my family. The culprit ended up being bedbugs. The first thing I did was throw out my couches and got mattress covers. When that didn’t work, I informed the landlord of the [...]

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I’m a single mom that lives in NY, w/ my parents & siblings in a 6 bedroom apt (trying 2 move out but the rent is extremely high in NY & I’m trying my best to do the best for my kids alone) w/ a horrible phobia of insects of ANY kind. Me and [...]

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I keep finding bug bites on me. It can’t be mosquitoes, they should be dead or dormant. I thought it might be bedbugs, but I asked the exterminator and he said to look for shed skins and their waste (looks like rust along the seams of the mattress), and found nothing. I [...]

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getting bit. What can i do now? Im losing my mind. i called out the exterminator and i wont do anything bcuz he says we dont have bed bugs bcuz he cant find trace of them ANYWHERE, plus ive never actually seen one, but what else could it be? We bombed with bug spray twice [...]

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getting bit. What can i do now? Im losing my mind. i called out the exterminator and i wont do anything bcuz he says we dont have bed bugs bcuz he cant find trace of them ANYWHERE, plus ive never actually seen one, but what else could it be? We bombed [...]

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I think I might have a bed bug problem in my college dorm.
Recently I’ve been waking up with bug bites, but I didn’t think much of it as I am up and out at late hours of the night. Today I woke up with my arm covered in bites. So I check my sheets and [...]

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I lived in my place for over 6 years a new tenant moved in under me she had bed bugs unknown to me at that time she had cats about 6 of them which the landlord made her get rid of. the landlord didn’t exterminate professionally for over a year from the onset of the [...]

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I have dust mites upstairs and had an exterminator here, but after three days the bugs came back. It is hotter upstairs so I have no bugs downstairs. I live in Arizona where it is very hot.
One way to kill them is to freeze them. Is there any type of spray that [...]

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Okay, so I took this nice wood bed frame out of the garbage, not literally but it was in the disposal areal, and 2 weeks later, I have bed bugs. I’ve verified that they are, I caught a few. So, sadly, i threw out the frame, not before writing "bugs!" all over the [...]

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News have mentioned something about bed bugs and anything on the news is serious.
I live in Chicago and they have said we are one of the most bed bug infestation cities in the country.
(http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7627698)
I’ve noticed bites on my arm 2 or 3 days ago 4 on one arm and one on the other.
My mom called [...]

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i have bed bugs and i cannot afford to buy a new bed or hire an exterminator i have no job and i’m trying to find a job i have enclosed my box spring my mattress and pillows in covers yet im still getting them i haven’t been able to sleep in two months because [...]

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I’ve never been allergic to anything and my acne cleared up in my early 20’s, so whats this mess? My Husband and Baby are unaffected so far…Thank God. But I keep getting bites(?) on my face mostly. One or two on back and neck, which appeared midday to evening hours. The ones on my face [...]

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I moved into a new town home about 3 months ago with my two children. Not long after getting into the apartment my children and I were getting bit numerous times each night. I really thought maybe it was spiders or flea’s considering the people before us had pets. Well as the bites became [...]

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Ever since then, I’ve been losing a lot of sleep and I even spent a whole day (I should have been studying for my Algebra test! I ended up getting a 48!) looking up information about bed bugs. Every night or in my case, morning (I usually go to sleep between 2-4:30am) I spray my [...]

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I had a bed bug infestation and then I had 2 exterminators come and used a do-it-yourself kit and im still getting bites. There are no signs of bed bugs and my mattress is all covered up and there is freaking bed bug killing powder around my bed. But im still getting bit. Some of [...]

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We have a bed bug issue. When I found out several days ago I was totally disgusted and could hardly believe it happened to me!
I had noticed some bites on my son, a couple on my daughter, I’d get a few at night too, but my husband had none. At first I thought [...]

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I had a mild bed bug infestation that I thought was over a couple of months ago, but I found one on my comforter this morning. This situation started back in October. Since then…
-The exterminator has made 2 visits in October and November.
-I’ve washed all my bedding, clothes, and everything in my closets. Whatever items [...]

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I recently had bed bugs. I had 2 exterminators come out. Both told me they were in my box spring. I had the whole house exterminated as a precaution. The exterminator told me it wasn’t necessary to throw out the mattress. I moved everything except the furniture out of the room, washed all the fabrics [...]

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Since my boyfriend and I have performed some renovations to our basement apartment, we’ve been getting horrible bites & rashes. I guess we stirred something up?
Our bedroom doesn’t seem to be affected [we even cut open the mattress to make sure..] its definitely something in our living room.
We had a blow up mattress that [...]

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I have bed bugs in my apartment, I have done my research and know the difference between bed bugs and dust mites. I have webmd’ the bites on the arm and they are also a match for bed bugs. My plan is to vacuum out all my carpet and closet and dust everything, then to [...]

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We had a problem with bedbugs last summer, and I thought I got rid of them – after a major cleaning, fumagating, linnen and pillow bagging, covering mattresses with vinyl, etc.
They came back. I’m not the best housekeeper in the world, but we have other bug problem. Our cats and dogs have no [...]

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i just noticed them a month ago. i live in a one bedroom apartment with my small pomeranian. They have infested the couch and bed, which are the main places i have seen them. I told my apartment manager and at first they said they would take care of the problem. [...]

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My boyfriend and I have been doing a lot of traveling, and we think we brought home bedbugs from one of our trips. Where we live, we know it is common to have bedbugs, but we need some help to stop them!
We have done A LOT of research, and have been living with the bedbug [...]

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