BrokeFarmerJohn
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Today is 11/23/17, Thanksgiving day.
Like many people I traveled to see friends and family, my last stop was my grandmothers house, my dad and I stayed for dinner which lasted till around 7pm and I got there at 4pm so 3 hours.
I was sitting in a recliner at there house after dinner and I felt a bug on me, I caught it, discreetly looked at the bug then gave it a pinch and my fingers were bloody. I have personally never seen a bed bug but I worked in a low income apartment complex as a maintenance man so I knew how to work in a apartment and not catch there attention, but I was 85% sure the bug I just squashed was a bed bug so I got out of the chair and stood, a few mins later said my goodbyes and drove a little over an hour home.
When I left I called my dad, said when he gets home to put his cloths in the dryer and leave his shoes outside and told him what I thought, I said I’m not 100% it was a bed bug but just to be on the safe side throw them in the dryer for 30-40 mins on med to high heat. (Above 118 degrees) (reg on dryer 130-150 degrees)
I got home, in my garage striped down, put my wallet, boots and belt in a chest freezer, neatly gathered my cloths and went strait to the dryer with those, went upstairs and took a shower.
After a hour or so I take my boots out and lightly tap them on the freezer, sure enough 2 bed bugs fall out.
.
My dad said that he found two in his dryer filter.
after doing research, it takes 4 days at 0 degree temps to kill them so I flipped on the oven at its lowest (170 degrees) laid two towels on the rack and baked my boots for 90 mins which will kill eggs, larvae and all other stages.
My cloths were in the dryer on high for 120 mins which is more than enough on those.
Hopefully I got them all, tomorrow I will go threw my car with a fine tooth comb to make sure non dropped in there.
To heat treat a house is $1000s hopefully I avoided that mess, if I see anymore I will call a exterminator.
My grandmothers house isn’t dirty, its not cluttered but at some point they got infested with bed bugs and may not know it, a phone call will be made tomorrow about it. So you just never know sometimes, all you can do is be vigilant and take precautions.
Like many people I traveled to see friends and family, my last stop was my grandmothers house, my dad and I stayed for dinner which lasted till around 7pm and I got there at 4pm so 3 hours.
I was sitting in a recliner at there house after dinner and I felt a bug on me, I caught it, discreetly looked at the bug then gave it a pinch and my fingers were bloody. I have personally never seen a bed bug but I worked in a low income apartment complex as a maintenance man so I knew how to work in a apartment and not catch there attention, but I was 85% sure the bug I just squashed was a bed bug so I got out of the chair and stood, a few mins later said my goodbyes and drove a little over an hour home.
When I left I called my dad, said when he gets home to put his cloths in the dryer and leave his shoes outside and told him what I thought, I said I’m not 100% it was a bed bug but just to be on the safe side throw them in the dryer for 30-40 mins on med to high heat. (Above 118 degrees) (reg on dryer 130-150 degrees)
I got home, in my garage striped down, put my wallet, boots and belt in a chest freezer, neatly gathered my cloths and went strait to the dryer with those, went upstairs and took a shower.
After a hour or so I take my boots out and lightly tap them on the freezer, sure enough 2 bed bugs fall out.
.My dad said that he found two in his dryer filter.
after doing research, it takes 4 days at 0 degree temps to kill them so I flipped on the oven at its lowest (170 degrees) laid two towels on the rack and baked my boots for 90 mins which will kill eggs, larvae and all other stages.
My cloths were in the dryer on high for 120 mins which is more than enough on those.
Hopefully I got them all, tomorrow I will go threw my car with a fine tooth comb to make sure non dropped in there.
To heat treat a house is $1000s hopefully I avoided that mess, if I see anymore I will call a exterminator.
My grandmothers house isn’t dirty, its not cluttered but at some point they got infested with bed bugs and may not know it, a phone call will be made tomorrow about it. So you just never know sometimes, all you can do is be vigilant and take precautions.
